i have just installed 2 dc's at a new site with dns on both. they are
both setup for a primary zone called inbox360.local and they both are
active directory integrated. they are both setup to replicate to all
domain controllers. is this ok? can i have 2 servers that store the
same primary zone? i thought only one can be primary and the others
have to be secondary because the primary is authoritative and only to
make changes on the primary zone because the secondary is only a
copy. I also have another DC which i setup with dns at another site.
do i set that as primary or secondary since it is going to host the
same zone?

another problem i have is if i go on the one dc and look at dns i look
at something that is not updating but when i look at the other dns
server from the same server by connecting to other dns server it shows
the same list. heres the weird part. if i physically switch to the
other dc with dns which is inbox-dc, the first one i setup it shows
all the right changes for both servers under dns in mmc. i have been
going over dns for a while and still confused.

> i have just installed 2 dc's at a new site with dns on both. they are
> both setup for a primary zone called inbox360.local and they both are
> active directory integrated. they are both setup to replicate to all
> domain controllers. is this ok? can i have 2 servers that store the
> same primary zone? i thought only one can be primary and the others
> have to be secondary because the primary is authoritative and only to
> make changes on the primary zone because the secondary is only a
> copy. I also have another DC which i setup with dns at another site.
> do i set that as primary or secondary since it is going to host the
> same zone?
>
> another problem i have is if i go on the one dc and look at dns i look
> at something that is not updating but when i look at the other dns
> server from the same server by connecting to other dns server it shows
> the same list. heres the weird part. if i physically switch to the
> other dc with dns which is inbox-dc, the first one i setup it shows
> all the right changes for both servers under dns in mmc. i have been
> going over dns for a while and still confused.
>
If you have integrated DNS zones, then there is no such terms as
"primary" and "secondary" zone. This is the same zone and you can change
it at any DNS server. The replication process will then corrctly (in
most cases ;-) ) propagate this changes



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With best regards
Nickolay Domukhovsky, MCSA

On Mar 23, 1:35 am, Nick Domukhovsky <ndomukhov...@ot.ru> wrote:
> > i have just installed 2 dc's at a new site with dns on both. they are
> > both setup for a primary zone called inbox360.local and they both are
> > active directory integrated. they are both setup to replicate to all
> > domain controllers. is this ok? can i have 2 servers that store the
> > same primary zone? i thought only one can be primary and the others
> > have to be secondary because the primary is authoritative and only to
> > make changes on the primary zone because the secondary is only a
> > copy. I also have another DC which i setup with dns at another site.
> > do i set that as primary or secondary since it is going to host the
> > same zone?
>
> > another problem i have is if i go on the one dc and look at dns i look
> > at something that is not updating but when i look at the other dns
> > server from the same server by connecting to other dns server it shows
> > the same list. heres the weird part. if i physically switch to the
> > other dc with dns which is inbox-dc, the first one i setup it shows
> > all the right changes for both servers under dns in mmc. i have been
> > going over dns for a while and still confused.
>
> If you have integrated DNS zones, then there is no such terms as
> "primary" and "secondary" zone. This is the same zone and you can change
> it at any DNS server. The replication process will then corrctly (in
> most cases ;-) ) propagate this changes
>
> --
> With best regards
> Nickolay Domukhovsky, MCSA

yea i kept looking and looking and finally figured out that it doesnt
have primary or secondary like old dns, they are all integrated and it
works good. unless the serial numbers get messed up and update the
wrong changes, which is what happened. thanks

"comp998@aol.com" wrote:

> i have just installed 2 dc's at a new site with dns on both. they are
> both setup for a primary zone called inbox360.local and they both are
> active directory integrated. they are both setup to replicate to all
> domain controllers. is this ok? can i have 2 servers that store the
> same primary zone? i thought only one can be primary and the others
> have to be secondary because the primary is authoritative and only to
> make changes on the primary zone because the secondary is only a
> copy. I also have another DC which i setup with dns at another site.
> do i set that as primary or secondary since it is going to host the
> same zone?
>
> another problem i have is if i go on the one dc and look at dns i look
> at something that is not updating but when i look at the other dns
> server from the same server by connecting to other dns server it shows
> the same list. heres the weird part. if i physically switch to the
> other dc with dns which is inbox-dc, the first one i setup it shows
> all the right changes for both servers under dns in mmc. i have been
> going over dns for a while and still confused.
>
> no podemos agragar las actualizaciones automaticas.como hacemos gracias

Read inline please.

In news:1174674017.438289.129690@e65g2000hsc.googlegr oups.com,
comp998@aol.com <comp998@aol.com> typed:
> yea i kept looking and looking and finally figured out that it doesnt
> have primary or secondary like old dns, they are all integrated and it
> works good. unless the serial numbers get messed up and update the
> wrong changes, which is what happened. thanks

The zone serials have nothing to do with zone replication with ADI zones, it
is not uncommon to have different serials on the zones because the SOA
record is not always updated on the DNS server.
That said, if you right click on the zone with the lower serial and select
reload, the serial will be updated.

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