I've received the error several times on Windows 7 Workstations and Laptops where it loses trust with the domain controller, and I know how to fix it, but why does it do that?
This is a Canonical Question about Active Directory DNS Settings.
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Assuming an environment with multiple domain controllers (assume that they all run DNS as well):
- in what order should the DNS servers be listed in the network adapters for each domain controller?
- Should 127.0.0.1 be used as the primary DNS server for each domain controller?
- Does it make any difference, if so what versions are affected and how?
We have a Server 2008 R2 Primary Domain Controller that seems to have amnesia when it comes to working out what kind of network it is on. The (only) network connection is identified at startup as a 'Public Network'.
Yet, if I disable and then re-enable the connection, it happily figures out that it is actually part of a domain network.
Is this because AD Domain Services is not started when the network location is initially worked out?
This issue causes some headaches with Windows Firewall Rules (which I am more than aware can be solved in other ways) so I am mostly just curious to see if anyone knows why this happens.
I have just purchased a new server that will be the new primary domain controller. I was wondering if anyone knew any articles or tutorials on how to do this change over? I would imagine it is just simply setting up the role and importing a backup of the Active Directory from the old domain controller. I just want to make sure I'm not missing any crucial tasks in between.
Assuming that at least two domain controllers were present in the domain to start with, what steps need to be taken to make Active Directory healthy after a domain controller crash?