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Frank J. Reashore
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Sun Oct 23, 2005 12:50 am Post subject:
DNS Installation on DC |
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I just promoted a Windows Server 2003 Enterprise SP1 virtual PC to a domain
contoller. In the wizard I selected the option to install the DNS server on
the local machine. I rebooted and ran nslookup and got the result below.
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C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>nslookup
*** Default servers are not available
Default Server: UnKnown
Address: 127.0.0.1
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This does not look like a healthy installation of DNS. "Kevin" on another
group said that these errors are due to not have a reverse lookup zone.
However, he gave few details and I am not a DNS expert.
Can anyone clarify what I need to do to fix this. (I have ordered the DNS
2003 book from amazon but it will not arrive for a couple of days.)
Thanks in advance for any help.
Cheers,
Frank J. Reashore, MCSD.net, MCDBA
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Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [
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Sun Oct 23, 2005 8:02 am Post subject:
Re: DNS Installation on DC |
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Frank J. Reashore <reashore@NOSPAMTelus.net> wrote:
| Quote: | I just promoted a Windows Server 2003 Enterprise SP1 virtual PC to a
domain contoller. In the wizard I selected the option to install the
DNS server on the local machine. I rebooted and ran nslookup and got
the result below.
--------------------------------------------------------
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>nslookup
*** Default servers are not available
Default Server: UnKnown
Address: 127.0.0.1
--------------------------------------------------------
This does not look like a healthy installation of DNS. "Kevin" on
another group said that these errors are due to not have a reverse
lookup zone. However, he gave few details and I am not a DNS expert.
Can anyone clarify what I need to do to fix this. (I have ordered the
DNS 2003 book from amazon but it will not arrive for a couple of
days.)
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You need to do several things:
1. Change the DNS server IP to the actual IP of the NIC and remove the
loopback 127.0.0.1.
2. Create a reverse lookup zone for your network subnet e.g 192.168.0.x
3. Set the zone to allow dynamic updates
4. run ipconfig /registerdns
This should create the PTR and stop this message.
While in the DNS management console, open Forward Lookup Zones, if you see a
zone named with a dot ".", delete the zone. Close and reopen the console
then click on the properties of the DNS server, select the Forwarders tab
and set a forwarder to your router or ISP's DNS.
825036 - Best practices for DNS client settings in Windows 2000 Server and
in Windows Server 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;825036&sd=RMVP
323380 - HOW TO: Configure DNS for Internet Access in Windows Server 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;323380&sd=RMVP
DNS query responses do not travel through a firewall in Windows Server 2003:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;828263&sd=RMVP
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Best regards,
Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP]
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Frank J. Reashore
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Sun Oct 23, 2005 8:50 pm Post subject:
Re: DNS Installation on DC |
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Kevin,
That fixed my problem. I am so pleased. Thanks.
Cheers,
Frank
"Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP]" <admin@nospam.WFTX.US> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Frank J. Reashore <reashore@NOSPAMTelus.net> wrote:
I just promoted a Windows Server 2003 Enterprise SP1 virtual PC to a
domain contoller. In the wizard I selected the option to install the
DNS server on the local machine. I rebooted and ran nslookup and got
the result below.
--------------------------------------------------------
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>nslookup
*** Default servers are not available
Default Server: UnKnown
Address: 127.0.0.1
--------------------------------------------------------
This does not look like a healthy installation of DNS. "Kevin" on
another group said that these errors are due to not have a reverse
lookup zone. However, he gave few details and I am not a DNS expert.
Can anyone clarify what I need to do to fix this. (I have ordered the
DNS 2003 book from amazon but it will not arrive for a couple of
days.)
You need to do several things:
1. Change the DNS server IP to the actual IP of the NIC and remove the
loopback 127.0.0.1.
2. Create a reverse lookup zone for your network subnet e.g 192.168.0.x
3. Set the zone to allow dynamic updates
4. run ipconfig /registerdns
This should create the PTR and stop this message.
While in the DNS management console, open Forward Lookup Zones, if you see
a
zone named with a dot ".", delete the zone. Close and reopen the console
then click on the properties of the DNS server, select the Forwarders tab
and set a forwarder to your router or ISP's DNS.
825036 - Best practices for DNS client settings in Windows 2000 Server and
in Windows Server 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;825036&sd=RMVP
323380 - HOW TO: Configure DNS for Internet Access in Windows Server 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;323380&sd=RMVP
DNS query responses do not travel through a firewall in Windows Server
2003:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;828263&sd=RMVP
--
Best regards,
Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP]
Hope This Helps
===================================
When responding to posts, please "Reply to Group"
via your newsreader so that others may learn and
benefit from your issue, to respond directly to
me remove the nospam. from my email address.
===================================
http://www.lonestaramerica.com/
http://support.wftx.us/
https://secure.lsaol.com/
===================================
Use Outlook Express?... Get OE_Quotefix:
It will strip signature out and more
http://home.in.tum.de/~jain/software/oe-quotefix/
===================================
Keep a back up of your OE settings and folders
with OEBackup:
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