Adding just DNS on server 2019 in remote site configuration

Question

Have HQ with 2 AD servers, DNS, etc. Remote sites have Firewalls that take care of DHCP. Having issues resolving names. One larger remote site has a win 2019 server, so just adding DNS. Adding Secondary Zone and transferred from HQ. Should the Reverse look up zone also be set up as Secondary or Primary.
Can't find more detailed directions for setting up just DNS for remote site.

Answer 1

On your primary DNS Server

• Right click on the zone you want to transfer and go in the zone transfers
• Click the check box Allow zone transfer and then click on the radio button Only to the following servers
• In the list, add the IP address of your DNS server and it's done.

On your new non-integrated DNS Server, in the DNS console

• Create the reverse zone as first step
• Right click on forward lookup zone
• Select New Zone
• Type the name of the zone you want to transfer (ex: somedomain.xxx.com) and click next
• type the IP address of the DNS server from which you want to read the zone (the AD Server)
• Click Next and click finish

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Answer 2

I assume I need to manually put all the other DC in ( 8 total) in the nameserver tab so the other sites can ping this one as well?

No, this shouldn't be necessary.

Didn't want more work/money of making it a DC

It's probably less work to stand up a domain controller.

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Answer 3

Hello,
I"m still unable to ping the computers after putting the DNS up of the 2019 server I just installed DNS on , so I must be doing something wrong.

Answer 4

Please run;

Dcdiag /v /c /d /e /s:%computername% >C:\dcdiag.log
repadmin /showrepl >C:\repl.txt
ipconfig /all > C:\dc1.txt
ipconfig /all > C:\dc2.txt
ip config /all > C:\dns1.txt
ipconfig /all > C:\problemworkstation.txt

then put unzipped text files up on OneDrive and share a link.

Answer 5

We have one drive blocked

You can also start a case here with product support.
https://support.serviceshub.microsoft.com/supportforbusiness

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