CNAME records not being automatically generated under _msdcs

[Guest]

When I promote a new DC to join the existing domain, a CNAME record does not
get created under the _msdcs folder in DNS on the primary server. When I try
to force replication, I get the error that the naming context is in the
process of being removed... The error in the event log is NTDS KCC 1265.
When I run dcdiag I see the it <SVRNAME> failed test kccevent.

If I manually add the record replication occurs fine, but it seems like I
shouldn't have add this record manually. Anyone have an idea why the record
is not getting created? Is it normal to have to create it manually?

 

[Jorge de Almeida Pinto [MVP]]

no... it should be created automatically by the netlogon service of the
registering dc...

things to check:
* is dynamic dns registering working for other records?
* is the zone enabled for ddns updates?
* is the dc pointing to the correct dns server?

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