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Anonymous
Nov 09, 2018

Secondary AD doesnt have DNS, cannot restore Primary AD

Hi guys,    My first post here, completely exhausted Googling this issue without much luck, but a very simple setup.   I had 2 ADs (primary and secondary) - Primary (DC1)- AD + DNS  - Secondary...
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Michel Zehnder's avatar
Michel Zehnder
Brass Contributor
Nov 09, 2018

Have you tried a simple reboot yet?

Also, is there anything in the Eventlog that would be helpful?

I do think you should be able to get basic DNS up and running again. (At least the very basics of the DNS server should work... )

 

So what happens when you create a non-AD integrated zone? Does this also not work?

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Dave Patrick's avatar
Dave Patrick
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Nov 11, 2018
Michel Zehnder wrote:

At least the very basics of the DNS server should work...

Creating a new DNS server should not be a problem. The problem is there isn't anything left of old directory to connect it to.

 

 

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    Michel Zehnder
    Brass Contributor
    Nov 12, 2018

    Yes, but there is nothing essential there that could not be recreated.

    All AD DNS entries can be recreated, and all dynamic DNS entries can be recreated.

    The only thing "lost" are the static entries, and I guess he would be happy if his Domain would "work" again :)

     

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