Windows Server 2016 DNS delegation is always round robin?

tofaz 21 Reputation points
2020-11-10T21:10:18.247+00:00

Hi All,

I'm configuring a DNS delegation that points to 2 DNS servers (primary and secondary) and it seems like that when I request to resolve that record, the DNS returns me the result by querying the 2 DNS servers in a round robin fashion.

Do you know if it would be possible to have a primary/secondary configuration?

Thank you in advance!

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  1. Candy Luo 12,656 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2020-11-11T04:42:58.23+00:00

    Hi ,

    >>I'm configuring a DNS delegation that points to 2 DNS servers (primary and secondary)

    Did you mean that you create two name servers for the delegation?

    >>Do you know if it would be possible to have a primary/secondary configuration?

    Unfortunately, as far as I know, this is a by-design behavior and there is no possible to have a primary/secondary configuration.

    Best Regards,

    Candy

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  1. tofaz 21 Reputation points
    2020-11-11T18:42:22.537+00:00

    Correct, new delegation with 2 nameservers in it to point to. I'm deploying this in a GSLB infrastructure in a primary/secondary mode so we want to send all the traffic to the primary DC, which has devices in same datacenter as primary.

    I guess I need to use an alternative DNS.

    Thank you!