AD integrated zones out of sync

[Nick]

WIN 2003

I have an AD integrated zone that is integrated with 2 other child domains.
The primary zone contains 164 records, the same zone on the 2 child domain
is 31 records short, a total of 133 records. I don't see any errors in the
DNS logs. I do notice the SOA serial numbers are lower on the 2 child
domain zones than the primary zone, is this a clue ?

A reload on the child domains does not fix this.

any information would be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance

Nick

[Ace Fekay [Microsoft Certified Trainer]]

In news:49c6e218$0$29270$607e...@cv.net,
Nick <n...@somewhere.com>, posted the following:

Hi Nick,

Are there any AD replication errors in the Event logs?
Are you only using the internal DNS servers in all machines' IP properties?
Any DCs multihomed?

Keep in mind, the SOA is not helpful in this case because of the multimaster
design of AD integrated zones. The last DC that made an update into DNS
would be the last SOA of the zone and each have different serials.

Here's info on the serial number and SOA behavior:

Active Directory-integrated DNS zone serial number behavior
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/282826

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