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Shirley · Guest

We are currently in the process of migrating (not upgrading) to windows
server 2003 from an NT 4 environment. We do however have a few issues. We
have a large organisation and need to do a phase migration.

Let me give an example of what we need:

- Domain abc.nt.dom is a NT 4 domain on a NT DNS server
- Domain def.w2003.dom is a 2003 domain on a 2003 DNS server
- OS on Clients on the abc.nt.dom domain are 2000/XP
- we want to set the DNS server for the abc.nt.dom clients to the 2003 DNS
server and turn off WINS in the abc.nt.dom domain.

So the question is what steps are required to set up the 2003 DNS to be the
DNS server for all NT domains and the 2003 domain during the interim
migration. Please remember that we have a large organisation and we are doing
a phased migration. We want to be sure that DNS can provide all services
before we completely turn off WINS.

Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [ · Guest

In news:26863DB1-A161-42BE-9135-79E3AE20EEC8@microsoft.com,
Shirley <Shirley@discussions.microsoft.com> commented
Then Kevin replied below:

Shirley · Guest

do you have any steps that I may follow to configure the DNS on the 2003
server to support the NT4 zones?

"Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP]" wrote:

Ace Fekay [MVP] · Guest

In news:%23niuLa48EHA.1228@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl,
Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP] <admin@nospam.WFTX.US> made a post then I
commented below
:: You may have to reconsider your plans of turning off WINS.
:: Especially, if your users use Network places and your shares are
:: using NetBIOS names instead of FQDN. As for using Win2k3 DNS for the
:: NT4 domains, NT4 doesn't store its domain records in DNS anyway so
:: it isn't an issue to configure Win2k3 to support the NT4 domains.
:: Any zones on the NT can be transferred to the Win2k3 without a
:: problem.

Also, Exchange 2000 and 2003 requires WINS for certain functions.

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Ace Fekay [MVP] · Guest

In news:FB39C2D3-8BCA-4703-833C-ACEF2C91311A@microsoft.com,
Shirley <Shirley@discussions.microsoft.com> made a post then I commented
below
:: do you have any steps that I may follow to configure the DNS on the
:: 2003 server to support the NT4 zones?

An easy way is to create the zone on Win2003 DNS as a secondary zone,
specifying the NT4 DNS as the Master. Once the zone comes across, then
change it to a Primary zone (or AD Integrated if it;s on a domain
controller). Then change all the machines (clients, member servers,
including NT4 machines) to use this server as their DNS address. Do not use
any other DNs servers (such as your ISP's or any external DNS servers) other
than your internal server. This is important with AD.

Not sure how to create a secondary zone? Read below for the section about
secondary zones.
Migrating servers:
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/WindowsServ/2003/standard/proddocs/en-us/sag_DNS_imp_MigrationIssues.asp

Configure a forwarder to efficiently resolve Internet queries. What is a
forwarder?
Understanding forwarders:
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/WindowsServ/2003/standard/proddocs/en-us/Default.asp?url=/resources/documentation/WindowsServ/2003/standard/proddocs/en-us/sag_DNS_und_Forwarders.asp

If having trouble clicking on that long URL above, click on this:
http://tinyurl.com/55al8

This shows how to configure a forwarder:
323380 - HOW TO Configure DNS for Internet Access in Windows Server 2003 :
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;323380

Ace

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