> Read inline please.
>
> In news:DD1DDEDE-79A8-4C62-BDA2-E0004D8B277F[ at ]microsoft.com,
> Dennis Procopio <DennisProcopio[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
> > I added 2 new 2003 domain controllers to our domain, leaving 2
> > existing 2000 servers as DC's until flaws and dependencies are
> > identified. One of the 2003 DC's (DC3) has been made an
> > AD-Integrated DNS server, and the other (DC4) has inherited the WINS
> > and DHCP services as I moved them from one of the 2000 servers (DC2).
> > DNS is also running on DC1 (also a 2000 server).
> >
> > One of the 2000 domain controllers (DC2) seems to be losing
> > communication with the new DNS server (DC3). It can ping it one
> > minute, and the next can't even resolve it's fqdn. When I added the
> > 2003 servers I moved all FSMO roles to DC3. When doing a dcdiag on
> > the entire site , DC3 reports back errors in the system log with
> > event id 0x00000457. I don't see anything weird with the other
> > domain controllers. DC3 reports event id 2088 for source domain
> > controller DC2. DC2 also complains about not locating the global
> > catalog when trying to use AD Users and Computers. I've also seen
> > errors about RPC and DNS but cannot seem to locate them right now. I
> > did have to make a registry adjustment about a month or more back on
> > the rpcprotocol portion of the dns server in the registry because of
> > the flaw in MS DNS Server...is that the problem?
> >
> > I'd like to be sure that DC3 has a healthy AD & DNS installation
> > before demoting the 2000 servers. Any help on completing this would
> > be awesome.
>
> You should make all DCs DNS servers and Global Catalogs. For best
> redundancy, each site should have two of each.
>
> How To Create or Move a Global Catalog in Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000,
> or Small Business Server 2000:
>
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;313994>
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP]
> Hope This Helps
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