https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-microsoft/can-we-use-the-hosts-file-records-to-populate-ad-dns/m-p/4070826#M8435 We have a W2K3 DC and we want to populate it with entries from a local hosts file.<BR /><BR />Can we use the hosts file records to populate AD/DNS? <BR /><BR />10 points to any answer.<BR />Thank you<BR />Gino Fri, 14 Sep 2007 11:44:08 GMT Gino Castoldi_2 2007-09-14T11:44:08Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-microsoft/can-we-use-the-hosts-file-records-to-populate-ad-dns/m-p/4070826#M8435 We have a W2K3 DC and we want to populate it with entries from a local hosts file.<BR /><BR />Can we use the hosts file records to populate AD/DNS? <BR /><BR />10 points to any answer.<BR />Thank you<BR />Gino Fri, 14 Sep 2007 11:44:08 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-microsoft/can-we-use-the-hosts-file-records-to-populate-ad-dns/m-p/4070826#M8435 Gino Castoldi_2 2007-09-14T11:44:08Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-microsoft/can-we-use-the-hosts-file-records-to-populate-ad-dns/m-p/4070827#M8436 AD DNS uses the UNIX file scheme. So you can use the tool h2n:<BR /><BR /><A href="http://www.softpanorama.org/DNS/Tools/zone_generators.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.softpanorama.org/DNS/Tools/zone_generators.shtml</A><BR /><BR />Then, if your zones are not AD Integrated, you can paste the content to the Windows zone file.<BR /><BR />If your zone is AD integrated, then your best option is to use the procedure described here:<BR /><BR /><A href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/323419" target="_blank">http://support.microsoft.com/kb/323419</A><BR /><BR />This would mean that you need to set up a BIND DNS server first based in the results of h2n. Fri, 14 Sep 2007 18:12:38 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-microsoft/can-we-use-the-hosts-file-records-to-populate-ad-dns/m-p/4070827#M8436 Ivan Ferreira 2007-09-14T18:12:38Z