NETWORK DOWN PLEASE HELP ME !!

[Luis Jesus]

I have created a zone in my dns server (also DC) but it
did not create the folders _msdcs, _sites, _tcp, _udp.
How can I create these folders??

Workstations and users can not authenticate and I guess
this is the reason.

Any help please network is down. Two subnets two DCs one
in each

Luis

 

[Keith W. McCammon]

If there are two DC's in each subnet, does the other DC in this subnet have
a good copy of the zone?

Did you create the zone as AD Integrated?

If you did create the zone as integrated, are there any errors indicating
why the good zone is not replicating from the other DC?

Have you run netdiag /fix, to try and correct the issue?

Can you give us some more detail, as your initial description is pretty much
useless...

Thanks

Keith

 

[William Stacey]

1) Make sure the zone is *update enabled.
2) Make sure the primary DNS suffix (see ipconfig /all) is set to same
domain as zone name.
3) Do a netdiag /fix and then refresh the DNS MMC or close it and open it
again.
--wjs

 

[Luis Jesus]

Thanks for the help...

1) How do I make it update enabled
2) There was no suffix but I inserted one in the tcp/ip
properties
3) Dont know how to do this??

My DNS server is not setup with zones and it now appears
one folder "Cached Lookups". Is this normal?? Like I
said when I setup the zones, those folders do not show
up. How can I create these folders again??

Luis

 

[Keith W. McCammon]

One DC per subnet and both zone files are not available.

I have created the zones as primary. Should I create AC
Integrated zones??
Yes.

The netdiag command (how do I install this, Im a
newbie...)

It's in the Windows 2000 Server Resource Kit. Google for it.

I have now deleted all the zones in both servers. Would
like to start off fresh but it seems that it still wont
create the folders _msdcs _sites _tcp _udp

Netdiag /fix should correct this, assuming that you have an AD-integrated
zone set up.

So to go over the setup again: Two subnets, Two DCs, one
in each subnet, both obviously running DNS but with no
zones configured. What should I do?

Try what I've suggested. This won't fix everything, but it'll be a start.

And in general, you should do some reading about AD implementation and
architecture before you go any farther. Had you read even the
overview-level white papers, you'd know that DNS is the backbone of AD, and
that you absolutely MUST work out your name server architecture prior to any
implementation.

 

[Ryan Hanisco]

Luis,

This might sound a bit nasty, but you need to look out for your bottom-line.
if this is a project you are playing with at home, then go out, buy some
books and use this as a learning tool. The questions you are asking, show
that you don't understand any of the fundamentals of the AD. Had you even
used the wizards, you would not see these problems.

If this is a business or something that is in production, stop what you are
doing and hire someone. You'll pay more in lost functionality and headaches
to your users. Hope that your manager has his head on backwards, because I
would fire you for making a major upgrade without the ability to support it.
Imagine how messed up things will be when something complicated breaks.

Spend the time to learn the product or invest in training before subjecting
a business or users to broad network changes.

Ryan Hanisco
MCSE, MCDBA, CNA, CCNA/CCDA, CCA

 

[William Stacey]

1) How do I make it update enabled
Under the properties of the zone.

2) There was no suffix but I inserted one in the tcp/ip
properties

Right-click My Computer. Click Properties. Goto Computer Name. Goto
Change. If this is a DC, you need to demote it before you change the
Primary DNS Suffix. Ace may have a script to do this too.

 

[Keith W. McCammon]

Right-click My Computer. Click Properties. Goto Computer Name. Goto

Change. If this is a DC, you need to demote it before you change the
Primary DNS Suffix. Ace may have a script to do this too.

There's a simple VB script that can do this, if it is indeed what needs to
be done. If this is definitely the case, I'll provide the script, with no
guarantees and no responsibility if something goes awry.

 

[Ace Fekay [MVP]]

In

It's in the Windows 2000 Server Resource Kit. Google for it.

Actually it's right on the Windows 2000 CDROM under the support folder. It's
called "Windows 2000 Support Tools. Just install it and netdiag, dcdiag and
many other tools are provided. Run it in a cmd.exe prompt:
netdiag /v
netdiag /fix
etc.


--
Regards,
Ace

Please direct all replies to the newsgroup so all can benefit.

Ace Fekay, MCSE 2000, MCSE+I, MCSA, MCT, MVP
Microsoft Windows MVP - Active Directory

 

[Ace Fekay [MVP]]

In

Luis,

This might sound a bit nasty, but you need to look out for your
bottom-line. if this is a project you are playing with at home, then
go out, buy some books and use this as a learning tool. The
questions you are asking, show that you don't understand any of the
fundamentals of the AD. Had you even used the wizards, you would not
see these problems.

If this is a business or something that is in production, stop what
you are doing and hire someone. You'll pay more in lost
functionality and headaches to your users. Hope that your manager
has his head on backwards, because I would fire you for making a
major upgrade without the ability to support it. Imagine how messed
up things will be when something complicated breaks.

Spend the time to learn the product or invest in training before
subjecting a business or users to broad network changes.

Ryan Hanisco
MCSE, MCDBA, CNA, CCNA/CCDA, CCA

Wouldn't you say this a little harsh?
Give the guy some credit, he came here for help, just as yourself.

--
Regards,
Ace

Please direct all replies to the newsgroup so all can benefit.

Ace Fekay, MCSE 2000, MCSE+I, MCSA, MCT, MVP
Microsoft Windows MVP - Active Directory

 

[Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP]]

In Ace Fekay [MVP] <PleaseSubstituteMyFirstName&[email protected]>
posted their concerns
Then Kevin made his reply below:

In

Actually it's right on the Windows 2000 CDROM under the support
folder. It's called "Windows 2000 Support Tools. Just install it and
netdiag, dcdiag and many other tools are provided. Run it in a
cmd.exe prompt:
netdiag /v
netdiag /fix
etc.


--
Regards,
Ace

Please direct all replies to the newsgroup so all can benefit.

Ace Fekay, MCSE 2000, MCSE+I, MCSA, MCT, MVP
Microsoft Windows MVP - Active Directory

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[Ryan Hanisco]

I was being harsh, and I said that. It is just that I started in the same
place and wish that someone said the same thing to me. I was so into being
the engineer that got it working that I let business concerns slip. That
was more than three years ago and I have learned that getting the job done
is better than necesarily being the person to solve the problem.

He is doing the right thing looking for other resources. But if his company
is in a situation where they can't work because the server is down, it is
time to call in reinforcements.

Ryan Hanisco