I'm currently trying to get from Windows 2003 SBS to Windows 2008r2 Standard but keep running into issues with DNS replication. I have currently gone through the process of ADDS installation, DCPROMO - Join forest, Add DNS/Global catalog services, in the DNS on the primary DC i have made sure the relevant records are there, and then changes all 5 FSMO services over to the new server, but get an error that The initial synchronization from from ADDS could not be completed because the server 'server' could not be found because of a DNS issue i have gone through everything that i can personally think of. Does anyone have some suggestions, or more critically, a walkthrough / guide incase i've overlooked something? I checked the primary DNS [old server] for the DNS fault it mentions, which is an invalid IPv6 address pointing to the wrong spot, and the error seemed to dissapear after removing that entry.

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Even starting with the basics would be helpful incase i've missed something. We've recently added two new 2008 R2 DNS servers to our domain, added three new 2008 R2 DCs, and are removing the old 2003 DCs. One removed easily.

The other, which is also running 2003 DNS, won't dcpromo out because it is the only server with a copy of the forestdnszones and domaindnszones. Checking our new primary DNS server, it verifies that the old server is the (same as parent folder) -- Host A for both these zones. We want to ensure that the new primary DNS server is the reference server for the domain. How should we make this switch? Is it as simple as editing the properties for domaindnszones and forestdnszones and changing the IP for the Host A for these zones?

Any suggestions? Just in the process of finalising an AD migration from Windows 2003 to Windows 2008 R2 domain controllers.

It is a single forest with a single domain which uses AD integrated DNS zones. The process taken so far was: Ran adprep for domain and forest - sucessful with no errors Built 3 new Windows 2008R2 domain controllers and DCpromo'd into domain - sucessful with no errors Moved FSMO roles to new 2008 R2 domin controller - sucessful with no errors (configured external time source on new PDC Emultaor) Configured DNS forwarders on new 2008 R2 domain controllers to use our ISPs DNS servers - name resolution seems to have no issues Changed DNS settings on all clients and servers to point to the new 2008 R2 domain controllers. Powered down the 3 Windows 2003 domain controllers Waited for KCC/ITSG to redo the topology so each of the new domain controllers is replicating with each other. I've checked the event logs on the domain controllers and our single Exchange 2010 server.

Other than the domain controllers logging errors relating to being unable to contact the powered down 2003 domain controllers, there are no errors. Repadmin /showreply shows that successful replication is occurring between the new 2008R2 DCs and failing to the old 2003 DCs as would be expected with them powering down.

The old domain controllers have bee powered down for the last 3 days, so I think we are ready to power them backup tomorrow and uninstall AD (DCPromo) of each of them. The plan was to power them up one at a time, let the server replicate, take an System State backup, uninstall AD, and then power down again.

I was wondering if this was the best approach to decommision the old domain controllers and whether there is anything I should look for/double-check before removing them from the domain. All the DCs in the domain share same data with another DC until it is a RODC. System state backup taken on one dc can't be restored on another hardware.

Since, you moved PDC role, move the time server role too. A DC holding PDC FSMO role needs to be a time server too. Verify all the clients point to new DC for DNS in their NIC.

You can use dcdiag report /v/c/d/e to verify and if reports no error, you are good to go. Time Server Role in Forest/Domain Upgrade from Windows 2000/2003 to 2008/2008 R2 Domain Controllers If some point of time you need to perform metadata cleanup or remove references of the DC after demotion, refer below article. Perform Metadata Cleanup Or Remove References of a Failed DC/Domain Regards. Hi, I've got an issue with an Exchange 2010 / Server 2008 R2 environment.

I'm running 2 x Mailbox servers using DAG, I was initially using 1 x server running CAS Hub roles. I've since setup two new servers running load balancing and CAS HUB roles. External OWA internal autodiscover. DNS references all point to this load balanced IP address. My problem comes when I try to uninstall exchange and remove the original Hub / CAS server: My Outlook clients all refuse to 'connect' to the two remaining CAS servers. Using 'Connection Status' option in Outlook shows it is still trying to connect to old server. Looking at testexchangeconnectivity.com results the autodiscover.xml file is still referencing the old CAS server as well.

If I reinstall Exchange CAS role on old server (or any other server and give it the same server name) Outlook connects again fine. Its really annoying! I've tried all manner of ways of fixing this including removing and re-creating the virtual directories in IIS etc. Any help or pointers gratefully received!

We have just upgraded from TFS2008 to TFS2010 and migrated to new servers at the same time. We are now working in Visual Studio and making use of source control which is great, but we have areas that still need to be configured. The problem I have now is in TFS Administration Console if I select SharePoint Web Applications it shows our old server here I want to update this to our new server name so we can get document libraries and portals working again but when trying the update this I get promted for a login and then: TF30063: You are not authorised to access - The remote server returned an error: (401) Unauthorized. I have entered admin details, and also the TFSService details with no joy, any suggestions on how I start to troubleshoot this?

Hi All, have an issue with all our AD integrated AD Zones, They are all on All domain controllers in this domain (for Windows 2000 compatibility) and will not change to either of the other 2 options (all DC's on domain or forest). I Get the error There was a server failure.

I have done the DCDiags etc from lots of posts and nothing seems to be wrong! The domain used to be a 2000 domain (many years ago) and my predecessor had issues removing a DC at some point but no one knows any more than that. Casper Movie Torrent Free Download.

All DNS records seem to be ok except the ones in the root of ForestDNSZones and DomainDNSZones (ones further down are fine), these A records for same as parent folder point to an old IP in an old IP range that we don't use anymore. Could this be related or would it be something else?

I have seen conflicting information saying these zones are required or they can be deleted, seeing as this is a production environment i don't want to just delete them and see what happens! More information:- All DNS servers are MS DC's 4 DC's, 3 x Server 2008 R2, 1 x Server 2003 (soon to be decommissioned) We are Using Secure only dynamic updates. The srv records in these zones point to the Server 2003 DC only there is only 2 records in each of these zones I have recently DCpromo'd out three Server 2008 DC's, rebuilt them on 2008R2 and DCpromo'd them back in and this worked fine, DNS replicating fine etc. Any help appreciated. Here is a comment from Marcel: Well, safe is relative.

Doy ou really need the -R option? It wipes out your complete DNS and DHCP configuration for all servers in your tree. Given that in 99% of the cases, dnipinst.nlm -F is able to fix broken locator and group objects in a non destructuive way, I can hardly see the need for using the destructive -R option. Unfortunately, there are still a lot of old TIDs around that tell you to use dnipinst -r in cases where the -f option will do.

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I have three DC's, two are 2003, and one is 2008 R2. On the 2008 R2 server, in the Best Practices Analyzer under DNS Server in ServerManager, I get these two errors: ---------- Title: The DNS server 127.0.0.1 on Broadcom BCM5709C NetXtreme II GigE (NDIS VBD Client) must resolve names in the primary DNS domain zone Issue: The DNS server 127.0.0.1 on Broadcom. Did not successfully resolve the name for the start of authority (SOA) record of the zone hosting the computer's primary DNS domain name.

---------- Title:DNS: The DNS server 127.0.0.1 on Broadcom BCM5709C NetXtreme II GigE (NDIS VBD Client) must resolve names in the forest root domain name zone Issue:The DNS server 127.0.0.1 on Broadcom BCM5709C NetXtreme II GigE (NDIS VBD Client) did not successfully resolve the name for the start of authority (SOA) record of the zone hosting the computer's forest root domain name. --------- We recently set this server up and removed an old one (transferred roles to this server, removed the other from being a DC, then turned it off) I was poking around in DNS on this server the other day and I probably messed something up, though I'm not sure what.

I deleted a couple references to the old server, and put in the new servers IP where I thought appropriate - as a NameServer. Any thoughts or suggestions? Also, should I have this server point to 127.0.0.1 as it's primary (only?) dns on the NIC? I do have the Forwarders in the DNS set to the ISP's DNS servers.

The other two servers (now) point to this one as their primary DNS, though I have the ISP for their secondary. If you need any more information, let me know. Thanks for your help. 207.28.73.254 is the router at our ISP. 10.0.0.254 is a secondary network address of our firewall.

It also has an address in the 207.28.73.# range, and a 209...# range that we also have. You got me thinking, we can probably clean up the network by getting everything completely over to the 10.# range, and remove the 207 numbers. Most everything already is on a private IP, other than a few things that needed a public IP, but we should be able to fix that with 1 to 1 NAT for those specific machines. As it is, DNS seems to be working, other than those two errors in BPA. So I'm going to call it good for now, until we can stop the multi-homing and see if that clears it up.

I would think the best bet is to clean it up. Now understanding why the internal and external IPs exist, I think it would be a good idea to NAT everything and remove the public IPs from the machines. DNS may be working, but there may be some things that come up that can cause problems.

