DNS failure

[Rowland Costin]

Hi

I have a small network consisting of a Terminal server and 2 domain
controllers, running under Windows Server 2k3 R2

The hard disks failed on the Primary domain controller PDC. (I know its not
really a primary any more) however, this was running the Primary DNS as
well, with replication to the Alternate DNS on the BDC.

Anyway, the raid has been rebuilt and Windows installed by the hosting
company (These 3 servers are all in cyberspace). However, despite them
setting it up originally, they won't touch the server set up, (The guy who
did it left and now I think they don't know anything)

So, I need to join this server into the Domain, This means installing active
directory, which fails with the message:

"The wizard cannot gain access to the list of domains in the Forest. This
condition may be caused by a DNS lookup problem." "The error is RPC server
is unavailable"

Is this really a DNS issue or something else. I have no idea how to tell if
My attempts at setting up the DNS on this server is correct or not. On this
server I have marked server 245 (the BDC) as the Primary DNS with this
server 235 (PDC) as the alternate as I know that the 245 servers DNS is
still ok. Is there any way for me to synchronise the two DNS servers?

Help, I'm not sure what to do first.

Thanks
Rowland

 

[Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP]]

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Hi

I have a small network consisting of a Terminal server and 2 domain
controllers, running under Windows Server 2k3 R2

The hard disks failed on the Primary domain controller PDC. (I know
its not really a primary any more) however, this was running the
Primary DNS as well, with replication to the Alternate DNS on the BDC.

Anyway, the raid has been rebuilt and Windows installed by the hosting
company (These 3 servers are all in cyberspace). However, despite them
setting it up originally, they won't touch the server set up, (The
guy who did it left and now I think they don't know anything)

So, I need to join this server into the Domain, This means installing
active directory, which fails with the message:

"The wizard cannot gain access to the list of domains in the Forest.
This condition may be caused by a DNS lookup problem." "The error is
RPC server is unavailable"

Is this really a DNS issue or something else. I have no idea how to
tell if My attempts at setting up the DNS on this server is correct
or not. On this server I have marked server 245 (the BDC) as the
Primary DNS with this server 235 (PDC) as the alternate as I know
that the 245 servers DNS is still ok. Is there any way for me to
synchronise the two DNS servers?

Help, I'm not sure what to do first.

Did you seize the any FSMO roles held by the failed DC to the remaining DC?


255504 - Using Ntdsutil.exe to Seize or Transfer FSMO Roles to a Domain
Controller: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;255504

How To Create or Move a Global Catalog in Windows 2000:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;313994

216498 - HOW TO Remove Data in Active Directory After an Unsuccessful Domain
Controller Demotion:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;216498


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Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP]
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