Hello all,
I have some conflicts in our Win2000 integrated DNS. One RootDNSServers and
two under our Domain name. What's the best way to deal with these? Should I
delete the earliest created or should I just follow the saying,"if it ain't
broke, don't fix it".
Thanks in advance

In news:453EDDD0-26EB-4D74-BC5B-556BD4C6ECEF@microsoft.com,
graysh <graysh@discussions.microsoft.com> made this post, which I then
commented about below:
> Hello all,
> I have some conflicts in our Win2000 integrated DNS. One
> RootDNSServers and two under our Domain name. What's the best way to
> deal with these? Should I delete the earliest created or should I
> just follow the saying,"if it ain't broke, don't fix it".
> Thanks in advance

Where do you see the errors? In ADUC or in ADSI Edit?

By "RootDNSServers", does that mean the forest root domain DCs? What are the
two under "our domain name"? Is there a Windows 2003 DNS in the mix?

I would say if there are conflicts, you can safely deleted the older
reference, but if you are seeing conflicting zone names in the AD database,
then I will be willing to bet there is a more serious issue with replication
going on.

Can you be more descriptive please? Post any Event ID errors too, along with
how many DCs, domains, is it a single label name, etc.

Thanks

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=================================

Hi Ace,
Thanks for the help.
These show up in ADUC. There are no 2003 servers in the mix, all 2000
servers. We've got 5 DC's distributed among 5 sites. Our domain name is
"domain".com. In ADUC These entries show up under the MicrosftDNS tab. I've
got 3 entries with our domain name. Two with the CNF object. Also, there are
two entries for RootDNSServers, one with the CNF object. DCDiag, NETDiag show
no errors, and repadmin /showreps shows all successful. We have only a single
domain.
Thanks again for the help Ace.
Gray

"Ace Fekay [MVP]" wrote:

> In news:453EDDD0-26EB-4D74-BC5B-556BD4C6ECEF@microsoft.com,
> graysh <graysh@discussions.microsoft.com> made this post, which I then
> commented about below:
> > Hello all,
> > I have some conflicts in our Win2000 integrated DNS. One
> > RootDNSServers and two under our Domain name. What's the best way to
> > deal with these? Should I delete the earliest created or should I
> > just follow the saying,"if it ain't broke, don't fix it".
> > Thanks in advance
>
> Where do you see the errors? In ADUC or in ADSI Edit?
>
> By "RootDNSServers", does that mean the forest root domain DCs? What are the
> two under "our domain name"? Is there a Windows 2003 DNS in the mix?
>
> I would say if there are conflicts, you can safely deleted the older
> reference, but if you are seeing conflicting zone names in the AD database,
> then I will be willing to bet there is a more serious issue with replication
> going on.
>
> Can you be more descriptive please? Post any Event ID errors too, along with
> how many DCs, domains, is it a single label name, etc.
>
> Thanks
>
> --
> Ace
>
> This posting is provided "AS-IS" with no warranties or guarantees and
> confers no rights.
>
> If this post is viewed at a non-Microsoft community website, and you were to
> respond to it through that community's website, I may not see your reply
> unless that website posts replies back to the original Microsoft forum.
> Therefore, please direct all replies ONLY to the Microsoft public newsgroup
> this thread originated in so all can benefit or ensure the web community
> posts it back to the original forum.
>
> Ace Fekay, MCSE 2003 & 2000, MCSA 2003 & 2000, MCSE+I, MCT, MVP
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Server Directory Services
> Microsoft Certified Trainer
> Infinite Diversities in Infinite Combinations.
> =================================
>
>
>

In news:FED39CBB-D1EA-4813-8448-54039158DC59@microsoft.com,
graysh <graysh@discussions.microsoft.com> made this post, which I then
commented about below:
> Hi Ace,
> Thanks for the help.
> These show up in ADUC. There are no 2003 servers in the mix, all 2000
> servers. We've got 5 DC's distributed among 5 sites. Our domain name
> is "domain".com. In ADUC These entries show up under the MicrosftDNS
> tab. I've got 3 entries with our domain name. Two with the CNF
> object. Also, there are two entries for RootDNSServers, one with the
> CNF object. DCDiag, NETDiag show no errors, and repadmin /showreps
> shows all successful. We have only a single domain.
> Thanks again for the help Ace.
> Gray

No prob Gary. I would say to go ahead and delete them, since the system
already identified them as conlifcting names, it is ignoring them. It could
have been caused by rep errors at one time, or someone trying to create the
zone on another DC when the zone was already created. Usually we don't want
to do that because the zone will auto show up on the other DCs as long as
DNS is installed on them. If someone created the zone, and there's different
data on it, the system will think it's a dupe.

Ace

Thanks Ace,
You've helped me in the past and now again.
You're top notch in my book.

"Ace Fekay [MVP]" wrote:

> In news:FED39CBB-D1EA-4813-8448-54039158DC59@microsoft.com,
> graysh <graysh@discussions.microsoft.com> made this post, which I then
> commented about below:
> > Hi Ace,
> > Thanks for the help.
> > These show up in ADUC. There are no 2003 servers in the mix, all 2000
> > servers. We've got 5 DC's distributed among 5 sites. Our domain name
> > is "domain".com. In ADUC These entries show up under the MicrosftDNS
> > tab. I've got 3 entries with our domain name. Two with the CNF
> > object. Also, there are two entries for RootDNSServers, one with the
> > CNF object. DCDiag, NETDiag show no errors, and repadmin /showreps
> > shows all successful. We have only a single domain.
> > Thanks again for the help Ace.
> > Gray
>
> No prob Gary. I would say to go ahead and delete them, since the system
> already identified them as conlifcting names, it is ignoring them. It could
> have been caused by rep errors at one time, or someone trying to create the
> zone on another DC when the zone was already created. Usually we don't want
> to do that because the zone will auto show up on the other DCs as long as
> DNS is installed on them. If someone created the zone, and there's different
> data on it, the system will think it's a dupe.
>
> Ace
>
>
>

In news:E6AF4DEB-54BC-4400-8D91-2AD2BDA2C186@microsoft.com,
graysh <graysh@discussions.microsoft.com> made this post, which I then
commented about below:
> Thanks Ace,
> You've helped me in the past and now again.
> You're top notch in my book.

Glad to be of help!
:-)

Ace