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Thanks. Yes it is the domain I wish to rename - sorry. As suggested, I may have to setup a test environment first before even thinking of doing this.
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Thanks. Yes it is the domain I wish to rename - sorry. As suggested, I may have to setup a test environment first before even thinking of doing this.

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DNS associates a Name with an IP address. If it is the incorrect name associated &nbsp;with a specific IP address then you can change this through the DNS MMC snap in.<br />
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However, if it is the element of FQDN that needs to be changed that requires domain changes and as stated it is a very delicate process and a good backup of the LDAP database is essential.
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DNS associates a Name with an IP address. If it is the incorrect name associated  with a specific IP address then you can change this through the DNS MMC snap in.

However, if it is the element of FQDN that needs to be changed that requires domain changes and as stated it is a very delicate process and a good backup of the LDAP database is essential.

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Hello,<br />
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When our AD server was setup, the DNS name was incorrectly entered as &quot;school.&lt;school-name&gt;.scho<wbr />ol.nz&quot;. It should be in the form of &quot;&lt;school-name&gt;.school.nz&quot;.<wbr /> Is it possible to change the DNS name of the forward lookup zones or will this totally screew up our network servers, exchange server and clients?<br />
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Our DC and DNS server is running Windows Server 2008. Other servers are a mixture of 2008 and 2003. Our clients are Windows XP.<br />
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Cheers<br />
Pete
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Hello,

When our AD server was setup, the DNS name was incorrectly entered as "school.<school-name>.school.nz". It should be in the form of "<school-name>.school.nz". Is it possible to change the DNS name of the forward lookup zones or will this totally screew up our network servers, exchange server and clients?

Our DC and DNS server is running Windows Server 2008. Other servers are a mixture of 2008 and 2003. Our clients are Windows XP.

Cheers
Pete

Can I change a DNS name?

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.