Article ID: 319202
Article Last Modified on 3/1/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
This article was previously published under Q319202
SYMPTOMS
When you try to replicate changes between replica partners in Active Directory directory service Sites and Services, you may receive the following error message:
An event ID message that is similar to the following may also be logged in the System event log:
CAUSE
This issue occurs because the DNS Database does not have a service (SRV) resource record for the YourDomainController
.YourDomain
.com domain controller.
RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, follow these steps:
- Ping the Domain Controller. To do so, type ping
YourDomainController
.YourDomain
.com at the command prompt, and then press ENTER.
If you receive a reply that the ping request could not find the host, the domain controller's SRV record is not populated in the DNS Database. - Check the configuration of DNS and make sure that Allow Dynamic Updates is enabled. To do this, follow these steps:
- Click Start, point to Programs, click Administrative Tools, and then click DNS.
- Expand the DNS folder.
- Expand the Forward Lookup Zones folder.
- Right-click the folder, and then click Properties.
- In the Allow Dynamic Updates box, click Yes.
- Click OK.
- Stop and then restart DNS.
- Stop and then restart the Netlogon service on
YourDomainController
.
By doing this, you force the domain controller to register the appropriate SRV records. The change is then replicated to DNS.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Windows 2000.
MORE INFORMATION
For additional information about how to set up Domain Name System for Active Directory, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
237675 Setting Up the Domain Name System for Active Directory
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