DNS on Server 2012
I have a small network with 2 servers. Both Server 2012. One is essentials and one is standard. Both have DNS installed as the Primary zone. I want to remove the DNS Service on the essentials server. Both servers are domain controllers.
As I understood it, I was to demote the Essentials Server to a Secondary Zone first, then verify that DNS was still being received from the Standard Server. But we are getting errors when trying to demote to secondary. It's asking us to remove it from AD.
I'm looking for instructions on how to remove DNS from the Essentials Server and make the Std server the primary DNS Server. Someone suggested I need to remove AD from the Essentials Server but I'm not sure I have to do that?
As I understood it, I was to demote the Essentials Server to a Secondary Zone first, then verify that DNS was still being received from the Standard Server. But we are getting errors when trying to demote to secondary. It's asking us to remove it from AD.
I'm looking for instructions on how to remove DNS from the Essentials Server and make the Std server the primary DNS Server. Someone suggested I need to remove AD from the Essentials Server but I'm not sure I have to do that?
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At some point, the essentials server will be demoted and removed. This was their first server, then standard was later added. My steps to remove essentials was to first move DNS from essentials to std, and then DHCP as well, then move the data that's on Essentials to Standard, then demote and finally remove. The prior IT guys put in a virtual server and it's very limited on space so we need the space that essentials is sitting on in the long run. Sounds like what you are recommending is to remove the role. Can you direct me on what to do to make sure the NS record that points to it has been deleted and upgrade any delegation? I'd also appreciate some input on how to stop the DNS application partitions from replicating to the server. Thanks.
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Adding and removing DNS
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc794828(v=ws.10).aspx