Microsoft KB Archive/181600

= Configuring a Secondary DNS Server with Windows NT =

Article ID: 181600

Article Last Modified on 10/31/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q181600



SUMMARY
This article is designed as a supplement to the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge base:

ARTICLE-ID: 172953

TITLE : How to Install and Configure Microsoft DNS Server

This guide will take you through the steps needed to configure a secondary Domain Name Service (DNS) server on your Windows NT Server. For additional information on Domain Name Service, please see the following white paper available on the Microsoft anonymous ftp server:

File Name: Dnswp.exe Location : ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-docs/papers/ Title : "DNS and Microsoft Windows NT 4.0"



MORE INFORMATION
You may want to have a secondary DNS server to provide redundancy throughout your network for host name resolution. A secondary DNS server will keep a copy of the zone files for name resolution, but any changes to these files will need to be made on the primary DNS server.

NOTE: These changes can be made remotely by using DNS Manager.

The steps below assume that you have already installed Microsoft DNS Server on the intended secondary server.


 * 1) Click the Start button, point to Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click DNS Manager.
 * 2) From the DNS menu, click New Server.
 * 3) Type the IP address of your secondary DNS server in the Add DNS Server dialog box, and then click OK.
 * 4) Repeat steps 2 and 3 using the IP address of your primary DNS server.

NOTE: If added successfully, it will expand and you should see the primary zone(s) that exist on that server.
 * 1) Right-click the secondary DNS server and click New Zone.
 * 2) Click Secondary, type the zone name in the Zone field, and type the IP address of the primary DNS server in the Server field.

NOTE: You can also simply drag the hand icon to the zone beneath the primary DNS server, and DNS Manager will automatically fill in this information for you.
 * 1) Click Next, type the zone name in the Zone name field, type the zone file name in the Zone File field, and click Next.

NOTE: If you used the hand icon in step 6, this dialog will be automatically entered. Click Next.
 * 1) Type the IP address of the primary DNS server, click Add, and then click Next.

NOTE: If you used the hand icon in step 6, the IP master will be automatically entered. Click Next.
 * 1) Repeat steps 5 through 8 for the reverse zone.

If all of the above is correct, you should receive one or more of the following event messages in Event Viewer on the primary DNS server:

  Event ID   : 731 Source    : DNS Description: DNS Server transfer of zone  to DNS server at               , successfully completed.

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  Event ID   : 850 Source    : DNS Description: DNS Server transfer of zone  to DNS server at               , successfully completed.

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  Event ID   : 6001 Source    : DNS Description: DNS Server transfer of zone  to DNS server at               , successfully completed.

On the secondary DNS server, you should receive one or more of the following event messages in Event Viewer:

  Event ID   : 702 Source    : DNS Description: New Version of zone  found at DNS Server at . Zone transfer is               in progress.

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  Event ID   : 3150 Source    : DNS Description: DNS Server wrote new version of zone <zone-name> to file <zone-name>.dns. The data is the new version number.

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<pre class="fixed_text">  Event ID   : 6522 Source    : DNS Description: New Version of zone <zone-name> found at DNS Server at <ip-address>. Zone transfer is in               progress.

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