DNS zone replication in Active Directory

DNS zones can be stored in the domain or application directory partitions of Active Directory. A partition is a data structure within Active Directory used to distinguish data for different replication purposes.

Important

If you are changing the storage of a zone from the domain partition to an application directory partition, such as following the promotion of a new Windows Server 2003 domain controller in an existing Windows 2000 domain, the domain controller holding the domain naming master role must be running Windows Server 2003 for the DNS application directory partitions to exist. If you receive an error when changing the storage of a zone from the domain partition to an application directory partition, transfer the domain naming master role to a domain controller running Windows Server 2003, create the default DNS application directory partitions, and try again.

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