Re: W2003 Active Directory + DNS - Can not join machine

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From: Roger Abell (mvpNOSpam_at_asu.edu)
Date: 05/15/04


Date: Sat, 15 May 2004 04:44:24 -0700

What machine hosts the DNS domain used for the AD ??
Is it configured to allow dynamic updates ??
Does [server].[subgroup].[domain].com exist ?
Does its A resource record exist?

-- 
Roger Abell
Microsoft MVP (Windows Server System: Security)
MCSE (W2k3,W2k,Nt4)  MCDBA
"Vince P" <no@one.here.com> wrote in message
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> I'm trying to join a client machine to the DC.
>
> The client is a standalone Windows 2003 machine, the server is W2003.  The
> client's DNS address is the server's IP address.
>
>
> The client reports this error:
>
> Note: This information is intended for a network administrator.  If you
are
> not your network's administrator, notify the administrator that you
received
> this information, which has been recorded in the file
> C:\WINDOWS\debug\dcdiag.txt.
>
> DNS was successfully queried for the service location (SRV) resource
record
> used to locate a domain controller for domain [subgroup].[domain].com:
>
> The query was for the SRV record for
> _ldap._tcp.dc._msdcs.[subgroup].[domain].com
>
> The following domain controllers were identified by the query:
>
> [server].[subgroup].[domain].com
>
> Common causes of this error include:
>
> - Host (A) records that map the name of the domain controller to its IP
> addresses are missing or contain incorrect addresses.
>
> - Domain controllers registered in DNS are not connected to the network or
> are not running.
>
> For information about correcting this problem, click Help.
>
> ========
>
> I tried running netdiag /fix (i believe) but that didn't work.
>
> This has been going on for a week and I can't take it anymore :)
>
> Thanks
>
> Vince
> pacelvi
> @at@
> speakeasy
> dee ooooh tea
> net
>
>


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