AD integrated DNS

[DWL]

Hi all,
Newbie here with a couple of questions.
1. Is AD Integrated DNS a good thing to use, or are there some
problems/issues that I should be aware of?
2. Assuming AD integrated DNS is desirable, how does one go about
implementing it?

I think I just need to check the checkbox in DNS administrator to activate
it, right?
If I have 1 DC that I check this on, then I want to add another DC, what do
I do? Do I need to install and configure DNS on that second DC, or will it
just automatically install and activate AD integrated DNS on that second DC?
If I have to install and configure DNS on the machine befoer I turn it into
a DC, how do I configure it, I want to add to existing zone, not add a new
one, so, do I set it up as a secondary zone admin?
I hope this is clear enough.

Thanks,
David

[Anthony]

David,
Your best bet, seriously, is to try it in VM's. There are lots of little
in's and out's depending on your circumstances so you either read all the
documentation or just try it in a VM. When you try it it becomes fairly
obvious how it works.
If you have an AD integrated zone, it will just be set up when you dcpromo a
second DC. I find it works best to install DNS first, with no zones, but
the wizard will install it if you have not.
It is actually quite repairable too. The main thing is that DNS must be
working for replication to work.
Hope that helps,
Anthony, http://www.airdesk.co.uk

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[DWL]

Thanks for the response.
I will consider using VM's if I get a chance.
What I have done is to set up DNS then set up a DC on that same machine.
Then I set up another subnet and readied another machine for that subnet's DC.
That is where I got a little confused.
I do not want to make a different zone or sub-zone, nor do I want to have
multiple AD domains. I figured that I could not have a primary DNS server in
this second subnet, so I made it a secondary, then ran DCPROMO to make the
machine a DC.
So, at this point I have a couple of questions.
Should I demote the second DC and delete DNS rfom it, then make the primary
DNS server integrated, then promote my second machine to a DC and reinstall
DNS?
Can I just set the primary (and secondary) DNS server to AD integrated and
have them both turn into integrated primary DNS servers?

Thanks.