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How to access a shared folder in a trusted domain using hostname?

Hi,

I have 2 forests (companyA.local and companyB.local) that are configured as 2-way trust under Conditional Forwarders and setup a secondary DNS server (http://blog.hyperexpert.com/how-to-configure-a-secondary-dns-server-in-windows-server-2012/), although, I get error "Zone not loaded by DNS server" inside the primary DNS server.

I was able to access shared folder using server IP address (//192.168.x.x/SharedFolder) but not by //hostname/SharedFolder).  These two servers are on a separate IP subnets

Please note that the OS is Windows Server 2012 on both servers

Can anyone help me?
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By default, when searching for hostA the lookup will search for hostA on the same domain. For example: if you are running on PC1 and it belongs to companyA.local, when you search for hostA if will search for hostA.companyA.local. If you search for hostB, PC1 will not be able to find it because there's no hostB.companyA.local, but there's a hostB.companyB.local.
You must set your PC1 to search for both domains.
If PC1 is set as a DHCP client, you can set this option on the DHCP server.
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Hi strivoli,

You means DHCP server on CompanyA.local have to provide CompanyB's DNS server IP to all client PC under CompanyA.local. It is right?
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By adding DNS suffix search to the policy allowed us to access shared folder through hostname, FQDN works as well.