Re: Missing _msdcs zones

Some other things to check for..

1) Is the server only pointing to itself for DNS?
2) Is the nic set to Register this connection's addresses in DNS (right
click on the network interface connectoid/Properties/ TCP/IP
Properties/Advanced/DNS)
3) Is the DHCP client service started?
4) If they only have the forward lookup zone (ie. the _msdcs isn't separate
forward lookup zone) then is the forward lookup zone set to allow dynamic
updates?


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Hope that helps,
David Copeland
Microsoft Small Business Server Support

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.


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"Tony Su" <TonySu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:622FF7BD-BC65-451C-A71F-1DCC90FCC919@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>I haven't run into this before, but you might try verifying that the DNS
> forward lookup zone for the Windows Domain namespace is stored in AD
> (inspect
> the zone's properties), then force a reload.
>
> --
> Tony Su
> www.su-networking.com
> ISA
> SBS
> Enterprise Mobile Solutions Architect
>
>
> "Steve Bruce, mct" wrote:
>
>> More than half of the small businesses that I walk into have the internal
>> DNS configuration wrong on their Small Business Server, Win2k or
>> Server2003
>> domains. (They were usually installed by Linux fans or techs that never
>> had
>> training past NT4)
>>
>> When DNS is misconfigured on interfaces during dcpromo, the _msdcs zone
>> may
>> not be created but nobody notices, sometimes for years.
>>
>> Usually the missing zone can be created by restarting the netlogon
>> service
>> after correcting other dns settings.
>>
>> My Question: When that doesn't work, then what ? (short of doing it by
>> hand
>> or demoting/promoting)
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>>


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