RE: [ActiveDir] Quick AD integrated DNS question :)

[Rogers, Brian]

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Woahhhhh....I musta missed that document.  AD integrated DNS can now be separated from regular replication?   Gotta link? Book? Paper? Smokesignal? Morse?  J   -----Original Message----- From: Rick Kingslan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 14, 2003 1:28 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Quick AD integrated DNS question :)   This would be correct.  But, remember that in the replication strategy for Win2k - data goes to every DC regardless if it's a DNS server or not - because once it's DNS-integrated, it's now a part of the AD data.  This trend is broken in Win2k3, where application partitions can handle DNS - and do.  The DomainDNS and ForestDNS are just that, for all intents and purposes.  They are AD Application parts handling DNS for just DNS servers - and no DNS data need be on the DCs, unless it too, is a DNS server once the full DNS app partition is configured. Rick Kingslan  MCSE, MCSA, MCT Microsoft MVP - Active Directory Associate Expert Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone     From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rogers, Brian Sent: Monday, July 14, 2003 10:10 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Quick AD integrated DNS question :) I was looking more along the lines of replication traffic.  However since the zone is replicated within AD....there shouldn't be any additional (or if so very minimal) replication traffic between the DNS servers other than the normal AD replication traffic correct?   -----Original Message----- From: Roger Seielstad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 14, 2003 10:58 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Quick AD integrated DNS question :)   I always configure every DC as a DNS server. I consider that if a location requires a DC, it also requires local DNS.     -------------------------------------------------------------- Roger D. Seielstad - MTS MCSE MS-MVP Sr. Systems Administrator Inovis Inc. -----Original Message----- From: Rogers, Brian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 14, 2003 10:39 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: [ActiveDir] Quick AD integrated DNS question :) 1.      When configuring an AD Integrated DNS zone, at least one DC in each site should be running DNS?  Or all DCs should be running DNS?  Would it matter either way?