DNS BPA Gives error "The Active Directory integrated DNS zone _msdcs.upp-ltd.local was not found."

Question

Hi all,

I am looking into fixing an issue on our AD DNS servers - We have 3.

The error DNS BPA gives is: "The Active Directory integrated DNS zone _msdcs.upp-ltd.local was not found."

Below is a picture from one of our DNS servers. After reading a few sites

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-server-2008-R2-and-2008/ff807395(v=ws.10)?redirectedfrom=MSDN
https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/2228475-dns-error-in-bpa-scan-zone-_msdcs-domain-local-missing
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/c1aa07a4-6137-4487-9224-d8e7ad431fbb/dns-zone-msdcsxxxcom-is-an-active-directory-integrated-dns-zone-and-must-be-available?forum=winserverNIS
I am a bit unsure what needs doing. I do not have a DNS backup that we can restore.

Thanks in advance

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Answer 1

Hi ,

Welcome to our new Microsoft Q&A Platform.

You could refer to Ace's steps in the following thread to create the _msdcs.XXXX.local zone.

1.Right click XXXX.local

2.New - Delegation

3.Type in _msdcs

4.Provide the IP of the DC itself. If you have more than one DC, specify more than one.

5.Under Forward Lookup Zones, create the _msdcs.XXXX.local zone

6.Set updates to Secure Only

7.Change replication scope to All DCs in the Forest

8.In a command prompt: run ipconfig /registerdns

9.Run net stop netlogon

10.Run net start netlogon

For your reference:

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/85864b2b-ab14-4813-abcc-bea741091cf2/errordns-zone-msdcs-ltdomaingt-is-an-active-directory-integrated-dns-zone-and-must-be?forum=winserverNIS

Best Regards,

Candy