Microsoft windows 2000 DNS manual Migration to Windows 2000 DNS, Dns

Will your ADS overlap your DNS name

No Overlap

Delegate Name Space to

Windows 2000

DNS

Do you have DNS

No

Yes

Overlap

What is your DNS Naming

platform & topology?

Choose

Active

Directory

Domain

Names

Design/Deploy

Windows 2000

DNS Topology

Finish

Design/Deploy

Windows 2000

DNS Topology

Finish

Windows NT 4 DNS in Place

No

Non-MS DNS in Place

Supports SRV RRs
	Yes
Dynamic

Design/Deploy

Windows 2000

DNS Topology

Can be upgraded	Finish
support SRV RRs and
Update?
	No

Upgrade to Windows
		Yes
2000 DNS
	Upgrade

Finish

Finish

Add server supporting SRV

records and delegate appropriate zones

Finish

Migration to Windows 2000 DNS

The first step in migrating non-Microsoft DNS servers to the Windows 2000 implementation of DNS is to introduce Windows 2000 DNS servers as secondary servers for the overlapping zones. One of the key points here is to configure a zone transfer from a master to a secondary Windows 2000 DNS server and make sure that the zone transfer process does not generate any errors. Errors can occur if during the zone transfer the Windows 2000 DNS server is not able to recognize records sent by the non-Microsoft DNS server. These records should either be repaired or removed from the zone in order for the zone transfer to complete successfully.

Once the Windows 2000 DNS servers have stabilized in the new role, their

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