Ace,

Thanks for the , I opened ADSIEDIT but was totally unable to locate
anything like a "DomainNC" container??

Please advise where this might be.

Are you suggesting I delete the reverse lookup zones on the PDC and then
recreate them??

dave Admin


"Ace Fekay [MVP]"
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> In news:up7g5J$NGHA.532@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl,
> dave Admin <dmackler@mds.acsol.net> stated, which I commented on below:
>> This makes no sense to me. When I follow this guidance I end up with
>> different Reverse zones on the servers than exist on the PDC which
>> was the first DNS server. The DNS system is Active Directory
>> Integrated.
>> I end up with a separate zone for each of the subnets, not the same
>> folder and subfolder structure as the Reverse zones in the PDC.
>>
>> I am totally confused here.
>>
>> dave
>
> I am assuming the DCs are all in the same domain and that you are having
> NO problems with AD replication. If you have Sites configured, youwill
> need to wait for the site schedule to run for replication happen before
> you see it on the other servers. If you are trying to add a zone on one
> machine, and the zone exists elsewhere, it will look at it as a conflict
> and not show up or just see the old one. The rule with AD Integrated zones
> is create them on ONE domain controller, make sure DNS is installed on the
> other DCs, and the zone will magically appear (with due patience) after
> replication happens. If you are trying to beat the system, that can cause
> issues.
>
> The method I described will give you the separate zones you want. You may
> need to delete all of them and wait for replication to occur so the
> deletion is seen by all DCs, then try again. If you are still having
> problems, I would use ADSI Edit to check the DomainNC container to see if
> there is a conflicting zone signified by a CNF_ prefix. Delete them if
> they exist and start from scratch.
>
> Ace
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