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TechGuyTJ
Asked: 2009-12-10 13:53:21 +0800 CST

DNS configuration validation

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I am having issues migrating my current Active Directory objects to my new Domain using ADMT. I have gone to a lot of resources to resolve this issue and they seem to point to DNS. Is there a tool or command or something that can validate my DNS configuration is functioning correctly? The DNS server is a Win server 2000 and is the primary Domain Controller.

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4 Answers

  1. Since DNS is platform-independent at the protocol level, I wonder if you have a Unix/Linux box somewhere you can run commands on?

    You're after "doc", which does DNS audits by wandering around the zone, looking at records. It's somewhat old, and it won't tell you it's leaving a log in log.<zone>, but it works. It assumes that you have dig, from bind9, which you probably will, on any modern Unix. ftp site

    Another diagnosis tool is dnswalk, which is a sourceforge hosted project; since I can only post one hyperlink, I'll let you find that one.

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  2. Can't say that I have a huge amount of experience with W2K AD domains, but if this was W2K3 then my first port of call would be the netdiag command. This will do some basic tests of your configuration including DNS.

    I highly recommend using the netdiag /q command which reduced the level of output to only warnings and failures.

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  3. Best Answer

    Men & Mice have a tool called DNS Expert that I've used in the past and was impressed by.

    It's whole function is to hep you identify problems with your DNS infrastructure, and they have a specific module for AD DNS too.

    The product page is here

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  4. Does your new domain run WIndows Server 2008 R2? In that case you can use the built-in AD Best Practices Analyzer tool (find it under the AD role in Server Manager) to report on non-standard configuration.

    Otherwise, you should go through ALL your DNS configuration, and try to draw it up on a piece of paper. Try to do nslookup's both ways, and put down your results on paper, the problem should materialize itself.. :) (some variant of "reverse-sudoku-solving".. :))

    When you give up, you can call me and I will solve the issue for you, at $190/hour.. :)

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