_msdcs missing

anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com
Date: 03/19/04


Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 16:48:26 -0800


did you try to restart the netlogon service on the
server..or manually create that zone and restart the
service?

>-----Original Message-----
>Hi All,
>
>Just thought I would add my 2 cents after resolving an
issue with one
>of our clients.
>
>I was investigating a host of problems and discovered
that the
>_msdcs.SERVER.local forward lookup zone had been
deleted, as was
>evident in the Event Log by a host of DNS failure
messages.
>
>I tried all the suggestions I could find in Deja to no
avail.
>
>Finally, I simply used the Configure a DNS Server wizard
in the DNS
>manager to recreate this zone .... worked like a charm!
>
>HTH.
>
>- Craig
>.
>



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