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This is because you have numerous domain controllers and we all know that the netlogon service will register this blank domain FQDN (also called the LdapIpAddress) for AD domain communication, to actually identify the DCs.<br />

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This is because you have numerous domain controllers and we all know that the netlogon service will register this blank domain FQDN (also called the LdapIpAddress) for AD domain communication, to actually identify the DCs.


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You are saying this is why it says &quot;same as parent folder&quot;?
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You are saying this is why it says "same as parent folder"?

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Yes, because your parent folder is your domain.
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Yes, because your parent folder is your domain.

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When I look in DNS manager, I see all of my records. My question is why some of my servers have both a Host (A) record with the hostname of the server and one with the hostname of {same as parent folder}. They both have the same IP address. Why would it have both entries?
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When I look in DNS manager, I see all of my records. My question is why some of my servers have both a Host (A) record with the hostname of the server and one with the hostname of {same as parent folder}. They both have the same IP address. Why would it have both entries?

DNS records

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).