DNS Start of Authority and Zone Transfers

I have two W2K domain controllers in a single W2K native mode domain

I noticed something in DNS today that I don't think is correct and it may explain some minor quirks

In my domain's zone entry (let just call it domain.com) on Server1, I have 'server1.domain.com' listed as the start of authority. On the zone properties page for domain.com on Server2, I have 'server2.domain.com' listed as the start of authority.

In other words, for the same zone on each DNS server, I have the DC listing itself as the SOA.

The first question is, should I not be listing the other server as the Start of Authority. Should Server1 list Server2 as it's SOA and vise versa

The second question is should I list both name servers (Server1 and Server2) in the Zone Transfers tab. Currently, it is not configured. What exactly, would it do if I did activate Zone Transfers

Thanks for taking the time to read this. Any and all ideas are welcome.

That's a straightout W2k DNS problem. Try posting it to
microsoft.public.win2000.dns .

"tbone" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I have two W2K domain controllers in a single W2K native mode domain.
>
> I noticed something in DNS today that I don't think is correct and it may
explain some minor quirks.
>
> In my domain's zone entry (let just call it domain.com) on Server1, I have
'server1.domain.com' listed as the start of authority. On the zone
properties page for domain.com on Server2, I have 'server2.domain.com'
listed as the start of authority.
>
> In other words, for the same zone on each DNS server, I have the DC
listing itself as the SOA.
>
> The first question is, should I not be listing the other server as the
Start of Authority. Should Server1 list Server2 as it's SOA and vise versa?
>
> The second question is should I list both name servers (Server1 and
Server2) in the Zone Transfers tab. Currently, it is not configured. What
exactly, would it do if I did activate Zone Transfers?
>
> Thanks for taking the time to read this. Any and all ideas are welcome.

TBone:

In a domain with AD integrated DNS, all DNS servers that
are DC will list themselves as the SOA. This is because
each DC has a read/write copy of the DNS zone. In standard
DNS you can only have one writable copy of the zone, and
it would be on the DNS server that is primary for the
zone, hence all secondary servers for the zone would list
the primary as the SOA. That being the case, it's the way
AD intergrated DNS works, so it shouldn't be a cause for
concern.

Please post any other DNS questions to the DNS group.

Martin