SUMMARY
This step-by-step article describes how to install and how
to configure a new Windows Server 2003 Domain Name Services (DNS) server in a
DNS server environment where Active Directory is not turned on. The new Windows
Server 2003 DNS server provides local name resolution services for clients and
servers in Windows Server 2003, while it works effectively with the DNS server
environment that already exists.
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Add a Windows Server 2003 DNS Server to Your Environment
To create a new Windows Server 2003 DNS Server, you must install
Windows Server 2003 on a server that is attached to your network. By default,
DNS is not installed during the installation of Windows Server 2003. You have
to install DNS on the server. You can install the Windows Server 2003 DNS
service either during the installation of products in Windows Server 2003, or
after the initial installation.
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Install the Windows Server 2003 DNS Service on a Server Running Windows Server 2003
- Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
- Double-click Add or Remove Programs, and
then click Add/Remove Windows Components.
- In the Windows Component Wizard, click Networking Services in the Components list, and then click Details.
- In Networking Services, click to select the Domain Name System (DNS)
check box if it is not already selected, and then click OK.
- In the Windows Components Wizard, click Next. Insert the Windows Server 2003 CD-ROM into the computer's CD-ROM
drive, if you are prompted to do so. Setup copies the DNS server and the tool
files to your computer.
- When the installation is complete, click Finish.
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Integrate Windows Server 2003 DNS into Your DNS Domain
If your environment already has a DNS domain and a DNS
infrastructure, and Active Directory is not turned on, you can use the DNS
domain that exists, and you can delegate certain zones to this server. Use the
existing DNS domain if, for example, the computer runs programs that require
DNS lookups that your DNS servers cannot support, such as DNS lookups of
Service (SRV) records. To complete the next step, you must first have the
Windows Server 2003 DNS server installed.
If the DNS servers in your
organization cannot look up SRV records (and cannot be upgraded to do so), you
can integrate a Windows Server 2003 DNS server directly into the DNS zone that
exists. To do so, you can delegate certain zones to the Windows Server 2003 DNS
server. Additional steps include the creation of new zones on the Windows
Server 2003 DNS server for specific zones on the other DNS servers, and turning
on the new zones for dynamic updates.
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Use the Configure DNS Server Wizard to Delegate Zones to the DNS Server
- Click Start, point to Programs, click Administrative Tools, and then click DNS.
- Click the DNS Server object for your server in the left
pane of the console, and then expand the server object to expand the
tree.
- Right-click the server object, and then click
Configure a DNS Server to start the Configure a DNS Server
Wizard. Click Next.
- Click Create a forward lookup zone (recommended for
small networks), and then click Next.
- Click An ISP maintains the zone, and a read-only
secondary copy resides on this server.
- In the Zone Name dialog box, type the name of the zone (for example,
microsoft.com or
newzone.microsoft.com).
- In the Master DNS Servers dialog box, type the IP address of a known DNS server. Click Next.
- Click No, it should not forward queries,
and then click Next.
- Click Finish to save the new configuration and to configure the DNS
server.
Because this DNS server is responsible to support only zones
that support SRV records and dynamic updates, certain zones on the other DNS
servers must be delegated to this server. These zones include:
- _tcp.DNS Domain Name (for
example: _tcp.mycompany.com)
- _udp.DNS Domain Name (for
example: _udp.mycompany.com)
- _msdcs.DNS Domain Name ( for
example: _msdcs.mycompany.com)
- _sites.DNS Directory Domain Name
(for example: _sites.mycompany.com)
You must repeat the following two sections for each zone that
you create. After you delegate the zones to the DNS server, create a zone for
each of the zones in the list of steps on the Windows Server 2003 DNS
server.
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Create a New Zone for the Zones on the Windows Server 2003 DNS Server
- Click Start, point to Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click DNS.
- Click the DNS Server object for your server in the left
pane of the console, and then expand the server object to expand the
tree.
- Right-click Forward Lookup Zones, and then click New Zone. Click Next.
- Click Primary zone to create a master copy
of the new zone. Click Next.
- Type the name of the new zone (for
example, _tcp.mycompany.com), and then click Next.
- Click Accept to accept the default file name for the new zone file, and then
click Next.
- Click Allow any dynamic updates, and then
click Next.
- Click Finish.
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Turn On the New Zone for Dynamic Updates
- In the DNS Management Console, click the DNS Server object
for your server in the left pane of the console, and then expand the server
object to expand the tree.
- Right-click the server object, and then click Properties.
- On the General tab, click the Allow dynamic updates drop-down
box, and then click Yes. Click OK.
Repeat the steps in the
Create
a New Zone for the Zones on the Windows Server 2003 DNS Server
section of this article, and then repeat the steps in the
Turn On the New Zone for Dynamic
Updates section of this article, for each zone that you create on
the Windows Server 2003 DNS Server.
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Troubleshooting
The following section describes how to troubleshoot
problems.
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Options to Configure Root Hints or Forwarders If They Are Unavailable
If no DNS servers are detected in the initial configuration of
Windows Server 2003 DNS, the system typically designates the new DNS server as
a "root server", which is the ultimate authority for all name resolution
activities. As a result, the new DNS server cannot forward any name resolution
queries that it cannot resolve to another server or to the root servers on the
Internet. As a result, a Windows Server 2003 DNS server that has been
configured as a root server turns off the options to automatically add
forwarders.
Later date, if you decide that this DNS server must be
integrated into a larger DNS environment such as the Internet, you must remove
the "root" forward lookup zone.
To remove the root forward lookup
zone, follow these steps:
- Click Start, point to Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click DNS.
- Click the DNS Server object for your server in the left
pane of the console, and then expand the server object to expand the
tree.
- Click Forward Lookup Zones to expand it.
- Click the zone that is marked with a period, and then press
DELETE.
- Click OK to confirm that you want to delete the zone.
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