Netdiag-----DNS: Failed

[VN]

Hi,

Recently, i encounter server hanged and on the event
viewer (system log), there is a warning on MrxSmb event id
3034: The redirector was unable to initialize security
context or query context attributes.

And when i perform a netdiag on my DC, it shown failed
status on DNS, following is the detail:
DNS test . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Pass
[WARNING] Cannot find a primary authoritative DNS server
for the name 'ihpcsvr.IHPC.'.
[RCODE_SERVER_FAILURE] The name 'ihpcsvr.IHPC.' may not be
registered in DNS.

Is the above problem related and pls advise how to resolve
this problem.

Regards
VN

 

[Kevin D. Goodknecht [MVP]]

In

Hi,

Recently, i encounter server hanged and on the event
viewer (system log), there is a warning on MrxSmb event id
3034: The redirector was unable to initialize security
context or query context attributes.

And when i perform a netdiag on my DC, it shown failed
status on DNS, following is the detail:
DNS test . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Pass
[WARNING] Cannot find a primary authoritative DNS server
for the name 'ihpcsvr.IHPC.'.
[RCODE_SERVER_FAILURE] The name 'ihpcsvr.IHPC.' may not be
registered in DNS.

Is the above problem related and pls advise how to resolve
this problem.

It appears you have a single-label domain name. (domain vs. domain.com)

Here is a band-aid fix but you really need to create a new domain using a
DNS compatable name.
300684 - Information About Configuring Windows 2000 for Domains with
Single-Label DNS Names
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;300684

 

[VN]

Hi Kevin,

Pls. advised on the following step whether is corrected:

On Parent Domain and Child Domain:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Netlog
on\Parameters (AllowSingleLabelDnsDomain (REG_DWORD)
registry value to 0x1)

DNS Client Configuration (For Win2k and XP Client):
Deploy GPO to modify the registry for all clients
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\DnsCac
he\Parameters (UpdateTopLevelDomainZones (REG_DWORD)
registry value to 0x1)

Thanks in advance.

Regards
VN

-----Original Message-----
In

Hi,

Recently, i encounter server hanged and on the event
viewer (system log), there is a warning on MrxSmb event id
3034: The redirector was unable to initialize security
context or query context attributes.

And when i perform a netdiag on my DC, it shown failed
status on DNS, following is the detail:
DNS test . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Pass
[WARNING] Cannot find a primary authoritative DNS server
for the name 'ihpcsvr.IHPC.'.
[RCODE_SERVER_FAILURE] The name 'ihpcsvr.IHPC.' may not be
registered in DNS.

Is the above problem related and pls advise how to resolve
this problem.

It appears you have a single-label domain name. (domain vs. domain.com)

Here is a band-aid fix but you really need to create a new domain using a
DNS compatable name.
300684 - Information About Configuring Windows 2000 for Domains with
Single-Label DNS Names
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en- us;300684





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[Kevin D. Goodknecht [MVP]]

In

Hi Kevin,

Pls. advised on the following step whether is corrected:

On Parent Domain and Child Domain:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Netlog
on\Parameters (AllowSingleLabelDnsDomain (REG_DWORD)
registry value to 0x1)

DNS Client Configuration (For Win2k and XP Client):
Deploy GPO to modify the registry for all clients
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\DnsCac
he\Parameters (UpdateTopLevelDomainZones (REG_DWORD)
registry value to 0x1)

Add this to the Win2k clients and Win2k DC.
The UpdateTopLevelDomainZones registry value was originally located in the
following location of the registry, but was moved before the release of
Windows XP:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters

A Windows 2000 SP4-based domain controller will report the following name
registration error in the system event log if UpdateTopLevelDomainZones is
not enabled:

 

[Guest]

Hi Kevin,

Pls. advise how do i deploy registry key under the Domain
GPO, thanks.

Regards
Vyn Ng

 

[Kevin D. Goodknecht [MVP]]

In

Hi Kevin,

Pls. advise how do i deploy registry key under the Domain
GPO, thanks.

I'm not sure you can, I've had many users report GPOs do not get applied in
a single-label domain. I've never had anyone report that GPOs were getting
properly applied.
You can save the keys to a registry file and put it on a floppy disk that
can be carried to each machine then just double clicking the file makes the
registry entry for you.