How to rebuild DNS on Active Directory Windows Server 2008 R2

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Yes, the A record exists, which is why I am baffled why all the workstations in the domain can't ping it, including the 2nd DC. I'll run through the rest of your exercises now and keep this thread posted. Thanks!

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Yes, all workstations are pointing at the same IP address (the current PDC) for their DNS.

Things seem to be getting better (not sure if these things just take time propagating, even internally), but I can now ping hostname.domainname.local from workstations. Not sure if the entry into the hosts file (/windows/system32/drivers/etc) had any bearing, but I'm running through some of your other suggested tests now as well to see what gives. Ideally, I'd like to alleviate the hosts entry altogether. I'll start doing these tests on my 2nd DC as that is where the issues had the most adverse affect.

Thanks so much for your help and direction!

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Ok, strange. Running nslookup on the hostname and hostname.domainname.local on my 2nd DS is now returning what I expect. Guess next step is to remove the entry from my hosts file and see how it goes. :) Getting closer!

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All is well! All tests are coming back positive. I think some of this was just being patient but I did run quite a few of your commands as well. Thanks for your help!