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Add your current DNS server's IP address in Primary DNS server field &amp;&nbsp;remove old entries.<br />
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Execute nslookup from command prompte &amp;&nbsp;make sure it resolves to the DNS server.
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Add your current DNS server's IP address in Primary DNS server field & remove old entries.

Execute nslookup from command prompte & make sure it resolves to the DNS server.

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No problem Monica. &nbsp;Dont forget to accept a solution.<br />
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-saige-
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No problem Monica.  Dont forget to accept a solution.

-saige-

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I recently had to demote and decommission a server that was a domain controller and the primary DNS Server. &nbsp;I set up another server in it's place. &nbsp;I believe that I have made all of the necessary changes on my windows network to reflect the new server's IP address. &nbsp;However, Exchange is still experiencing problems. &nbsp;When I run a best practices scan, it tells me that my DNS Host record apprears to be missing and gives me steps on how to resolve. &nbsp;It also tells me than my primary DNS failed to repsond which is being caused by the same problem. &nbsp;Since the error in the report is displaying the old IP address, and I've removed DNS from that server, I need to know how to make Exchange 2003 look at my new DNS server. &nbsp;Any advice?
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I recently had to demote and decommission a server that was a domain controller and the primary DNS Server.  I set up another server in it's place.  I believe that I have made all of the necessary changes on my windows network to reflect the new server's IP address.  However, Exchange is still experiencing problems.  When I run a best practices scan, it tells me that my DNS Host record apprears to be missing and gives me steps on how to resolve.  It also tells me than my primary DNS failed to repsond which is being caused by the same problem.  Since the error in the report is displaying the old IP address, and I've removed DNS from that server, I need to know how to make Exchange 2003 look at my new DNS server.  Any advice?

Exchange 2003 and DNS

Exchange is the server side of a collaborative application product that is part of the Microsoft Server infrastructure. Exchange's major features include email, calendaring, contacts and tasks, support for mobile and web-based access to information, and support for data storage.

Exchange

The Domain Name System (DNS) is a hierarchical, globally distributed system responsible for associating the name of a computer, service or other resource into an IP address for connecting to the Internet or a private network. Most prominently, it translates domain names to the numerical IP addresses needed for the purpose of computer services and devices worldwide.