RE: [ActiveDir] DNS on a DC or NOT

[joe]

If your DNS is integrated, find a big piece of wood to knock on... Or keep it around to bang your head on later.   I'll run DNS on DCs if I have to. I will run it integrated if threatened badly enough.   I recently ran into a nasty DNS problem in an integrated DNS where DNS would start but wouldn't actually respond to anything. It appears to be related to a possible AD Replication bug I found though. I have to research a little more and see if it was one off or I can duplicate at will. Once I removed the items causing the issue replication worked again and DNS came back to life.   But enough about DNS, I don't speak about services that start with D. You have to draw the line somewhere. DFS, DNS, DHCP, Damn SQL Server... You get the drift. ;)     -- O'Reilly Active Directory Third Edition - http://www.joeware.net/win/ad3e.htm      From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Craig Cerino Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 9:05 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] DNS on a DC or NOT At the very least it (DNS) should be on ONE of the DCs.   I personally do not have an issue with DNS running on all of my DCs - -- which it is.  I have heard/read all the arguments for and against.  I still have no issue - - (Searching for wood to knock) I’ve not had an issue/conflict once.   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Krenceski, William Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 7:38 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: [ActiveDir] DNS on a DC or NOT   I was reading Carlos's blog about not running DNS on the PDC emulator. It all makes perfect sense to not have DNS running on it. In my relatively small setup we have @60 servers, 560pc's, on 8 networks (some remote some vlans). I have 2 DC's at my main site with one at each remote site. All DC's are GC and DNS. I always thought that in order for DNS to work as AD integrated you're DNS servers had to be DC's. If that is NOT true my face is red for believing so for so long.         William Krenceski Network Administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED]   Confidentiality Notice: The information contained in this message may be legally privileged and confidential information intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible to deliver it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any release, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error please notify the author immediately by replying to this message and deleting the original message. Thank you.