Good job. :) It's one of the easier changes to make... Did you change DHCP (if used)?
*ASB *(Professional Bio <http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker/bio>) *Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market... * On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 11:49 AM, Mike Leone <[email protected]> wrote: > So here's what I did: > > I was changing the IP address of both parent and child DCs to 172.16.7.xx. > > 1. Create a new subnet in SITES AND SERVICES for 172.16.7.x > 2. Create a REVERSE ZONE in *each* DNS (parent and child) for 172.16.7.x > 3. Change IP address the NIC in parent DC > 1. Be sure to change the DNS server entries in the NIC to use the > new > address! > 2. REBOOT > 4. Change IP address the NIC in child DC > 1. Be sure to change the DNS server entries in the NIC to use > the new > address! > 2. REBOOT > 5. Log into each DC, and look at DNS (wait a few minutes, for things to > replicate and start properly) > 1. check the FORWARDERS of the child zone on the child DC. Make sure > they ALL use 172.16.7.x; if not, delete each entry and re-add as the new > 172.16.7.x address > 2. Check the NAME SERVERS tab of *each* zone on *both* DNS servers. > Make sure they ALL use 172.16.7.x; if not, delete each entry and re-add > as the new 172.16.7.x address > 1. parent zone on parent DC > 2. child zone entry on the parent DC > 3. child zone on child DC > 3. Check NAME SERVERS tab of reverse zone > 1. Create entries in the reverse zone, if necessary. > > Once I did all that, life was good. I could do forward and reverse > NSLOOKUPs of both DCs, from both DCs. And DCDIAG wasn't complaining > about DNS (outside of the fact that the parent DC has no forwarders, as > it is isolated from the outside world, as a lab environment). > > Was easier than I thought it would be. The key was that reboot (it might > have worked if all I had done was restart the DNS server after changing > the address, but simple enough to reboot). AND (in my case) to wait a > couple minutes after booting. > > Thanks to everyone that helped! Couldn't have done it without you guys. > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
