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Question about C-NAME or suggestion for DNS howto.
Greetings:
A client I support has a Windows Server 2003 domain with multiple servers, and approximately 8 satellite sites with ONLY workstations, no servers.
At each of these sites, DHCP is provided by a router, and each router has it's own connecction to the internet, and a VPN connection back to the central office in a standard hub/spoke configuration.
All the workstations across the enterprise belong to the domain.
A client I support has a Windows Server 2003 domain with multiple servers, and approximately 8 satellite sites with ONLY workstations, no servers.
At each of these sites, DHCP is provided by a router, and each router has it's own connecction to the internet, and a VPN connection back to the central office in a standard hub/spoke configuration.
All the workstations across the enterprise belong to the domain.
Andrew P
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Oops, sorry, hit the button too soon.
My question is this: Since all the workstations belong to the domain, say, company.local, is it possible to assign an additional and deeper level of DNS to each of the subnets - one for each satellite location, such as satellite1.company.local? It would facilitate administrating the machines more productively.
As I said earlier, DHCP is assigned at the router level as is the local domain name at each satellite.
Hope this question is clear.
My question is this: Since all the workstations belong to the domain, say, company.local, is it possible to assign an additional and deeper level of DNS to each of the subnets - one for each satellite location, such as satellite1.company.local? It would facilitate administrating the machines more productively.
As I said earlier, DHCP is assigned at the router level as is the local domain name at each satellite.
Hope this question is clear.
Question Makes sense.
DNS does not have to match the Naming of your Active directory Forest, I am sure that thing are easier if they do match. In the company I work for the SubDomains usually represent the child domains in the forest.
Of course having a Child Domain for each site would extra equipment. Not an Option I would guess.
One option available is the use OU to divide the machines into a collections for each site. Have you considered this option?
DNS and Domain Planning (Microsoft)
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windows2000serv/reskit/deploy/dgbd_ads_lqec.mspx?mfr=true
Greenclock
GreenClock
DNS does not have to match the Naming of your Active directory Forest, I am sure that thing are easier if they do match. In the company I work for the SubDomains usually represent the child domains in the forest.
Of course having a Child Domain for each site would extra equipment. Not an Option I would guess.
One option available is the use OU to divide the machines into a collections for each site. Have you considered this option?
DNS and Domain Planning (Microsoft)
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windows2000serv/reskit/deploy/dgbd_ads_lqec.mspx?mfr=true
Greenclock
GreenClock
ASKER
Thanks much for your response, GreenClock. Would subdomains allow me to prefix each machine, such that each machine would be categorized as pc1.sub1.company.local, pc1.sub2.company.local and so on? Also, is creation of a sub domain as simple as creating a domain in active directory immediately under another domain?
ASKER
Greenclock: I forgot to mention that I do have separate OU's for each of the satellite offices.
The Computer Names will still need to be unique. Cannot have two machines named the same in the same windows domain.
i.e pc1.sub1.company.local, pc1.sub2.company.local will not work
Creating the Sub Domains is just a case of creating them in DNS on the AD server.
Greenclock
i.e pc1.sub1.company.local, pc1.sub2.company.local will not work
Creating the Sub Domains is just a case of creating them in DNS on the AD server.
Greenclock
ASKER
Understood. Apologies, but my example was a poor one. However, my question still stands. How are the sub domains created exactly. I don't see an option for "sub" domain. Is the creation as simple as creating a domain under another domain?
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Thanks, I didn't know it was that simple. Sorry to have overcomplicated things.
I'll give it a try and let you know what happens.
I'll give it a try and let you know what happens.
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Greenclock
Greenclock