Glad to see that you haven't experienced them yet. Good luck with everything!

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This posting is provided AS-IS with no warranties or guarantees and confers no rights. This may be a BorderManager question, but I think it is a Netware OS question. I am replacing an existing BorderManager 3.7 server with a new BorderManager 3.9 server. The old server is our DNS server. I want to setup DNS services on the new server (running Netware 6.5 SP6), but receive the following error when I launch NAMED.NLM: Starting edirectory integrated Novell DNS Server. Error: could not listen on UDP socket: address in use error: creating IPv4 interface Loopback interface 1 failed; interface ignored Loading the configuration and zome data completed.

DNS Server running When I run the dnsdhcp.exe utility, the new DNS server is 'x 'ed out and does not appear to be running. This problemall started when I tried to delete the 8th grade OU and then rename all the other grades to move the students into the correct grade. I didn't have this problem with Server 2003 but last year we bought a new server and upgraded to Server 2008 because the old server basically dies.

When I tried to delete the old 8th grade container I got an access denied error so I asked a question on a forum and was sent this link - - I followed the instructions but I still got an error. When I closed and reopened ADUC I found all my containers were gone. Currently users are able to log on to the computers and access network resources. Apparently all the information is still there but I need to get all of my containers etc back in ADUC because as it stands I cannot add any new users (we have several new students and staff members to add) nor can I add any new computers. If you want to see the screen shot I sent to the forum after this problem began here are links to them - Here is the result of DCDIAG TEST: Authentication (Auth) Authentication test: Successfully completed TEST: Basic (Basc) The OS Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise (Service Pack lev el: 1.0) is supported.

Hi, According to your description, I think that the problem you are having could be caused by not using the appropriate administrative credentials or upgrading improperly. Please reboot the server and logon with Domain Administrative credentials, then see how it would work out.

About upgrading please refer to the following link: Upgrading an Active Directory Domain from Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2 Feel free to let us know if your problem is not solved. Best Regards, Amy Wang. I have an increasing amount of DNS entries that do not match up with the PC name correctly. I am running server 2008 domain with 4 Domain Controllers all acting as DNS servers. I have scavenging enabled on the servers and the zones. I have DHCP setup to remove DNS entry once the address is release. This is easy enough to test and works when releasing an address and rebooting then the DNS name gets populated back.

I turned on Aging and scavenging last year and our domain has been setup for since 2009. I still have a ton of entries with a timestamp of 2009. When I manually run a scaveng the event log shows the following: The DNS server has completed a scavenging cycle: Visited Zones = 11, Visited Nodes = 398, Scavenged Nodes = 148, Scavenged Records = 147. This cycle took 0 seconds.

The next scavenging cycle is scheduled to run in 168 hours. So it seems like scavenging is working, just not deleting the older entries. I have few questions on this: 1. Will it not delete items that are in DNS before I enabled scavenging? What would happen if I cleared all my dynamic DNS entries one weekend to start fresh?

They should re-populate on bootup, but what if a PC was left on, would it take a reboot? Is there any way to delete DNS entries based on time stamp? I have tried to sort by timestamp, but it doesn't really sort by year, it is more by the month? Hi Sandow, Thank you for your post.

Why it not delete items that are in DNS before I enabled scavenging? It is caused that the DNS record ownership belong to different DHCP servers, please add DHCP servers into DnsUpdateProxy group and set dedicate account in DHCP console DNS dynamic update registration credentials. More details please refer to this thread. What would happen if I cleared all my dynamic DNS entries one weekend to start fresh? They should re-populate on bootup, but what if a PC was left on, would it take a reboot?

It's okay for client computers (exclude all servers) when you do it at weekend. Is there any way to delete DNS entries based on time stamp? I have tried to sort by timestamp, but it doesn't really sort by year, it is more by the month? Not supported. If there are more inquiries on this issue, please feel free to let us know.Regards, Rick Tan. Good morning. Can anyone tell me where DNS servers in the DNS snap-in inherits it's security permissions from?

Right-clicking on a server in the DNS snap-in, selecting Properties and clicking the security tab shows an extra user from our domain that I would like to remove. Selecting the user and clicking 'Remove' gives me the following error message: You cannot remove [user] because this object is inheriting permissions from its parent. To remove [user], you must prevent this object from inheriting permissions.

Turn off the option for inheriting permissions, and then try removing [user] again. Trying migrate an old Server 2003 DC to 2008 DC. I ran adprep, forest etc on the old domain controller and everything was successful. On the first domain controller (Server 2003) the 1supst/sup NIC card has an IP of 192.168.1.2 subnet of 255.255.255.0, gateway of 192.168.1.1 (Router) and DNS of 192.168.1.10.

On the 2supnd/sup card on the same server, the IP is 192.168.1.10, subnet of 255.255.255.0, gateway of 192.168.1.1 and DNS 192.168.1.10. When I first tried to promote active directory I received an RPC error. I noticed that RRAS was installed on the old domain controller and removed it since it is no longer needed. After removing, Active directory successfully transferred and replicated. I then went to Transfer the FSMO roles and it transferred successfully.

After rebooting the 2008 server I now get a DNS error “The DNS server could not open socket for address 192.168.1.9.”, “The DNS server could not bind a Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) socket to address 192.168.1.9”. “The DNS server could not bind a User Datagram Protocol (UDP) socket to 192.168.1.9.” These errors are 404, 407 and 408.

On other programs are running on port 53. On active directory I get an event error Event ID2092 ” This server is the owner of the following FSMO role, but does not consider it valid.” If I shut down the old 2003 domain controller active directory does not work. I cannot connect to Active directory sites and services, users and computers etc. The old domain controller resumed the primary FSMO roles. What can I do to correct this problem? Hi Everyone, I've had a thorough search on here and Google and I can't even find another question like mine, let alone a solution. I work for a company with (4) physical sites, for the sake of argument: London / Sunderland / Lincoln / Bristol In November, we decided to P2V Bristol domain controller, but because the old one was a particularly bad build (tiny hard disk, hadn't been updated etc) we went ahead and removed the old DC gracefully, and simply built a new virtual DC in its place.

In addition to this, we re-addressed the network, converting it from a 192.168.2.x subnet to 10.2.0.x. In order to ensure that we can still talk to some legacy hardware, the new DC is setup with a primary 10.2.0.x address, but has an additional NIC with a 192.168.2.x address configured with no DNS or gateway. Hello; I'm having a DNS server/service problem I can't seem to figure out. Have an old 2000 DC running DHCP and DNS. I've upgraded ALL domain functions (FSMO roles) to 2 new 2008 servers. DNS runs on all 3 servers, all zones are AD and update between the 3 successfully. I'm trying to get that 2000 server offline, but everytime I stop the DNS service on that server, clients can't resolve internet domain names and I have to turn that service back on.

Here is what I have done so far. 1.) Within DHCP config, only the DNS servers for the 2 new 2008 servers are listed. 2.) Ran flush/dns on all clients.

3.) Reloaded zones. Can't seem to figure out why the 2000 DNS server service is needed for clients to resolve internet domain names. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Hello Swen, On the 2008 servers are you using your ISP DNS as forwarders, or are you using Root hints? Also, on the Windows 2000 DNS server (or any other DC if DNS is active-directory-integrated) check to see if you have. Root DNS zone in the Forward Lookup Zone. By default in Windows 2000, a Microsoft DNS server connects to the Internet to further process DNS requests with root hints.

When you use the Dcpromo tool to promote a server to a domain controller, the domain controller requires DNS. If you install DNS during the promotion process, you get a root zone. This root zone indicates to your DNS server that it is a root Internet server. Therefore, your DNS server does not use forwarders or root hints in the name-resolution process. Hope it helps. I upgraded a Netware 5.1 SP7 server to 6.5 SP2 using an overlay CD set.

After the upgrade, the DNS screen indicated errors opening the zone.db (mydomain.com.db)file. I looked in the sys:etc dns directory and the in-addr.arpa.db file was there, but my domain.db file was not. I deleted the DNS server object from the DNS/DHCP management console and recreated it. The in-addr.arpa.db file came back (I deleted the.db file from the broke server before removing the object), but the domain.db file was still missing.

Another DNS server that was working OK had the domain.db file on it, so I copied the missing file and named sees happy when launched. Any ideas what went wrong, and am I shooting myself in the foot to simply copy the missing.db file? Hi Everyone - first post, so please bear with me whilst I learn the ettiquette here I administer a classroom of about 30 macs (mainly G4 eMacs with about 10 power macs) for a postgraduate newspaper journalism class. We recently (last summer) decided to try to implement a more comprehensive management/imaging scheme for them, and bought apple remote desktop and a copy of Tiger Server. The problem I'm currently having is updating the DNS name information in the Apple Remote Desktop application (server side).

