Hi all,
I know this has been posted several times before, but I wanted to ask a specific question that I can't find a definitive answer for.
For this example, I'll say that our domain is domain.local
Our domain.local zone is configured to "All domain controllers in the active directory domain", i.e Windows 200 style, stored in the DomainNC partition.
There are duplicates in the DomainDnsZones partition, as follows:
1x..InProgressblahblahlongID-domain.local
1x-domain.local
1xRootDNSServersCNFblahblahlongIDnumber
Now, I know that I can delete the "InProgress" and "CNF" entries safely, but what about the "domain.local" one? I know that one method is to remove the correct zone from AD before deleting the duplicate zone, but is there really any risk if I just delete the duplicate and leave the orginal zone in the DomainDC partition AD integrated throughout the procedure?
It's in a different partition and has no DNS records in, it's not being used by anything. However, all the guides I've read only really talk about entries with InProgress or CNF in front. I have one duplicate with InProgress in from and one that is just the domain name itself.
I ask because I put forward a procedure to our change board to remove the duplicates by first unticking the "AD Integrated" box, then deleting the duplicates once that change had replicated. However, the change reviewers thought this was too complex and added risk and want to simply delete the duplicates but leave the original in place.
Does that make sense?
Any advice gratefully received.
Cheers.