You must do this in order to create the 2-way trust. DHCP and DNS work together and add all your workstations, servers, and network devices automatically.ģ.) Set DNS forwarders You can add the old domain DNS server as a forwarder until you get everything migrated. If you only have a small number of static DNS entries to create then do them manually.
It will create a copy of the zone from the other domain. SKIP THIS FOR NOW!! In DNS you can add zones for other Domains using the Add Zone wizard. Is there something special in the old zone you can't add manually? Active Directory / DHCP will add your Server/Workstations to DNS for you. DNS suffix search list GPO configured on Target domainĪny help will be appreciated as it's doing my head in : )īelow are some answers to your list of tasks.ġ.) Build Primary Domain Controller and implement DNS You create the new domain here! You create DNS server and Setup DHCP here.Ģ.) Add DNS zones…should I import these from the old domain? How would that work if the domain name has changed? You only need your new domain zone. Remote Registry service running on test machine Test machine has static ip address with Preffered DNS pointing to Target domain DC Source domian configured to allow file and printer sharing exception through GPO DNS configured with conditional forwarders Trust Relationship in place between forests Logged on as ADMT Service Account, can access the test machines ADMIN$ share Running ADMT from Target DC logged on as ADMT Service account ADMT service Account, member of domain admin in target domain and member of Administrators in source domain ADMT Service Account created in the source domain The ADSI property cannot be found in the property cache. When i try to do the next step which is migrating the test computer i get the below errorĮRR2:7711 Unable to retrieve the DNS hostname for the migrated computer '#-DT10732.#.