I've had all of the dns records for the machines updated to something human readable so that dns information can be used as part of an automatic renaming process on newly imaged machines. But ARD still displays the old names. I've tried refreshing the dns cache on the server on which they're stored, as well as removing machines and re-adding them by IP address.

Reverse DNS lookups (which is the method apple says ARD uses to set the DNS name when computers are added) work in any other context. But ARD still remembers the old, out of date DNS information. Does anyone have any pointers as to what's going on? Where is this information cached, and how can it be updated? Thanks in advance! I inherited a system someone else built.

We're a MS shop and have a AD 2003 domain. The domain controllers constantly complain that they can't update some external IP with dynamic DNS changes.

I've read up on dynamic dns and I understand how it works internally but I can't for the life of me find this setting where someone told our DNS to update with an external IP. We do have external DNS as well but that's hosted by an upstream provider and of course uses routable IP associations to get public traffic to our NAT. Internally we set different DNS using unroutable space for the internal users to get to the same server farms. I want dynamic dns used with internal DHCP but I see no reason at all to try to dynamically update any external dns servers with this internal information.

Here are the errors. The dynamic registration of the DNS record '_kpasswd._udp.ncsbcs.org. 600 IN SRV 0 100 464 IBTSDC2008.ibts.org.' Failed on the following DNS server: DNS server IP address: 65.18.193.98 Returned Response Code (RCODE): 5 Returned Status Code: 9017 The dynamic registration of the DNS record '_kerberos._udp.ncsbcs.org. 600 IN SRV 0 100 88 IBTSDC2008.ibts.org.' Failed on the following DNS server: DNS server IP address: 65.18.193.98 Returned Response Code (RCODE): 5 Returned Status Code: 9017 The dynamic registration of the DNS record '_gc._tcp.HERNDON._sites.ncsbcs.org. 600 IN SRV 0 100 3268 IBTSDC2008.ibts.org.'

Failed on the following DNS server: DNS server IP address: 65.18.193.98 Returned Response Code (RCODE): 5 Returned Status Code: 9017 The dynamic registration of the DNS record '_ldap._tcp.HERNDON._sites.dc._msdcs.ncsbcs.org. 600 IN SRV 0 100 389 IBTSDC2008.ibts.org.' Failed on the following DNS server: DNS server IP address: 65.18.193.98 Returned Response Code (RCODE): 5 Returned Status Code: 9017 The dynamic registration of the DNS record 'd3e6bd0f-f82b-4e03-aa9d-5b20f4d07cbf._msdcs.ncsbcs.org.

600 IN CNAME IBTSDC2008.ibts.org.' Failed on the following DNS server: DNS server IP address: 65.18.193.98 Returned Response Code (RCODE): 5 Returned Status Code: 9017 ncsbcs.org is an old domain that no longer exists here. Someone upgraded this domain and didn't do it right so i find weird places where ncsbcs.org come up, I even found old DC's in AD that don't exist anymore but i managed to clean that up.

Any help is greatly appreciated. Hi, I've an AD domain, 3x 2003 servers and 2x 2008 servers I'm replacing 2 of the 2003 servers with new 2008 ones. I've installed AD services and the servers are Domain members only. When I run DCpromo, after DNS examination the wizard gives me this message about this server not being authoritative. A delegation for this DNS server cannot be created. You should manually create a delegation to this DNS server in the Parent Zone. Ok - so it wants me to add this DNS server so its already authorised, that I understand.

But where do I do that? If I goto one of my existing DNS servers and rightclick on the local Forward lookup domain I can see an option to Delegate, but that want me to specify a name in addition to the FQDN. But its the FQDN that I actually need to add this to. On top of that theres also other DNS domains that need replicating. I seem to remember hitting this issue before, and just continuing. But its odd this hasn't been resolved in a patch yet if its a bug.

Hi All I need to move my DHCP Server and scopes from windows 2003 server to a new windows 2008 server. Actually We have two domain xyz.com(old domain-2003 OS) and abcd.com(new domain-2008 OS).We are in the process of migration from old domain xyz.com to new domain abcd.com.

Right now DHCP server is configured and authorised in old domain that is xyz.com with 2003 server OS but after migration we need todecommission old domain(xyz.com) and for that I need to move old DHCP server in new Windows 2008 domain abcd.com Means I need to move DHCP in old domain-2003 to new domain-2008 withdifferent DNS settings. Can any one help me how can I achieve this with netsh.. Thanks Vijay. I have an active directory integrated dns setup with 3 DNS servers at one site and 1 DNS server at secondary site (LAN not WAN)single forest and domain. I have disabled scavenging and deleting stale records, and still am having DNS entries for several of my 2008 r2 servers keep disappearing after several days. Addresses are static not DHCP, DNS entries have been manually entered (several times) and these servers stay active and are not powered off or removed from the network at all.

Anyone have any ideas what my trouble might be? How often this object get deleted? Did you disable the Scavenging on the DNS record, Zone and server? Do you see any messages in the event log which is related to this record deletion?

Santhosh Sivarajan MCTS, MCSE (W2K3/W2K/NT4), MCSA (W2K3/W2K/MSG), CCNA, Network Houston, TX Blogs - Articles - Twitter: @santhosh_sivara - This posting is provided AS IS with no warranties, and confers no rights. Hi We have added two domain controllers running Server 2008 R2 with AD DS integrated DNS.

In the same process we removed an old Server 2003 DC/DNS server. We are nowexperiencing problems with missinghost records. I have tried running ipconfig /registerdns but it doesn't seem to work. If I test DNS with dcdiag everything is looking fine.

It seems tobe the servers that disappear from DNS was the ones thathad their preferred/alternate DNS server changed from the old DNS servers to the two newly created. Might this be the issue?

Lasse /Lasse. Hi Lasse, Please follow the troubleshooting steps below, Use nslookup to verify if the SRV records were registered into DNS server. In the command prompt, type nslookup, press Enter.Type set type=all, press Enter.Type _ldap._tcp.dc._msdcs.DomainName, where DomainName is the name of your domain, press Enter. If the SRV records of two DCs were not found in the DNS server, please run net stop netlogon and net start netlogon commands in two DCs. If you can find the SRV records, please check if the DNS server was configured to enabling dynamic updates. You could check it in the General tab in the AD-integrated zone’s Properties.

If you configured DHCP server on your domain, please also check the DHCP configurations. You could check DNS tab in the Properties of the scope. Then run ipconfig /renew command to force DHCP server register A records for these DNS clients. Best Regards, Tina.

We just migrated from 2007 to 2010 Exchange. I am looking for a correct procedure for removing the last 2007 Exchange server from the domain. Also, in taking the 2007 offline by shutting down the server, we started having issue's within 2010 where the email was not being sent. I seen that the Hub Transport was wrong and was sending mail through the old server, but changing it to the new server didn't fix the problem. I also verified my smtp rule in Exchange was set with an *. I also verified that Firewall was not blocking SMTP traffic from the new ip address. We are not running a SmartHost either.

I did see an error when running the toolbox and it was discussing a DNS problem with our server. I did see the ip assigned to the exchange server is showing up to another machine in DNS on reverse lookup. Would this cause an issue with getting 451 and 440 errors when I am looking at the Message Que? I run a multiple server domain with an Exchange server. I just replaced one of my domain controllers, I verified that no master roles were dependant on that server and were assigned to one of my other domain controllers, I then removed all networking services such as DCHP, DNS, etc. And assigned those roles to the new DC. I then ran dcpromo on the old DC and it was successfully removed. At this point the old DC is now a workstation, and then I changed the old DC from domain to workgroup and that removal was successful.

I verifyied the DNS record and the server does not show up, even under Active Directory Users and Computers the old DC does not show up. However under Active Directory Sites and Services the server is showing up under the Default First Site as a server. Active Directory Sites and Services do not show that the old DC is assigned to any domain (domain area is blank) and is not syncing with another other domain controller, it is just showing up there.So here is my question, is it safe just to delete the server from the Active Directory Sites and Services or is there a proper way to remove the server from this area?Phill. You've done everything correctly, but unforutenmly running DCpromo to remove a DC doesn't remove it's object form the Sites and Services console. If you open up that computer object you'll see that the NTDS Setting child object no longer appears under it like on other active DCs. So, yes you should manaully delete that object.

This is the expected behavior.And if you really want to verify that the DC is completely removed from AD, you can follow the directions in this article: Schertz, PointBridge MVP MCITP: Enterprise Messaging. Hello all, I have a Windows 2003 environment. I just decommissioned a DC (it was actually an SBS 2003 server, but I don't think that matters). Any way, I transferred all the FSMO roles and made another server a GC before dcproming and then joining a workgroup to get out of the domain. My quesiton is, I still see the server listed in the DNS, will that eventually be removed by Windows?

