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DNS zone transfer with same name

Rolaine Nicdao 51 Reputation points
2020-08-03T09:47:04.053+00:00

Server 1 - DNS server (not a domain controller)
Server 2 - a Primary domain controller

as per checking it wont allow me to successfully transfer the DNS zone and records since it's the same name.
What best/safe approach should i do to transfer/copy the dns records from server 1 to server 2?

thanks!

Rolaine

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  1. Sunny Qi 11,031 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2020-08-04T06:52:38.487+00:00

    Hi,

    Welcome to our new Q&A platform.

    Before we go further, may I confirm that the zone hosted by server 1 is a primary zone or a secondary zone?

    Best Regards,
    Sunny

  2. Sunny Qi 11,031 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2020-08-05T06:22:13.24+00:00

    Hi,

    Thanks for your reply.

    My understanding is the zone hosted by server 1 is a standard primary zone and the zone hosted by server 2 is an AD integrated zone. If my understanding is incorrect, please feel free to let me know.

    Based on my knowledge, a primary zone is a zone to which all updates for the records that belong to that zone are made. A Primary stores it’s zone data in a text file (by default in the system32\dns folder) and there can only be one primary zone.

    An AD Integrated is stored in the AD database, and the zone will replicate to other domain controllers within the same replication scope automatically as part of the AD replication process. By default, AD integrated zones do not need zone transfers to be allowed.

    Allowing zone transfers is an option provided to support non-DC DNS servers, BIND or any other name brand DNS server that you want to allow zone transfers to a secondary on those servers.

    In your case, zone transfer from non dc DNS server to DC DNS server cannot be achieved and it is not necessary to have both AD integrated zone and a primary zone with same name. If you want to reduce the load on Primary DNS Servers and also for preventing single point of failure, you could configure the server 1 to host a secondary zone that replicates from your AD DNS server.

    For more details about DNS zones, please kindly refer to the following links:

    Active Directory-Integrated DNS Zones

    Understand zone type

    Hope my answer will help you. Thanks!

    ---Please Accept as answer if the reply is helpful---

    Best Regards,
    Sunny

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