Windows 2008 DNS GlobalNames Zone
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- Category: Windows Server
- Written by Winfred de Kreij
A GlobalNames zone is a new feature in Windows 2008 DNS. It enables the use of single names to resolve to specific servers. for example, you can make http://mail resolve to the mailserver or http://intranet to the intranet server, without having to fall back on WINS, the advantage of using GlobalNames over WINS is that WINS is not supported for IPv6.
How to enable GlobalNames:
C:\Users\Administrator>dnscmd . /config /enableglobalnamessupport 1
Registry property enableglobalnamessupport successfully reset.
Command completed successfully.
Now create a new forward lookup zone named GlobalNames, make sure that you select the option to replicate to all the DNS servers in the forest.
As a final step, populate the zone with CNAME aliasses that point to A records in different zones.