What I really want to do is install a new server with a different name, but the same IP address of the old server. This is actually a replacement server (so it also has AD, DNS, etc). I am worried about name resolution conflicts though. Per an earlier thread, I was advised to turn on DNS scavenging to remove old A and PTR records. I have done this and allowed due time to take place and have the server do its thing, after a couple weeks Scavenging finally took place, but it ended up removing not just stale records that were no longer in use, but it also removed over half of the exisitng DNS records as well.

I was thinking I just needed to wait for the current DHCP leases to run out and renew and all would be well. But the leases all renewed over the weekend and not a single new entry was created. As of now all computers can still ping by computername but I believe this is only true because everyone is connected locally on the same subnet, I cant remember the protocol that dictates this action.

Can anyone tell me how to get new DNS records? What part was confusing? The steps are straight forward, at least I thought.

To create a record into DNS, there are basic rules that must be followed: The zone name in DNS must match the Primary DNS Suffix. If that suffix is missing, it won't register.The DNS addresses on the machines NIC must only be the internal DNS, that means you can't configure some outside DNS server addresses or the router as a DNS address on the NIC. This also means that DHCP Option 006 is only the internal DNS.The machine's IP address must match a reverse zone.If you have Secure Updates set, it uses Kerberos, so a client that is statically configured and not joined to thedomain, and the zone is set to Secure Only, then it won't register. If DHCP is setup to force register, then it will do it for the client.If the DNS server is multihomed, that will cause problems. - Since you haven't provided any cofig info, it will be difficult to ascertain and diagnose where it's failing. Currentlyexperiencing a bizarre DNS issue. AD Integrated DNS zone.

Two DNS servers. On one of them, one of the addresses in the zone will not resolve, it just says DNS Server cant find host.domain.co.nz.: Non-existent domain but every other address in the zone resolves fine. On the other DNS server, everything resolves fine including that address. NB: The A-Record is displaying correctly within the Zone itself (using the DNS MMC) on both AD boxes but when you attempt to resolve the FQDN (both locally and from an external client) it comes up with the cant find host.domain.co.nz.: Non-existent domain error. AD Level is Windows 2003 Mixed.

Both Servers are fully patched to the same level (up to date). Reloading the Zone on the faulting AD box makes no difference neither does removing/re-adding or reinstalling DNS services on that server. **************************** nslookup extract: C: Users Usernslookup Default Server: server1.domain.com Address: 10.69.19.245 host1.internal.co.nz.

Server: server1.domain.com Address: 10.69.19.245 Name: host1.internal.co.nz Address: 172.20.1.2 server server2.domain.com. Default Server: server2.domain.com Address: 10.69.19.242 host1.internal.co.nz. Server: server2.domain.com Address: 10.69.19.242 *** server2.domain.com can't find host1.internal.co.nz.: Non-existent domain host2.internal.co.nz Server: server2.domain.com Address: 10.69.19.242 Name: host2.internal.co.nz Address: 172.20.1.20 ****************************.

Hi In short after 4 netgear support cases and final answer cannot be done on this modem/router one last time asking advise here. I do website hosting on a server @ home via a fixed IP address at my ISP. I have my own DNS server, email server, ftp server and all hosting is done from my own servers on the lan. On my old modem/router being replaced as its old (Netcomm) I need to do the following. Three dns options on older modem (static dns, easy its your ISP dns server to connect), Dynamic dns (not needed I have a static ip address @ isp) and last a option called Static DNS configuration (you enter 2 fields hostname.domainname and internal IP address in LAN) i use port forwarding (port 53 for all incoming DNS requests to a internal lan ip address, all good no probs) BUT i also use Static DNS configuration where I enter the name servers ie.

NS1.xxxx.com and NS2.xxxx.com and the ip address of my internal dns server. Very fast incoming dns name server lookups as it knows staright away where to go to fetch dns lookups. This netgear modem/router does not offer the last function of Static DNS configuration and even when I do a post forward of post 53 (dns) to the internal dns server ip address takes a very long time to find the internal dns server.

Any suggestions (other than going to a dynamic dns service) as advised by Netgear support (not an option I am not changing ALL my dns server ip addresses just because a piece of wh cannot do the job)? So I need to have a way of letting an incoming DNS server query URL ie. Ns1.xxxx.com or ns2.xxxx.com direct straight away to my DNS server as it hits the modem/router? And static route on this modem/router is not the same function it only allows you to direct a IP address to a internal LAN IP address it does not allow you to direct a URL to a internal lan IP address? Any advise will be welcomed thanks.

Francois NSW, Australia. Thanks for the reply appreciated. My problem is all the new multi band wifi modem/routers do not have this function called static dns configuration now as it use to be a security risk. Plebs used it wrong and stuffed themselves and managed to not connect to their own isp.

How they did that I dont know thats what all modem/routers support tells me. Even port forward for port 53 for incoming dns query lookups is slow as incoming dns queries still doesnt know which server to use for the dns lookup. So it looks like i have to replace what I have which is the netcomm nb6plus4wn. A DNS entry was modified to point from an old server to a new server. Example: Old Server - ServerA.domain.com originally pointed to 10.10.10.10 New Server - ServerB.domain.com points to 10.10.10.12 Old Server (ServerA) is retired Original A Record now points to 10.10.10.12 I am now tasked with finding out which servers are still requesting the old ServerA.domain.com record so we can fix those requesting that name and eventually retire the name.

Any good way to find this information? Bobby Pendino. I have just bought a new computer and transferred everything from my old one. When I tried to download my podcasts it said I was not authorised as I had more than 5 computers. I deauthorised one of them but this one still says I am not authorised.

Looking at my account it appears that I have two accounts with a previous email and an old debit card(which I didn't realise)I have deauthorised the computers on that account and authorised this computer on new details. On my newer account it says I am authorised but when I try to download it says I am not. Would be grateful for any help in sorting this muddle out. Here is a quick update of events. Had the 2003 DC and 2003 Exchange server Crash.

Was able to get it running again but Netlogon services is in paused state. As this was an old system decided to decommion it. I ran through the microsoft document for removing first exchange server and this looked to complete without issue. Process still to complete Remove Exchange DCpromo Down DC.

The issue I have is when a new user is created or old user move to new computer (Clean profile create), when they start outlook for the first time it tries to auto connect to the old exchange server. If the old server is running it works fine as they are redirect to the new server, but if the old server is shutdown it fails to connect to the new server. Dose anyone know where this autodiscover option is configured and how I can point it to the new server. Will removing the old exchange server fix the issue.

Setup Old DC/Exchange Exchange 2003 sp2 Windows 2003 sp3 DNS Exchange server only Windows 2003 SP3 Exchange 2003 SP2 DC Windows 2008 Native 2003 domain DNS DHCP just moved from old DC. Hello, I am having issues with a newly installed Exchange 2010 SP2 server. I have this server in a domain that already has an Exchange Server 2010 RTM installation. I am going to be removing the RTM version andrebuildit after I get the new serversetup. My issue is unique because for the internal network the AD DS is used for DNS and externally a linux server is used for DNS.

Here is arundownof the servers: DCA - Windows Server 2008 R2 - AD DS - 2 NIC Adapters, 1 internal access and 1 external access. Exchange - Windows Server 2008 R2 - Exchange Server 2010 RTM - 2 NIC Adapters, 1 internal access and 1 external access.

W2K8R2-ESP2-1 - New Server - Windows Server 2008 R2 - Exchange Server 2010 SP2 - 2 NIC adapters, 1 internal access and 1 external access. This server has the LAN NIC set for priority over the WAN NIC.

I have created a static route for the LAN NIC to access the local network. WAN NIC has a default gateway and has a higher metric than the LAN. LAN NIC uses the LAN IP for the DCA DNS server. The WAN NIC is required to use the WAN NIC for DCA DNS.

I optionally set the secondary DNS for the WAN NIC to use the IP for NS1.domain.com. I eventually want to make it so that the WAN NIC only uses ns1.domain.com as it's only DNS server. NS1.domain.com - Linux Server that is running DNS server.Any record on ns1.domain.com points to the WAN NICs on the exchange servers. Exchange is the old server that is being replaced by the new server. The old exchange server and the new exchange server will have similar but different setups.

One big difference will be how the servers are registered in DNS. Exchange is set up in DNS to have both internal and external NICs for the PC name-- Exchange. This is causing DNS to do Round Robin for Exchange.domain.com and is really causing the _autodiscover record to pull the External IP address of the server and then everyone is connecting over the WAN connection instead of the internal connection. The Exchange server has a DNS record on NS1.domain.com for Exchange.domain.com. The MX record on ns1.domain.com is pointing to exchange.domain.com. The internal NIC creates the same record for DCA, the AD DS Server. The records are easily created in AD DS for this server, because the PC name is in fact exchange.domain.com.

