SRV error joining Active Directory

Question

I am running AD 2008, which had been working until a few days ago. Suddenly some workstations cannot find resources.

I removed a single workstation and attempted to re-join, which displayed the following.

The following error occurred when DNS was queried for the service location (SRV) resource record used to locate an Active Dire

The error was: "DNS name does not exist."
(error code 0x0000232B RCODE_NAME_ERROR)

The query was for the SRV record for _ldap._tcp.dc._msdcs.domain.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

192.168.1.9

• One or more of the following zones do not include delegation to its child zone:

domain.com
com
. (the root zone)

This makes no sense to me given the following response from nslookup on the DC (192.168.1.9) itself.

C:\Users\Administrator>nslookup
Default Server: fileserver.domain.com
Address: 192.168.1.18

> set type=all
> _ldap._tcp.dc._msdcs.domain.COM
Server: fileserver.domain.com
Address: 192.168.1.18

_ldap._tcp.dc._msdcs.domain.COM SRV service location:
priority = 0
weight = 100
port = 389
svr hostname = domaindc.domain.com
_ldap._tcp.dc._msdcs.domain.COM SRV service location:
priority = 0
weight = 100
port = 389
svr hostname = fileserver.domain.com
domaindc.domain.com internet address = 192.168.1.9
fileserver.domain.com internet address = 192.168.1.18
> EXIT
Server: fileserver.domain.com
Address: 192.168.1.18

Any ideas on where to start?

Answer 1

On FILESERVER add the server's own static ip address (192.168.1.18) listed for DNS, then do ipconfig /flushdns, ipconfig /registerdns, restart the netlogon service

On POWELLDC add the server's own static ip address (192.168.1.9) listed for DNS, then do ipconfig /flushdns, ipconfig /registerdns, restart the netlogon service

• DFSR on POWELLDC, current value DISABLED, expected value AUTO_START (change it to automatic)
• w32time Service is stopped on [POWELLDC] (I'd check the system event log for related errors, needs to run)
• NETLOGON Service is stopped on [POWELLDC] (I'd check the system event log for related errors, needs to run)
• Invalid service startup type: w32time on FILESERVER, current value DEMAND_START, expected value AUTO_START (change it to automatic)

On DESKTOP-K7SK4TG remove the public DNS (8.8.8.8) then do ipconfig /flushdns, ipconfig /registerdns

there may also be a rouge IPv6 DHCP server (router?) on the network that if not configured can cause problems. Turn of the function if not configured

If problems persist after corrections then put up a new set of files to look at.

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Answer 2

Please run;

Dcdiag /v /c /d /e /s:%computername% >C:\dcdiag.log
repadmin /showrepl >C:\repl.txt
ipconfig /all > C:\dc1.txt
ipconfig /all > C:\dc2.txt
ipconfig /all > C:\problemworkstation.txt

then put unzipped text files up on OneDrive and share a link.

Answer 3

OneDrive

Answer 4

I do not think there is a rogue DHCP router.

OneDrive

I hope I followed your instructions accurately.

Thanks for your help.

Answer 5

DFS Replication service has detected an NTFS change journal wrap. DFS Replication service was not running on this computer for an extended period of time. The DFS Replication service could not keep up with the rate of file changes on the volume. The service has automatically initiated the journal wrap recovery process.

Hopefully it will recover. If not the simplest solution may be to move the roles off, demote, reboot, promo it again.

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