Re: dns entries deleted -virtual machine server

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From: Ace Fekay [MVP] (PleaseSubstituteMyActualFirstName&LastNameHere_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 06/29/04


Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 23:18:22 -0400

In news:21ddc01c45d0e$a021ee00$a601280a@phx.gbl,
seth in <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> posted their thoughts, then I
offered mine
> We are using MS Virtual Machine beta. We have a Windows
> 2003 Std server that is a virtual machine that keeps
> dropping off the DNS. This does not happen if we install
> w2k3 on any regular server. We have about 10 different
> virtual machine that does this. The virtual machine host
> itself does not have this problem, just the sessions.
>
> any ideas?

The only thing I can think of is that if DNS loses its network connection,
it falls asleep until you enable or fix the connection, and restart the DNS
service.

Really, I would suggest to post this to the Virtual PC newsgroup. A better
suggestion is to ask your Virtual Server Beta Program contact for support. I
believe you have an error reporting protocol in place for your beta copy?

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Regards,
Ace
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Ace Fekay, MCSE 2000, MCSE+I, MCSA, MCT, MVP
Microsoft Windows MVP - Active Directory
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