[Samba] samba-tool join error : NO DNS zone information found in source domain, not replicating DNS

[Denis CARDON]

Hi Rowland and Hansjörg,

Le 18/02/2021 à 15:09, Rowland penny via samba a écrit :
> On 18/02/2021 06:54, Dr. Hansjörg Maurer via samba wrote:
>> Hi Roland
>>
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>> Am 17.02.21 um 16:45 schrieb Rowland penny via samba:
>>>
>>> Are you sure your domain didn't start off with an earlier Windows 
>>> version, such as 2K or 2003K ?
>>
>> I am not sure, long time ago, but the domain surely has a 2003 history
>>
>> I found,
>>
>> https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Samba_AD_DC_Troubleshooting#Issues_with_DNS_during_DC_join 
>>
>>
>> which seems tp point to the same direction you think, but there is no 
>> solution there for the migration issue .
>>
>> I tried
>> dnscmd \CreateBuiltinDirectoryPartitions (from a Windows host) but it 
>> does not suceed
>>
>> I have cloned the dc VM in order to test it in a test seperate 
>> environment.
>>
>> Do you see a chance be creating the partions?, e.g.
>>
>> Joining a second dc -> no dns partiotions
>> creating them manually by providing proper values for
>> -rw-r--r--  1 root root 1572 17. Feb 15:37 
>> provision_dnszones_add.ldif_work
>> -rw-r--r--  1 root root 2111 17. Feb 15:25 provision_dnszones_add.ldif
>> -rw-r--r--  1 root root  403 17. Feb 15:09 
>> provision_dnszones_partitions.ldif
>> -rw-r--r--  1 root root  696 17. Feb 15:05 provision_dnszones_modify.ldif
>>  and add them
> 
> 
> OK, sorry to be so long in getting back to you, been to get my first 
> covid vaccination 😁
> 
> Do you have this dn in AD:
> 
> DC=_kerberos._tcp.dc,DC=_msdcs.XXX.lan,CN=MicrosoftDNS,DC=DomainDnsZones,DC=XXX,DC=lan 
> 
> 
> Or this one:
> 
> DC=_kerberos._tcp.dc,DC=_msdcs.XXX.lan,CN=MicrosoftDNS,DC=ForestDnsZones,DC=XXX,DC=lan 

If the domain has old DNS layout (_msdcs in DomainDnsZones), it sure can 
be fixed (even if it is easier to be fixed before migration), but then 
there will be issues with schema upgrade anyway: recent Samba version 
cannot upgrade from AD schema level 30/31 anymore...

Cheers,

Denis

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