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Major DNS issue

Asked by PPLUSEE in Domain Name Service (DNS), Active Directory, Windows 2003 Server

Tags: Microsoft, DNS, Windows Server 2003

Hello,

  I came into the office and rebooted one of our member servers and noticed that on reboot it said a service didn't start. When I started looking into the errors it pointed me back to our primary DC. When I go into DNS I don't see anything under the forward or reverse lookup zones. They are empty. Any and all help would be MUCH appreciated. Here is the results of running dcdiag /test:dns (LEWISDC1 is the server in question, this was ran on this server)



Domain Controller Diagnosis

Performing initial setup:
   Done gathering initial info.

Doing initial required tests
   
   Testing server: Default-First-Site\LEWISDC1
      Starting test: Connectivity
         ......................... LEWISDC1 passed test Connectivity

Doing primary tests
   
   Testing server: Default-First-Site\LEWISDC1

DNS Tests are running and not hung. Please wait a few minutes...
   
   Running partition tests on : ForestDnsZones
   
   Running partition tests on : DomainDnsZones
   
   Running partition tests on : Schema
   
   Running partition tests on : Configuration
   
   Running partition tests on : LEWISCO
   
   Running enterprise tests on : LEWISCO.lcfhc.org
      Starting test: DNS
         Test results for domain controllers:
           
            DC: lewisdc1.LEWISCO.lcfhc.org
            Domain: LEWISCO.lcfhc.org

                 
               TEST: Basic (Basc)
                  Warning: adapter [00000002] Intel(R) PRO/1000 MT Network Connection has invalid DNS server: 192.168.0.11 (<name unavailable>)
                  Error: The A record for this DC was not found
                  Warning: The Active Directory zone on this DC/DNS server was not found (probably a misconfiguration)
                 
               TEST: Forwarders/Root hints (Forw)
                  Error: Forwarders list has invalid forwarder: 192.168.0.1 (<name unavailable>)
                  Error: Forwarders list has invalid forwarder: 205.152.132.235 (<name unavailable>)
                  Error: Forwarders list has invalid forwarder: 209.149.134.252 (<name unavailable>)
                 
               TEST: Records registration (RReg)
                  Network Adapter [00000002] Intel(R) PRO/1000 MT Network Connection:
                     Warning: Missing GC SRV record at DNS server 192.168.0.8 :
                     _ldap._tcp.gc._msdcs.LEWISCO.lcfhc.org
                     
                     Error: Missing A record at DNS server 192.168.0.11 :
                     lewisdc1.LEWISCO.lcfhc.org
                     
                     Error: Missing CNAME record at DNS server 192.168.0.11 :
                     5ae28650-1936-4f29-9d87-436c6a0f8b3a._msdcs.LEWISCO.lcfhc.org
                     
                     Error: Missing DC SRV record at DNS server 192.168.0.11 :
                     _ldap._tcp.dc._msdcs.LEWISCO.lcfhc.org
                     
                     Error: Missing GC SRV record at DNS server 192.168.0.11 :
                     _ldap._tcp.gc._msdcs.LEWISCO.lcfhc.org
                     
                     Error: Missing PDC SRV record at DNS server 192.168.0.11 :
                     _ldap._tcp.pdc._msdcs.LEWISCO.lcfhc.org
                     
               Error: Record registrations cannot be found for all the network adapters
         
         Summary of test results for DNS servers used by the above domain controllers:

            DNS server: 192.168.0.1 (<name unavailable>)
               1 test failure on this DNS server
               This is not a valid DNS server. PTR record query for the 1.0.0.127.in-addr.arpa. failed on the DNS server 192.168.0.1
               
            DNS server: 192.168.0.11 (<name unavailable>)
               1 test failure on this DNS server
               Name resolution is not functional. _ldap._tcp.LEWISCO.lcfhc.org. failed on the DNS server 192.168.0.11
               
            DNS server: 205.152.132.235 (<name unavailable>)
               1 test failure on this DNS server
               This is not a valid DNS server. PTR record query for the 1.0.0.127.in-addr.arpa. failed on the DNS server 205.152.132.235
               
            DNS server: 209.149.134.252 (<name unavailable>)
               1 test failure on this DNS server
               This is not a valid DNS server. PTR record query for the 1.0.0.127.in-addr.arpa. failed on the DNS server 209.149.134.252
               
         Summary of DNS test results:
         
                                            Auth Basc Forw Del  Dyn  RReg Ext  
               ________________________________________________________________
            Domain: LEWISCO.lcfhc.org
               lewisdc1                     PASS FAIL FAIL n/a  PASS FAIL n/a  
         
         ......................... LEWISCO.lcfhc.org failed test DNS

Here is first 2 entries into the DNS event log when starting:

#1
Event Type:      Warning
Event Source:      DNS
Event Category:      None
Event ID:      4013
Date:            2/10/2008
Time:            12:16:22 PM
User:            N/A
Computer:      LEWISDC1
Description:
The DNS server was unable to open the Active Directory.  This DNS server is configured to use directory service information and can not operate without access to the directory.  The DNS server will wait for the directory to start.  If the DNS server is started but the appropriate event has not been logged, then the DNS server is still waiting for the directory to start.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 2d 23 00 00               -#..    

#2
Event Type:      Error
Event Source:      DNS
Event Category:      None
Event ID:      4000
Date:            2/10/2008
Time:            12:16:22 PM
User:            N/A
Computer:      LEWISDC1
Description:
The DNS server was unable to open Active Directory.  This DNS server is configured to obtain and use information from the directory for this zone and is unable to load the zone without it.  Check that the Active Directory is functioning properly and reload the zone. The event data is the error code.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 2d 23 00 00               -#..    





 
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