The new exchange server, W2K8R2-ESP2-1.domain.com, will have an A record on the ns1.domain.com DNS server for mail.domain.com. The internal NIC will dynamically create an A record for W2K8R2-ESP2-1.domain.com on DCA, the AD DS Server. The WAN NIC needs to be registered in DNS for mail.domain.com, I have not found aconsistentmethod for doing this. One question I have is, how can I make the WAN NIC register itself as mail.domain.com in DCA? I need to make sure it is shown as mail.domain.com and it in fact is registered in DCA DNS because if it is not, then exchange services fail to start, because the NIC is not registered on the domain, or it can not find any domain controllers. I was able to get around this by statically assigning mail.domain.com in DCA and then set the primary DNS server for W2K8R2-ESP2-1 for the external WAN IP of the AD DS Server -- DCA. However, I do not want to use the WAN IP of the domain server for DNS lookups on W2K8R2-ESP2-1, I want to use the NS1.domain.com server.

So in short: W2K8R2-ESP2-1 WAN NIC needs to be seen as mail.domain.com on ns1.domain.com and mail.domain.com(so exchange servers can work) W2K8R2-ESP2-1 LAN NIC needs to be registered as it's fqdn W2K8R2-ESP2-1.domain.com so all internal workstations can connect over the LAN. Please let me know if you have any questions, I can understand how confusing thissetupmay be. I do ask for constructive feedback. Hey all, Microsoft Exchange PD-Analyzer identifies 2 mail servers on our network. 1 which is currently in use, an exchange 2003 server, and one which was decommissioned years ago.

The entire server bank that the old exchange 2000 was on was thrown in the trash. For whatever reason though, Exchange 2010 setup still sees the old 2000 installation as being there and will not install until it has been removed.

I've failed to find any trace of the old server in the DNS or in active directory. Does anyone have a clue as to where the remnants of theold 2000 Exchange install are hiding out? I recently demoted a 2008 SP2 from being a DC, renamed it, then promoted it to be a new domain controller in a new domain. When I open the DHCP management console, it has the old server name, with a red circle with a white dash icon next to it. I've tried removing the DHCP role, removing everything out of C: windows system32 dhcp and re-adding the role but it still has the old server name.

If I go to Action, Add Server, and type localhost, it will add the correct server name in the console and I can manage it. I can't figure out where it's getting this old name from. I verified there are no entries in DNS related to the old name. We have a Windows Server 2008 R8 server (single server forest). It had an old domain name on it.

I went through the rendom process, and everything completed without errors. However, when I go into the DNS Manager, the two original domains (_msdcs.olddomain.com and olddomain.com) are still shown for Forward Lookup Zones. How do I correct this? I also changed the Primary DNS Suffix, but still see the old domain in the DNS records.I'm new to the DNS Manager, so thought I would solicit help in updating this, so I don't mess it up. Ace, We only have Windows Server 2008 Standard, so only one license of Hyper-V, and it still doesn't get us around the fact that we would need another physical server plus server licenses. $$$$$ What about this scenario? I spoke to a data center that does our web hosting, and they said they could setup a new box and put our Exchange Server 2010 software on it.If they did this, what are the options?

Would theyuse our DC at the home office (through the internet), or use their DC with no users setup (I assume they don't setup users for shared hosting)? I am not familiar with how they do unauthenticated shared Exchange hosting. Thanks, Michael.

I am taking over a customer network, and their current server is a 2008R2 as DC, DNS, file and print server. There is a second member server, 2003R2 that is also a DC, DNS, file and print, and this is at another site and is (and has been succesfully replicating for a few years) connected via gateway to gateway hardwear VPN. They HAD an SBS 2003 server where the 2008R2 is now, and migrated to Server 2008R2 and removed/demoted the sbs 2003off the network. The customer NEVER utilized the exchange portion of the sbs 2003 server, no clients or accounts were ever configured and used, no mailboxes etc. I have scrubbed all traces I can find off the old server off the network: Sites, DNS and within the schema. I cannot find a trace of either the old server name, IP or exchange 2003 anywhere on either server.

Now the customer has paid for exchange 2010 and is on board with getting with the times and using exchange.When I go to install it insists on creating a legacy connector for exchange 2003, find a 6.5 Version listing the old sbs server name, and I have no choice but to select it, and the prerequisits are run, it is informing me that the current exchange level is mixed and needs to be at native, as well as I need to install SP 1 on the exhange 2003. Problem is, I DONT have and exchange server anywhere to perform this on.

SBS has been gone more than a year. All the searching I can find about removing exchange 2003 or last exchange server require there be an exchange console to work with. S0 now I am stuck. How to I scrub all traces of the sbs existance out of the server 2008R2 machine so I can install Exchange 2010 without error. I know I will need to make sure the 2003R2 server is up to date, and it is. I will eventually upgrade (in place) to Server 2008SP2 so I can raise the domain function level from 2003 to 2008. Any assistance would be appreciated.

Just to recap; when the prerequsite check runs, I pass (after cleaning up and follwing guide) 6 of 7 requirements, the only fail being my issue above. Shayne Noel LAN Admin. Hi, After removing last 2003 DC from domain and transfering DNS to new 2008 DCs the SMTP service on member servers attemtps to send mail to a number of servers but not to the exchange server. SMTPdiag shows -Checking local domain records.Starting TCP and UDP DNS queries for the local domain. This test will try tovalidate that DNS is set up correctly for inbound mail. This test can fail for3 reasons.

1) Local domain is not set up in DNS. Inbound mail cannot be routed tolocal mailboxes. 2) Firewall blocks TCP/UDP DNS queries. This will not affect inbound mail,but will affect outbound mail. 3) Internal DNS is unaware of external DNS settings. This is a validconfiguration for certain topologies.Checking MX records using TCP: mydomain.org. A: mydomain.org [192.168.0.1] A: mydomain.org [192.168.0.2] A: mydomain.org [192.168.0.3] A: mydomain.org [192.168.0.4] A: mydomain.org[192.168.0.5]Checking MX records using UDP: mydomain.org.

A: mydomain.org [192.168.0.1] A: mydomain.org [192.168.0.11] A: mydomain.org [192.168.0.12] A: mydomain.org [192.168.0.13] A: mydomain.org [192.168.0.14]Both TCP and UDP queries succeeded. Local DNS test passed.The first IP (192.168.0.1) is a DC and the server to which all my member servers' smtpsvc try to send to. One of the IPs is the old now decommissioned Exch 2003 box. Can anyone advise where in DNS I edit these entries to point them to the Exch 2007 server?Thanks. I have recently migrated operations from a Window 2000 Server to a Windows 2008 Server and in the process of removing the W2K system, ran into a few problems.

In using dcpromo on the W2K server, there was an error that prevented it from properly removing it as a Domain Controller. The error is academic now as the W2K server has been physically removed from the network. Everything is properly functional on the W2K8 system, and Operations Masters were assigned to it before the W2K system was removed. The W2K system was manually deleted as a 'domain controller' in AD Users and Computers and all references to it in DNS have been removed. I am unable to raise the domain functional level to 2008 because the domain still believes there is a W2K domain controller in the domain.

What other steps must be taken to fully delete the old server (and the belief that it is still a DC) from the domain? Copying DNS-zones from WEB-servers to one DNS-server Hi all. Ive been a Plesk user for the last 6 months and have untill now been using an old Cobalt RaQ2 for the DNS. Now Im doing major changes and want a PLESK-box to handle all the DNS. Ill have 4 PLESK-box for the websites, and one PLESK for the DNS. Every time a new domain is set up the DNS-zone for that domain will be set up on the webserver. I would like to use FTP (an automatic cron job) on the PLESK DNS-box to connect to the webservers one at the time and get the DNS-files to the PLESK DNS.

Then the script will restart BIND (service named restart or soemthing). Question is: Wich files will the PLESK DNS-server need to fetch from the WEB-PLESKs for this to work? I know it is somewhere in /var/named/run-root (?!) for the RPM version of PSA2 but should all files be copied from there? Hope someone will answere this for me.

It would be much nicer than have to set up DNS and domain on two servers (the DNS-server and on the web-server). // Thanks in advance. // John @ EPS Domains, Sweden.

Hello, Here is what I need to do: I would like to use different DNS server for external name resolution for specific user on my network. Right now we have a service with openDNS that allows me to filter content for user on the network.

But certain users must not use openDNS as there external DNS server since they will be restricted as well to certain content. The primary dns server for all client is the local server.

