Domain Controller Lookup Zone

To all domain controllers in this domain to all domain controllers specified in the scope of this directory partition click next.

Domain controller lookup zone. In the first reverse lookup zone name page select one of the following. Name the new zone msdcs domain where domain is the full dns name of your ad domain. Now i ll click the 0 168 192 in addr arpa zone to view the reocrds so far i have only the.

A reverse dns record had to be created for the ip to resolve to the hostname. Dns manager after you install active directory on a server running the microsoft dns service you can use the dns management console to verify that the appropriate zones and resource records are created for each dns zone. The activity we have a reverse lookup zone 168 192 in addr arpa.

Ipv4 reverse lookup zone ipv6 reverse lookup zone click next. To verify srv locator resource records for a domain controller use one of the following methods. For example if your domain is named mydomain local name the new zone msdcs mydomain local.

If you changed your hosting or dns records then this tool is for you to verify that your records are entered correctly to avoid any downtime. Since i m setting a brand new domain i ll be creating a. Our environment is based on windows server 2012 r2 domain controllers and we are using ad integrated dns zones.

The subnet will display backwards that is normal. All domain controllers in our environment are dns servers and vice versa. Sync dnsserverzone passthru display the list.

Dns lookup tool fetches all dns records of a domain and shows as received. If msdcs existed as a folder inside the domain forward lookup zone right click that zone in the left pane and select new domain. Verify reverse lookup zone back in the dns console click on reverse lookup zone i can now see the new zone listed.