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Your network contains an Active Directory forest named contoso.com.
The forest contains two member servers named Server1 and Server2.
Server1 and Server2 have the DNS Server server role installed.
Server1 hosts a standard primary zone for contoso.com.
Server2 is configured as a secondary name server for contoso.com.
You experience issues with the copy of the zone on Server2.
You verify that both copies of the zone have the same serial number.
You need to transfer a complete copy of the zone from Server1 to Server2.
What should you do on Server2?
A. From DNS Manager, right-click contoso.com and click Transfer from Master.
B. From Services, right-click DNS Server and click Refresh.
C. From Services, right-click DNS Server and click Restart.
D. From DNS Manager, right-click contoso.com and click Reload.
E. From DNS Manager, right-click contoso.com and click Transfer a new copy of zone from Master.
Correct Answer: E
Explanation/Reference:
Must be a typo in E, because it’s actually Transfer new copy of zone from Master.
Restarting the DNS service does initiate a zone transfer request, but because the serial/version numbers are the same no zone transfer will take place. Only if the Master had a higher number would there be a zone transfer.
Reference:
MS Press – Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-642) (2nd Edition, 2011)
page 212
Manually Updating a Secondary Zone
By right-clicking a secondary zone in the DNS Manager console tree, you can use the shortcut menu to perform the following secondary zone update operations:
. Reload – This operation reloads the secondary zone from the local storage.
. Transfer From Master – The server hosting the local secondary zone determines whether the serial number in the secondary zone’s SOA resource record has expired and then pulls a zone transfer from the master server.
. Transfer New Copy Of Zone From Master – This operation performs a zone transfer from the secondary zone’s master server regardless of the serial number in the secondary zone’s SOA resource record.