This server then has DNS forwarder setup for openDNS. So any name resolution that can't be resolved by the local server get forwarded to openDNS which then filter things out. Here is what i tried and it failed I have tried removing the openDNS server as the DNS forwarder for the server. And then under DHCP the default DNS server is listed as local dns server and then openDNS server as secondary.

The users that are not supposed to be restricted use Google DNS server as their secondary DNS server. So they won't be restricted. When I do this the clients that have their secondary DNS server as openDNS server don’t get restricted anymore. I don’t get why this is happening the local DNS server has no DNS forwarder setup so how can it resolve external names.

Until I put openDNS server as the DNS forwarder. But when I do this then everyone on the network uses openDNS as for their external name resolution since the DNS forwarder take precedence over DHCP setting. Because when the user request tries to resolve an external name it goes to the local server which forwards it to openDNS server. Windows 7 Ultimate Os 64 Bit Free Download. The client computer resolves external DNS because it will use its secondary DNS server to resolve external name when the local server doesn’t find the external name and the client computer that are restricted use openDNS server which filter DNS request.

But for some reason the client computer is not even using it’s second DNS it’s use the local dns server to resolve external name and even with DNS forwarder not added somehow the local DNS server is finding the name. Hi Guys, I need some help on removing a faulty domain controller from the AD forest. Here is the scenario: 1. The FSMO roles have been seized to a new domain controller already.

The old one is non-functional and is down for ever. I know the steps would be doing a meta-data cleanup And then remove some of the DNS entries related to the old server. But the real issue is: I have Exchange 2013 running in one of the machines configured in the Forest, which was migrated from the old Domain controller. I then set Exchange listening to the new domain controller. So, my doubt is, if I delete the old domain controller and do a metadata cleanup, would it have any effect on the exchange server? The Exchange machine acts as an additional domain controller as well.

Its a production environment and any change that affects Exchange would cause a big loss. Looking forward for your valuable suggestions. Regards, Nash. Is there a way to log all DNS queries going to a Novell DNS server?

The reason I ask is we 're about to transition our DNS DHCP services off of Novell and over to an appliance-based solution from Infoblox. There are five main steps to our transition: Transfer DNS zone data to Infoblox grid Reconfigure Novell DNS servers to be Cache-Only servers (have them forward all queries to Infoblox) Reconfigure DHCP options to use Infoblox DNS servers Reconfigure devices with static IPs to use Infoblox DNS servers Decommission Novell DNS servers The tricky part is #4: our environment has numerous sites and thousands of devices, and I feel that telling my network techs to check everything isn 't practical or reasonable. If there 's a way to log the DNS activity going to the old servers it 'll give my techs something definitive to work with. Any suggestions? Most of them are NetWare 6.5 SP8, a few are OES 2 Linux. Simon Floodsmflood@no-mx.forums.novell.com 2/19/2013 12:26 PM On 13:21, Wallace Marks wrote: Is there a way to log all DNS queries going to a Novell DNS server?

The reason I ask is we 're about to transition our DNS DHCP services off of Novell and over to an appliance-based solution from Infoblox. There are five main steps to our transition: 1. Transfer DNS zone data to Infoblox grid 2. Reconfigure Novell DNS servers to be Cache-Only servers (have them forward all queries to Infoblox) 3. Reconfigure DHCP options to use Infoblox DNS servers 4.

Reconfigure devices with static IPs to use Infoblox DNS servers 5. Decommission Novell DNS servers The tricky part is #4: our environment has numerous sites and thousands of devices, and I feel that telling my network techs to check everything isn 't practical or reasonable. If there 's a way to log the DNS activity going to the old servers it 'll give my techs something definitive to work with.

Any suggestions? Are your Novell DNS servers running NetWare or OES (Linux)? -' + '- Simon Novell/SUSE/NetIQ Knowledge Partner -' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '- Do you work with Novell technologies at a university, college or school? If so, your campus could benefit from joining the Novell Technology Transfer Partner (TTP) program. See novell.com/ttp for more details. -' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '.

I have an Acer 5935G that had Windows 7 Ulimate loaded on it at purchase. It worked perfectly until a visit to the USA when I uploaded a phone system for local calls. When I deleted it the error code Windows is not genuine and a black screen appeared. I entered my Product code from the underneath of my machine but was not recognised. I thought is may just be because UK version and I am in USA. On returning this has not repaired itself and is still not recognised. It was bought from a reputable supplier but as over 12 months old they are unable to help and as it worked without fault for 18 months find it hard to believe it a problem with license.

From reading the net this seems to be a common fault when removing a programme.Please can you help? AFAIR when you ring one of the numbers you see on the screen, one of the options lets you speak to a human operator. If this is not the case in your country then you need to check the white pages in your capital city for a Microsoft number. Please note that the respondents in this forum are volunteers from the general Windows community. They are not Microsoft employees and this is not a Microsoft help desk. Remember also that Windows 7 gives you a few options to repair itself, e.g.

System RestoreImage Restore (if you ever created an image)Factory Restore (is destructive). I have a bunch of External Win2008 DNS servers. (no active directory) I recently changed an IP address of one of the servers (name remains the same).

If I manually update the zone - remove old ns5.xyz.com and then add ns5.xyz.com hit 'resolve' - I get the new IP and NS server is added. BUT I have thousands of domains - and doing this manually is the last resort.

PROBLEM ---- dnscmd - does NOT help (or maybe someone knows something extra?) When I run dnscmd /recorddelete zzz.com @ NS ns5.xyz.com --- record gets deleted fine. BUT WHEN I RUN dnscmd /recordadd zzz.com @ NS ns5.xyz.com - NS5 record gets added WITH THE OLD IP!!! Not the new one. DOES ANYONE KNOW THE WORKAROUND? I have just bought an apple tv with the intention of either running the itunes library from a NAS unit with an iTunes server built in or from a 1TB+ external HDD via a MacMini.

My original iTunes library was on a 500Gb usb hdd which was linked and played on my MacBook Pro. The initial setup on the tv worked fairly simply using the MacBook Pro as the iTunes server.no real problems at all streaming the content. Now, as i wanted to leave the library at home and just take various programs with me when i go away ( the MacBook Pro is still authorised ), i tried setting up the MacMini as the server as i already had this laying around.

All my iTunes library was copied across onto a usb 1TB HDD and this was linked to the MacMini iTunes as the default location. Sharing iTunes was checked in the network settings. The MacMini was authorised in iTunes online. The setup on the Apple Tv was changed to stream from the MacMini and use that library and the old association with the MacBook Pro was removed. The Apple Tv found the library and all the programs, movies and music show up on the Apple TV screen. When i go to play as before it now comes up as authorising and then the message ' your tv is not authorised to play this media' or something to that effect I have tried de-authorising / re-authorising the macmini several time and also the apple tv but no joy.

I am just about to try and re-use the macbook pro but i can't see why that would be any different except it worked before. Can anyone help as i have a very expensive paperweight at the minute! PS the youtube, iTunes store seems to work fine from the tv! Any help greatly appreciated. And to add a tad to Simon If you go that way, then remember to enable Ping Ahead -' + '- Tommy Mikkelsen IT Quality A/S, Denmark Novell Support Forums SYSOP / NKP Sorry, but no support through email Please join John Gill wrote: Hi, I am currently running DNS/DHCP on an old Netware 6.5sp8 server. I want to recreate a new Suse10 Oes2 DNS and DHCPC objects and start everything fresh. (not too many subnets etc to create) So my question is, can I just delete all the old subnets, DNS/DHCP objects and server etc.

Remove eDir off the Netware box and then shut it down. Install DNS/DHCP in Yast on the new server and create new subnets, recreate server etc.

Have I left out anything. Regards John. My SBS 2011 Essentials server is connected via an old router (ASUS WL-500g). It seems to have some problems with requests coming from my server. When I request DNS information of some domains, it fails with error 5501.

I can disable EDNS, but then I'll get error 5504 instead and the DNS result is incomplete. I thought to be smart and remove the nameserver of my router from the DNS forwarders and use my ISP nameserver instead. This works fine and the errors are gone, but when I reboot the server then the default gateway (my old router) is the primary forwarder again.

The old router will be replaced soon, but does anyone know why the default gateway is added to the DNS configuration after a reboot? When the DNS server is restarted, then the default gateway is not added. Hello I have started to test Windows Server 2012 R2 and set up a new Hyper-V virtual machine on a 2012 R12 host machine and have managed to set up the server and promote it to a DC using server manager.

