Re: Server no longer recognizes it's own FQDN

Thank you Ace, you've been very helpful. I figured out my problem yesterday
afternoon. I had a problem with the default domain gpo - just as you said.

Thanks again
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Renee


"Ace Fekay [MVP]" wrote:

In news:B506FC22-171D-46DF-AFF1-DFE8D20E3F63@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
ReneeColorado <ReneeColorado@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> stated, which I
commented on below:
Hello,

I need some help. We currently have 3 DC's in our network. I had
all three of them in the Domain Controllers Organizational Unit in
Active Directory. I needed to change some Group Policies on our
Terminal Services Server, so I followed some instructions from
Microsoft to move the TS Server into it's own OU. I created the
"Terminal Services" OU, moved the server into it, and created it's
own set of Group Policies. Everything appeared to be working fine.
However, now our Exchange server (also the PDC) no longer recognizes
it's FQDN, and I am receiving a DNS error 414 "The DNS Server machine
currently has no DNS domain name".

Here are the things that I have tried:

I removed the Primary DNS suffix from the Computer and rebooted. I
then replaced the Primary DNS suffix, and rebooted again.

I deleted the DNS records that showed the server as ServerX, rather
than ServerX.domainname.com, I flushed and registered DNS using the
ipconfig command, I then stopped and started both the Netlogon and
DNS services.

I then used Article ID 888048 from Microsoft and followed all of the
steps to resolve this problem (including recreating registry entries).

Finally, I removed the check marks from the Register DNS Information
from the Loal Area Connection properties and again flushed and
registered DNS, and stopped and started Netlogon and DNS. I then put
the check marks back in and completed the above commands again.

Has anybody ever had this problem? Does anybody know how to fix it?

Thanks in advance for any help you can offer.
--
Renee

Wow, you did alot here. Let's see if I got this straight:
You have 3 DCs.
The Exchange server is one of these DCs.
Is the terminal server one of these DCs too or is it a member server?

Is that correct?

I'm trying to figure out why moving a terminal server that is a member
server (assuming it's a member server because you wouldn't want to give your
users local logon rights on a DC if it is a DC), into an OU would cause
these issues. If it is a DC, it needs to be in the DC OU.

Otherwise, the only thing else I can think of, unless you changed the
Default DC GPO for the DCs, is a recent update may have caused it. But that
depends on whether you've changed the default C: drive perissions on the
DC(s).

See if this applies, which came from a previous post. I thought to post it
as is instead of re-writing it:

------------------------------------
I had a client with this problem just yesterday morning. This is a
permissions problem on the %windir%\registration folder.

Systems that have changed the default Access Control List permissions on the
%windir%\registration directory may experience various problems after you
install the Microsoft Security Bulletin MS05-051 (KB902400) for COM+ and MS
DTC
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/909444

For specific info, see:
http://blogs.technet.com/steriley/archive/2005/11/08/414002.aspx
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--
Ace

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Ace Fekay, MCSE 2003 & 2000, MCSA 2003 & 2000, MCSE+I, MCT, MVP
Microsoft MVP - Directory Services
Microsoft Certified Trainer

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