DNS Problem When Running DCPROMO

From: Joshua M. Gillette (jmgillette_at_comcast.net)
Date: 08/11/04


Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 19:42:58 -0700

download the netdiag tool and try running that with the
fix option. It fixes a lot of problems. Can't guarantee
it will work but its the first thing I do when I've got a
dns problem. Works a good portion of the time.

Good Luck ;)
>-----Original Message-----
>When I run dcpromo on a Win2k3 server to add an addtional
domain controller
>to an existing domain, the following error is shown:
>
>The following error occurred when DNS was queried for the
service location
>(SRV) resource record used to locate a domain controller
for domain
>PLANTHILL.local:
>The error was: "DNS name does not exist."
>(error code 0x0000232B RCODE_NAME_ERROR)
>The query was for the SRV record for
_ldap._tcp.dc._msdcs.PLANTHILL.local
>Common causes of this error include the following:
>- The DNS SRV records required to locate a domain
controller for the domain
>are not registered in DNS. These records are registered
with a DNS server
>automatically when a domain controller is added to a
domain. They are updated
>by the domain controller at set intervals. This computer
is configured to use
>DNS servers with following IP addresses:
>192.168.0.5
>- One or more of the following zones do not include
delegation to its child
>zone:
>PLANTHILL.local
>local
>.. (the root zone)
>
>So far I've drawn a blank trying to resolve this.
>Can anyone please help?
>
>Many thanks.
>.
>



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