dns

amyamandaallen

just a quick one, I dont think it does but does DNS have to live on a DC? My main ones in and running on a dc with dns working ok but I'm trying to make a second DNS for redundancy.

cheers

Smallguy

amyamandaallen wrote:

just a quick one, I dont think it does but does DNS have to live on a DC? My main ones in and running on a dc with dns working ok but I'm trying to make a second DNS for redundancy.

cheers

it doesn't have to run on a DC. The advantage to using it on a DC is you can replicate the information as part of AD replication


in your case it makes sense to have it on another DC depending on how your DNS is configured.... ie is it set up to store the DNS info in active directory already.

if not just build a standard secondary box if it is already stored in AD you might as well setup your other DC to take advantage of this (after all you probalby have more than one DC or you should for redundancy)

amyamandaallen

I want to add a 2nd DC to my virtual domain so that will get DNS too ( and it will just be the read only copy me assumes? )

when it was just a member it would load from the master so I assumed this was why it wouldnt populate.

Sanger80

Never mind.........

JdotQ

As mentioned by Smallguy, DNS is not only restricted to live on a Domain Controller. You can have a member server that has a DNS role that is getting the DNS Database replicated to it (all "Standard Zones" -- Primary Zone, Secondary Zone, Stub Zone) -- just remember to enable the ability for a zone transfer by adding the computer to the Name Servers list

If you want to have a DNS server that hosts Active Directory-Integrated (AD-I) Zones, then it must be a Domain Controller.

amyamandaallen wrote:

I want to add a 2nd DC to my virtual domain so that will get DNS too ( and it will just be the read only copy me assumes? )

All "AD-I" Zones on Domain Controllers are Read/Write copies -- exactly like a standard Primary Zone.