DNS & New DC issue

[paradigm]

Hey guys,

I'm trying to add a new DNS server and Domain Controller to my existing Server 2003 forest/root domain. The new machine is a virtual Server 2008 box (sat within a Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V box), and whilst it will DCPromo absolutely fine, it will never replicate the primary zone within DNS (or the reverse lookup zone for that matter), stating the error:

The DNS server was unable to add or write an update of domain name mydomainname in zone .tld to the Active Directory.

If I try and add the new server to the list of nameservers within the DNS snap-in on the existing server, I get a warning about the server not being authorized, which I believe to be impossible for a DC.

halp?

Cheers

 

[paradigm]

It is indeed in the same OU, and the reason for 2008 is that I want to upgrade. Its only really a testbed (small personal domain at home).

 

[paradigm]

Fixed it in the end, most of the problems stemming from the fact that (i'd forgotten) I had an orphaned subdomain (test.mydomain.tld) in the same forest. Got rid of that, plus a few LingeringObjects, and bingo