>
> Thanks for the reply.
>
> The domain "domain.com" is not visible in the internet so I dont see why I
> cannot make it part of the "domain.com.local".
>
> Anyway, what is the right way to migrate the NT domain (i still have the
> original PDC online so I can do it again) ?
> I read some oficial Microsoft documents and they said that one way to
> migrate NT is to take out the BDC, make it PDC, put the win 2k3 CD and
> upgrade. After that start dcpromo and here is the nasty part: when the wizard
> asks "Type the full DNS name for the new domain" if I enter "domain.com" the
> wizard doesn't accept that (the error says it already exists) so I chose
> domain.com.local.
>
> If I create a new zone in the DNS "domain.com" I will have errors in the
> logs like this: The DNS server was unable to complete directory service
> enumeration of zone "domain.com".
>
>
> "James Yeomans BSc, MCSE" wrote:
>
> > Hmm I am not sure you have gone about this in the right way. Creating a
> > domain with a suffix of .com.local would never be advised, unless you had a
> > root domain called com.local but i probably wouldn't implement such a
> > confusing name strategy. You will have to try creating a zone called
> > domain.com on your new dns server and add the mail record there.
> > James.
> > --
> > James Yeomans, BSc, MCSE
> > Ask me directly at:
http://www.justaskjames.co.uk> >
> >
> > "egl" wrote:
> >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I had a NT domain and I've tried to migrate it to 2003 AD. The NT domain
> > > was called "domain.com". I took out the BDC from the network, promote it to
> > > PDC and upgrade it to 2003. When I started "dcpromo" I was asked about the
> > > domain name and had to choose smth different from "domain.com" so I chose
> > > "domain.com.local". My question is regarding the MX entry: how can I add a
> > > MX entry for "mail.domain.com"? I want the DNS server to resolve
> > > "mail.domain.com" to an internal address.
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > Paul