DNS in the Active

Directory Tree, Part II

Mark Simos and J.R. Nieves

Support Professional
MPSS Directory Services
Microsoft Corporation
Active Directory™ and DNS Server

 Microsoft® Windows® 2000 DNS Server

 SRV records per RFC 2025 (required)
 Dynamic updates per RFC 2136 (optional)
 Q237675

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Active Directory and NetBIOS

 NetBIOS required for down-level clients

 Windows® 95 and Windows® 98
 Microsoft® Windows NT® 4.0
 Enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP
 WINS Server NIC entry server and
workstation
 Entries in WINS
 PDC emulator FSMO roles

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Best Practices
Naming Convention Methodologies

 corp.woodgrovebank.com
 woodgrovebank.internal
 woodgrovebank.com
 woodgrovebank.

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Best Practices
DNS Client (NIC’s TCP/IP Settings)

 Domain controller
 Usually points to itself and or other domain
controllers
 Q216899
 Q260362

 Domain members
 Usually point to domain controllers

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Best Practices
DNS Server Settings

 Forward lookup zone

 Reverse lookup zone
 DNS forwarding and/or root hints
 Q247681
 Namespace delegation (child domains)
 Dynamic Updates (Yes, No, and Only Secure)

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Common DNS Problems
On Domain Members

 UserEnv 1000 unable to determine computer

name or username
 Q261007
 Group policies are not being applied
 Unable to resolve to Internet
 Unable to find and/or join domain
 Q247811
 Logon delay while preparing network
connections

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Common DNS Problems
On Domain Controller
 Registration or deregistration of DNS
records fails
 Q259277
 Replication between DCs fails because of
RPC error
 Q224544
 Terminal Services unable to find Licensing
server
 Q261110

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Common DNS Problems
On Domain Controller
 Unable to DCPROMO second DC because of
DNS lookup failure
 Unable to establish trust between domains
 Q224370
 DC fails to register SRV records because of
incorrect FQDN
 Unable to add DNS forwarders
 Q229840
 More than 15 IP address on DC
 Q261197

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Troubleshooting Tools

 Event Viewer
 System Log / Netlogon Source
 Application Log / UserEnv Source
 Windows 2000 Help Files
 Syntax
 Examples
 Microsoft Knowledge Base
 Ping
 Nslookup

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Troubleshooting Tools
 Windows 2000 Support Tools
 NetDiag (updated version on Web)
 DCDiag (updated version on Web)
 NET CONFIG WORKSTATION
 Computer name
 FQDN
 NetBIOS domain name
 DNS domain name
 IPCONFIG
 /all
 /registerdns
 /flushdns 11