Windows small bussiness server 2008 Best practices report : DNS client not configured

This means that you have installed the DNS Server Role but have not configured DNS on the Server. When configuring DNS you need to configure this Role to point the IP address of the Server the Role is installed on.

i thought i had configured dns. where would i configure this option?

Administrative Tools and then open DNS.

Yeah i have done that.  Ive created DNS entries and additional computers that have been added to the domain have updated their DNS records entries.   Any ideas what in particluar it would be reffering to? or what i should check to find out?  it seams to working ok.

- DNS server shows the server name and the correct IP address.
- the IP is static, however it was set to look for a different dns server so i changed it to look at its own ip.
- nslook shows Default server: unknown address: fe80::6e1a:c75a:4a5f:47f6
 if i type the IP address of the  server it says *** UnKnown can't find 192.34.98.233: Non-existent domain
- If i ping the IP of the server (from theserver) and it gives the result from the IP6 address fe80::2846:d3d2:9842:ecc4%12: not the IP4 address.
- i can ping the IP address of the server (from the server) it repsonds fine.  

You need to configure the IPv6 to use DHCP.

IPv4 should be configured with a static ip address and then DNS should be using the ipv4 address for DNS.

simply go to your computers and make sure that all of them have the dns settings pointing to your server.
this message shows when one of the computers has the dns settings configured to use the ones of the isp instead of the local ones.

i mean your local pcs and not your server.
also, your dns server is AD integrated, and it will populate automatically. as a rule, do not update stuff manually, or add entries manually in sbs. it will upset the system more than anything else. by default, it's pretty well configured. you only need to select if  u want to use root hints, or a forwarder. and still, by default, it does the job very well.

Jbond you said I need to configure the IPv6 to use DHCP. What is the current standard in setting up IPv6.  Is it recommended?  Not many external addresses to the internal network have an IPv6.  If so, what do you mean by configure.  Could you define this?

Your also said IPv4 should be configured with a static ip address and then DNS should be using the ipv4 address for DNS.   I've set the IPV4 to a static IPV4 address and a "A" record exist for the machine.  How do i configure dns to use IPv4 as default?

sbs-mix - How would dns on the server know that clients are not configured to use it as its primary DNS and why would this cause a problem?

Just configure IPv6 to use DHCP. You don't have to put any ip address in for this.

What do i need to do to configure IPv6?

Your right sbs-mix. It does mention the clients. You thought it would mention the offending clients.

There is also another issue reported in the BPA as stated below:

"DNS A resource record points to incorrect IP address

The host (A) resource record points to the incorrect IP address 192.168.50.2192.34.98.233. The record should point to 192.168.50.2. "

Both of these address are the servers address's, different network cards.  Why should it be reporting that 192.168.50.2 is the correct address. All clients on our network are on the 192.34.98.x range.  I would have thought 192.34.98.233 would be correct aswell (which is what the clients are set to).  Is there a default option somewhere?

The dns server has 2 dns settings when ipconfig /all is typed in at the command prompt. One for each network card.  One network card points to 192.34.98.233.  I'm thinking it might be the network card with the 233 address that the BPA is picking up as the incorrect IP address.

Thanks SBS-mix.  I can remember reading about the network card issue.  I'll try disabling one of the cards and see how that turns out.  

One more question.  How do i change the network address of the network card? Surely i must use a sbs wizzard somewhere? (If i dont it wont change it in all the various places that need it changing.   e.g. exchange conectors)

just go to network connections, select the network adapter -> properties -> TCP/IP 4.

thanks for your reply.  i know how to change it through network adapter -> properties -> TCP/IP 4 but that wont change exchange connector settings.  I thought with SBS being wizard driven there might be a wizzard.  If I do have to change it manually, is there anywhere else (other than exchange) that IP  settings will need changing.

why would you want to mess with the exchange connector settings ? leave those as is, and just disable the second network card.
I also suggest you close the first case and assign points, since this topic is deriving off its initial issue.

I still don't understand why you would want to change the ip adress of your server. can you give us some details as per why you are doing all this ?

I'll try and explain in Brief.  I was asked to install a SBS 2008 server on a network which has a public ip scheme of 192.34.98.x.  I want to change this to a private IP scheme so i setup 2 logical network schemes on one physyical network (192.34.98.x and 192.168.50.x).  This caused issues and stopped devices (computers, servers and printers) from comunicating with each other- i had another EE question open for this but i cant find it at the moment.  This is when i setup a second address for the sbs machine 192.34.98.x and now i'm left with the present issue:  Windows Small Bussiness Server 2008 Best practices report : DNS client not configured.  Now im sticking with the 192.34.98.x range (well for the time being anyway) and removing the 192.168.50.x schedule from the 2008 sbs server.  Hope it makes sence.

I followed the instructions and everything gone smooth. The only thing that didnt go as expected is that the DHCP reservations were deleted.  It didnt cause to much of a problem but did have to recreate them.  

Thanks for all your help.

Thanks once again