I then tried to demote the old 2012 server but it requires that I tick a box that says: Removal Options:Remove this DNS zone (this is the last DNS server that hosts the zone) If I do not tick this box then I cannot press the Next button. As this is not the last domain controller I ama bit wary of ticking this box in case it deletes the whole DNS zone and breaks the domain. The process I followed was: * Went toServer manager and Remove Roles. * Ticked the box to remove Active Directory Domain Services * Get a warning saying The Active Directory domain controller needs to be demoted before the AD DS role can be removed - Demote this domain controller * Select the demote option and didn't tick the options to Force the removal of this domain controller or Last domain controller in the domain * Ticked the option to proceed with removal of the global catalog service * Got the warning about removing the DNS zone and cancelled. I have tried this varous times and get the same results each time.

I have transferred the FSMO roles to the new server and tried removing DNS and DHCP from the old server but I still get that same error every time I try to demote the server. Currently everything is working normally but I was hoping to be able to demote the old server. I have moved ADDS to other servers before and don't remember getting this error unless it ready was the last domain controller. Thanks Robin Robin Wilson. I have installed an oracle 11.2.0 database on my oracle enterprise linux 5.4 machine.

When I configure a DNS server (public DNS servers from my provider) in the network settings (/etc/resolv.conf) it seems like the listener wants to resolve my hostname with the configured DNS servers. A connection from a client takes a few seconds. After removing the DNS entries from resolv.conf clients can connect very quickly - as normal. I have added the following line in /etc/hosts as described in the installation guide: 192.168.1.95 svr-ora1.local svr-ora1 Has anyone had this problem?

If yes, I would be glad to know the steps to solve the issue! Thanks Markus. I haven 't seen any TIDs or other discussions on this subject (which surprises me), but is there an easy way to purge obsolete entries from DNS? I 'm using dynamic DNS and, once an entry is created, it stays there. When I double-click on a resource record there 's no IP address associated with it, meaning that it 's just an orphan. I know it 's just cosmetic, but it 's starting to irritate me:-). How are others handling this?

Microsoft DNS has options for scavaging and removing old records; I can 't imagine Novell didn 't think of something similar. -' + '-David David W. Hickok Senior Network Engineer Folsom Cordova Unified School District -' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '-' + '- Voice: 916.355.1111 x167 Fax: 916.355.1198 eMail: dwhickok@fcusd.k12.ca.us web: http://www.fcusd.k12.ca.us. Using DCPromo I wanted to promote a new 2008 R2 server as a DC to an existing 2003 domain, but getting the The error was: DNS name does not exist. (error code 0x0000232B RCODE_NAME_ERROR) The new server is a member of the domain, it has only the old server IP in the DNS (all IPs are static) and can view the old server on the network. I would like to promote the new server as the DC and soon remove the old server.

The following error occurred when DNS was queried for the service location (SRV) resource record used to locate an Active Directory Domain Controller (AD DC) for domain SOS.Seniors.com: The query was for the SRV record for _ldap._tcp.dc._msdcs.SOS.Seniors.com Common causes of this error include the following: - The DNS SRV records required to locate a AD DC for the domain are not registered in DNS. These records are registered with a DNS server automatically when a AD DC is added to a domain. They are updated by the AD DC at set intervals. This computer is configured to use DNS servers with the following IP addresses:10.105.155.2 (which is the old server). What should I be adding to the DNS for this to work? In visual studio I've added a connection to a Team Foundation Server. That server is now unavailable (this is a testing environment and I'm trying to get things to work, so I'm creating and destroying servers all the time).

Now, in VS2005, if I try and connect to a server I get an error saying that old server is not-reachable, and then nothing. So I don't get the explorer window and I can find no way of removing the old server reference. It means that I cannot add a new server. Where are the server references stored? I'm having problems connecting to my internal DNS Server. The server has two network adapters, one static (10.0.0.2) and on dynamic (10.0.0.4 w/ reservation), however I can't RDP or connect to the server in any way.

If I manually override the DNS settings in each computers IPv4 configuration to point it to the static ip of the dns, everything is fine. My old Cisco/Linksys router had the ability to set an internal DNS server, and I need to replicate that functionality. Any help would be appreciated. Hi there, I have upgraded to a new server and need to move all domains, users, and most important all email accounts to the new server.

Both servers run Plesk 11.0.9 on CentOS. The migration manager works great, no problems with that.

After migrating, I change my DNS settings at an external DNS provider to the new IP. The problem is, DNS changes take time. I then get emails on the old server and on the new server until DNS information is spread. I was searching for a way to let the old server forward to the new one, but changes for specific domains in plesks DNS system (MX record) on the old server did not work. The mails still arrived at the old server. What can i do?

Can I uncheck Activate mail service on domain and will all emails be rejected until DNS points to the new server? Or will that lead to bounces?

I dont want to tell all my customers to check two serversfor a couple of hours / days. Thanks for your help, Christian. Hello, We are also going to migrate our Plesk servers to new data center during this summer. Here is our current plan how to do the migration.

1) Migrating domains to new server using Plesk Migration Manager (transfering couple of hundred gigabytes takes about 12 hours). 2) Adding proxy rules to iptables of old server to proxy http and mail traffic to new server.

3) Change DNS records to IP address of new server. 4) Copy new emails received by old server during the migration to new server (using rsync). 5) After day or two when DNS has been propagated, remove iptables rules or shut down the old server. Here is our shell script for step 2 (tested only quickly): Code. I have a new computer all the exact same data from my old computer has been transferred to the new computer.

But I cannot read my ebooks through adobe digital anymore - I have updated to version 4 - still the same error message: Activation Server error - code E_ACT_NOT_READY digital editions encounter an error on the activation server. When I check help within digital it states that my new computer is authorised to read ADE. Please Please help - there is no way of contacting Adobe and I have scoured the help areas of there site with absolutely no luck:-(. Hi all.Please can someone help me!

OK here is the issue, I have just set up an 837 at home in place of my bband wireless router. I managed to get the ADSL configured correctly and NAT etc is all working fine, however I could not figure how to set up the DNS.

Previously the old Netgear router i replaced with this used to do DNS locally for me as I dont have a DNS server set up at home. Now in the config I have pointed the router towards 4.2.2.1 and 4.2.2.2 for DNS and also set DHCP to automatically assign the same DNS server to clients (as otherwise they cant browse the net!) I thought the clients could use the router (10.10.10.1) as their DNS server but I cant seem to get that working. So it seems theres still some odd things going on with the DNS records when editing/upgrading a site.

After upgrading a server to 10.3.2 a bunch of sites had their DNS records revert to old records that have not been in place for a long time. These are even records that have nothing to do with normal Ensim generated records.

Intranet.domain.com reverted to an old IP address for somebody.) Is there somewhere in the postgres this information is being stored or where is this old information coming from? When upgrading to 10.3.2 (also occurred with 10.3.1 but I assumed the DNS hotfix would clear the issue up.) customer A has a DNS recrod of: intranet.domain.com that has pointed to 1.2.3.4 and has pointed there for months after the upgrade the DNS record reverts to the old IP it used to point to months ago before it was changed: intranet.domain.com used to point to 5.6.7.8 and after the upgrade it changes the record BACK to pointing to the old IP address. 6 months ago - intranet.domain.com points to 5.6.7.8 and is changed by customer to point to 1.2.3.4 intranet.domain.com points to 1.2.3.4 with no problems for 6 months upgrade Parallels Pro to 10.3.2 intranet.domain.com points to 5.6.7.8 after upgrade. Hello, I suggest you do this try in following order. Server end: Check DHCP configuration is properly done or not? Refer this if required?from both the places DHCP and DNS console.Delete IP reservation for this MYPC1,if any?

Client end: Remove MYPC1 from domain and run ipconfig/release andipconfig/flushdns commands.Make a manual entry of DNS primary server IP address in IP configuration settings.Join MYPC1 PC into domain and reboot PC, check for the correct DHCP lease DNS entry. Thank you and feel free write here again if you need any other help. Regards, Ravikumar P.

Create a new DNS zone named _msdcs.domain.com and make it a primary DNS zone which is AD integrated. For the DNS updates, make sure that only Secure updates are allowed We already have _msdcs.domain.com under forward lookup zones that is AD integrated.

It looks like it has all the standard (sub) folders it needs. We just also have domain.com (no _msdcs). That's the one that doesn't have the subfolders in the _msdcs sub folder. Forward Lookup Zone -_msdcs.domain.com All subfolders - domain.com - -_msdcs (grayed out) - - - No subfolders and only old NS record for dead and gone server Thanks for your help. I hope I'm explaining it well enough. The grayed out folder is normal, and it only simply means it's a Delegated zone. It's delegated to itself, as you can see the NS records in the right side of the console when you click on the grayed out zone.

It just means see this NS server, which in this case, is itself. Then of course, you can click on the _msdcs.domain.com zone, which the delegation is simply saying to look.

