.dns Files Remain in the DNS Folder After Active Directory Is Installed

ID: Q231359

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server

SYMPTOMS

After you install Active Directory and integrate the DNS records into Active Directory, .dns files remain in the %SystemRoot%\System32\Dns folder. This occurs with both primary and secondary zones. This occurs only when the zone is integrated into Active Directory.

RESOLUTION

Manually move the .dns files to the %SystemRoot%\System32\Dns\Backup folder for safe keeping.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

When a zone is created (either manually or with DNS Manager) on a DNS server, a corresponding zone file is created in the %SystemRoot%\System32\Dns folder for that server. After converting a primary or secondary zone to an Active Directory-integrated primary zone, the corresponding local zone file for that zone remains. These zone files are no longer parsed, so editing them does not result in updated zone information.

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbnetwork
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb