RE: [ActiveDir] DNS - zone delegation questions

[Santhosh Sivarajan]

Check out the following links.  For some reason it is very difficult to find detailed Windows 2003 DNS information.   http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/WindowsServ/2003/standard/proddocs/en-us/Default.asp?url="">   http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/serverroles/dnsserver/default.mspx   “My first question is: Am I doing the zone delegation correctly?” Yes.  You have to create a Delegated zone for each child domain in parent domain.   Reverse Lookup:  You can Delegate a Subnet to each domain (more administrative work) or create a zone in parent domain and enable the Forest Wide replication (Zone replication between domains and more bandwidth utilization).   Santhosh   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Daniel L. Gilbert Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2004 7:42 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ActiveDir] DNS - zone delegation questions   To All:   I apologize for the length of the question but,...   I am looking for a good reference/how-to on delegating DNS zones in Windows 2003.  My real purpose, I am hoping to learn this subject, rather than just getting the answer.  But any help will be appreciated.   I have looked in Google, TechNet, and Microsoft.com but just can't hit the right search phrase.   I am trying to get a grasp on "delegating a DNS zone in Windows 2003"   I have a Windows 2003 forest; parent.com, child1.parent.com, child2.parent.com, and child3.parent.com.   DNS currently resides only on DC1 in parent.com, zone is ADI allowing secure updates only.   On dc1.child1.parent.com, I installed DNS, made it the primary for the DNS zone; child1.parent.com.   I tried to delegate the zone using the right-click New Delegation selection but got the following error message: "A DNS domain or delegation by this name already exists.  To change an existing delegation, right-click on the delegation and select Properties.  To change a DNS domain into a delegation, delete the domain and then create the delegation"   I then deleted the child1 subzone on dc1.parent.com and used the Wizard to create a zone delegation for the child1.parent.com zone.  Wizard finished successfully.   From dc1.parent.com I can ping the dc1.child1.parent.com by name. From dc1.child2.parent.com I can ping the dc1.child1.parent.com by name. From dc1.child3.parent.com I can ping the dc1.child1.parent.com by name.   My first question is: Am I doing the zone delegation correctly?   My second question: Do I do the same steps to delegate the Reverse Zone?   Dan