This was a change in Windows 2003 to create a delegated zone only because it must be available forest wide, and with the new (2003 and newer) DNS partitions, you can easily replicate this zone forest wide while keeping the domain.com zone, domain specific, but that can be changed too, in a multi-domain forest, but that's beyond this discussion. I agree with Mr X that you can delete it, and simply re-create it, make it AD integrated, and set it to Forest wide replication, then run ipconfig /registerdns, and restart the netlogon. I would also suggest one more step before you run that, and that is to rename the c: windows system32 config netlogon.dns and netlogon.dnb to netlogon.dns.old, and netlogon.dnb.old.

Then run the registerdns and restart the netlogon service. THe reason to do this, is these files are assembled by the Netlogon service to what it sees in the domain. THen it sends that to the DNS server to a zone with the same name as the machine's Primary DNS Suffix (can be found by running ipconfig /all).. If the old server still shows up, then it may indicate that the old server's reference still exist in the AD database.

If that is the case, then you must run a metadata cleanup to remove its reference in the AD database. You can at least run the utility just to see if it still; shows up. You should also check the following and delete if it exists, assuming the metadata cleanup utility shows that it really is gone: All of your zone's properties, Nameserver tab to see if the old IP and name is still there. If so, delete it. Other places to look:ADUC - Domain Controllers OUAD Sites Services, SItename, Server listThe same as parent A record - if there, delete the old IP.. More on removing an orphaned server and the metadata cleanup process: Complete Step by Step Guideline to Remove an Orphaned Domain controller (including seizing FSMOs, running a metadata cleanup, cleanup DNS (Nameserver tab), AD Sites (old DC references), transfer or fix time settings, WINS settings, etc.

Published by Ace Fekay, MCT, MVP DS on Oct 5, 2010 at 12:14 AM Ace Fekay MVP, MCT, MCITP/EA, MCTS Windows 2008/R2 Exchange 2007, Exchange 2010 EA, MCSE MCSA 2003/2000, MCSA Messaging 2003 Microsoft Certified Trainer Microsoft MVP - Directory Services Technical Blogs Videos: This post is provided AS-IS with no warranties or guarantees and confers no rights. I agree with Jorge, I wouldn't do it either. It's just not best practice, nor is it a best security practice if the only role and function of this server is to either be a publkc content DNS server, or used as a forwarder from your internal DNS, or both. With a domain member sitting on a public network, thre must be rules to allow DS communications through the firewall. Therefore, for the mere fact that it's exposed, and you had to open necessary ports for DS communications (there are numerous ports that must be allowed for AD to function), it leaves it open to attack, and may allow a backdoor into your internal network. I would honestly make it a standalone DNS server, and lock it down. If not, keep that wood block handy.:-) AceAce Fekay MVP, MCT, MCITP Enterprise Administrator, MCTS Windows 2008 Exchange 2007 Exchange 2010, Exchange 2010 Enterprise Administrator, MCSE MCSA 2003/2000, MCSA Messaging 2003 Microsoft Certified Trainer Microsoft MVP - Directory Services Complete List of Technical Blogs: This posting is provided AS-IS with no warranties or guarantees and confers no rights.

I just tried connecting a new TC to my existing network by simply replacing my netgear router with TC. I cannot connect to the Internet and only get flashing amber. The status reads amber on 'Internet connection' and amber for 'No DNS servers'. When I connect my modem directly to my iMac via Ethernet cable, I have connectivity so I know it is not a cable problem.

Could it be that the modem is too old to work with TC or have I done something wrong in my set-up (e.g. Removing netgear router)? I have already tried disconnecting and reconnecting everything.

I have also tried manually entering DNS server numbers that I saw when successfully connecting to the Internet via Ethernet cable. Lastly, perhaps complicating things, I have an airport express base station already connected which controls outdoor music. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I do not have IP information with me but I do get very different addresses with each set-up. Should that be the case?Yes, unless you purchase extra a static IP it will change everytime you reset the modem.

In fact for your purposes this is good. So as long as the TC has a public IP on the WAN interface then the issue lies elsewhere.

As long as it is a public IP. Please copy and paste here the IP your TC gets along with DNS from the ISP.It sounds like you are using v6 airport utility. Download 5.6 if you are still on Lion. It is far superior to help investigate these issues.

If the TC gets the wrong DNS from the ISP it will not work. But that would be most unusual. Go back to the simplest setup. Since the cable modem works directly to a computer. Give me the IP and DNS etc when you do this setup. So we can compare a working to a non-working setup.

Leave the express off. Use just the modem.

Computer by ethernet. Once we get those values then we can proceed. We are migrating from Windows 2k server to Windows 2008. We are also getting all new client machines. We use a specific naming convention for all our clients. Once I migrate my AD from my Win2k server to my Windows 2008 server, i will then be eliminating my old client computers. I will then join my new client computers to the network.

The new client computers will need to have the same computer names as the old clients. I predict there will be a problem when i try to join this new computer with the same name as an old computer to the network. I imagine I'll get an error that says this name already exists in AD. What would be the best steps to follow to be able to join these new client computers with the same names to the new Win2008 domain server using the migrated AD. Once migrated, do I delete the computers from AD and DNS prior to joining the new clients? Any suggestions would be appreciated. I have a new WS2008 x64, which is a domain controller, with DNS and DHCP (both migrated from my old WS2003 box) plus Hyper-V.

It's a basic box so there's only one NIC, which Hyper-V converts to a virtual switch. The fixed IP settings from the original network adapter have been automatically migrated to this virtual switch.DHCP is authorised and running, but not servicing requests. Scope is set and settings look to be the same as they were on WS2003.My old DC with its fixed IP is OK, can see the new DC, plus its own virtual server, and is using the DNS OK. Hi Retiree, As you informed that you do not have access to the old email address, not to worry, in this case, if you have ebooks downloaded on your system, first you need to contact your ebook vendor and ask them to change the email address from old email address to a new email address [ Please note here, the new email address to which you are about to change must not have an account registered with Adobe, it should be an unregistered email address with Adobe ]. Once the Ebook vendor changes the email address from old email adderss to new one, you will have to contact Adobe customer service and they will help in changing the email address of the Digital edition from old to new. Once this is done, all the Ebooks will now be under your new email address. After which you will need to deauthorize your device and reauthorize so that your new email address is recognized by the device, for which follow the below steps: [ In Adobe Digital Edition (ADE), if you press Ctrl+Shift+D (Windows) or Cmd+Shift+D (Mac) will remove the activation on your computer, and allow you to reactivate with a different ID or the same ID when you launch ADE again.

] Press 'Ctrl+Shift+E', this will bring up the 'Device Deactivation' dialog. Select your Reader and deactivate it. Unplug and replug your Reader The Device Authorization dialog should show up, and you can authorize again with your Adobe ID. In case if you face any issue with the deauthorization and reauthorization, you can contact adobe chat support at [ ] during the business hours, Monday to Friday and your issue will be resolved.

Entech Taiwan's PowerStrip simultaneously supports multiple graphics cards from different vendors. It can extend the usefulness of older cards and legacy installations by supporting cards as old as the ATI Mach 64. It exerted a level of control over our graphics and display hardware that we've never seen in a standalone utility. Installing PowerStrip makes changes to your registry and requires a reboot so that it can do its job. The program offers about 500 controls over your system's graphics hardware, yet we found it extremely easy to use. Tool tips and numerous online resources stand ready to help, if needed.

The easiest way to access PowerStrip is to click its system tray icon, which calls up a menu accessing configuration dialogs for application, display, color, and performance options, which can be saved as 'profiles.' There's also a general Options menu that accesses numerous program preferences as well as extras like hotkey and resource managers and multiple monitor settings. Each profile menu offers default and configuration options, the latter consisting of pop-up dialogs with a compliment of typical controls and options and some useful touches, such as spectral bar displays. Advanced options call up additional dialogs with still finer settings; for instance, the display profile dialog's Advanced Timing Options includes pixel-by-pixel adjustment of horizontal and vertical geometry, a pixel clock setting, and yet another dialog for customizing resolution, while the performance options include engine and memory clock sliders: Use with care! PowerStrip is listed for all Windows versions from 95 to Vista, but Windows 7 worked just fine; PowerStrip even recognized the edition. Editor's note: This is a review of the full version of PowerStrip 3.87. The trial version is limited to 30 days trial only.

From PowerStrip provides advanced, multi-monitor, programmable hardware support to a wide range of graphics cards - from the venerable ATI Mach 64 to the latest Matrox Parhelia-LX and Radeon 9800. It is in fact the only program of its type to support multiple graphics cards from multiple chipset vendors, simultaneously, under every Windows operating system from Windows 95 to XP. A simple menu that pops up from the system tray provides access to some 500 controls over your display hardware, including sophisticated color correction tools, period level adjustments over screen geometry, and driver independent clock controls.