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tkutil

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Jul 15, 2009, 4:14:01 PM7/15/09
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I have 3 DNS/DC servers. When I run dcdiag /Test:DNS /e /v all are failing
the basic connectivity test back to one server. Meaning 2 of 3 communicate,
but fail to the 3rd. I posted the result table from all 3 servers below.

This is the result from MKS00W01

Summary of DNS test results:

Auth Basc Forw Del Dyn RReg
Ext

________________________________________________________________
Domain: met.globaltti.net
MKS00W46 PASS FAIL n/a n/a n/a n/a
n/a
MKS00W01 PASS PASS PASS PASS PASS PASS
n/a
mks00w10 PASS FAIL n/a n/a n/a n/a
n/a

......................... met.globaltti.net failed test DNS

This is the result from MKS00W46

Summary of DNS test results:

Auth Basc Forw Del Dyn RReg
Ext

________________________________________________________________
Domain: met.globaltti.net
MKS00W46 PASS PASS PASS PASS PASS PASS
n/a
MKS00W01 PASS FAIL n/a n/a n/a n/a
n/a
mks00w10 PASS PASS PASS PASS PASS PASS
n/a

This is the result from MKS00W10

Summary of DNS test results:

Auth Basc Forw Del Dyn RReg
Ext

________________________________________________________________
Domain: met.globaltti.net
MKS00W01 PASS FAIL n/a n/a n/a n/a
n/a
MKS00W46 PASS PASS PASS PASS PASS PASS
n/a
mks00w10 PASS PASS PASS PASS PASS PASS
n/a


Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS]

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Jul 15, 2009, 4:18:46 PM7/15/09
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Hello tkutil,

Let's start with an unedited ipconfig /all from all 3 servers to exclude
DNS configuration as a problem.

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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tkutil

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Jul 15, 2009, 4:28:01 PM7/15/09
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Here is the ipconfig /all results for all 3 servers
____________________________________________________________________
Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : mks00w10
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : met.globaltti.net
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : met.globaltti.net
globaltti.net

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VMware Accelerated AMD PCNet Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-50-56-8D-59-40
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.100.1.40
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.248.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.100.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.100.1.40
10.100.2.45
10.100.1.31
Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 10.100.1.40
_____________________________________________________________________

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : MKS00W01
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : met.globaltti.net
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : met.globaltti.net
globaltti.net

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VMware Accelerated AMD PCNet Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-50-56-8D-75-51
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.100.1.31
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.248.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.100.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.100.1.31
10.100.1.40
10.100.2.45
_____________________________________________________________
Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : MKS00W46
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : met.globaltti.net
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : met.globaltti.net
globaltti.net

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VMware Accelerated AMD PCNet Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-50-56-8D-06-1F
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.100.2.45
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.248.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.100.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.100.2.45
10.100.1.31
10.100.1.40

Ace Fekay [MCT]

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Jul 16, 2009, 1:06:43 AM7/16/09
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"tkutil" <tku...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Hi tkutil,

The ipconfigs look good.

Are all DNS servers configured with a Forwarder?

Do you have a reverse zone created for your subnets?

Any event log errors?

--
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tkutil

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Jul 16, 2009, 11:58:11 AM7/16/09
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I have all three DNS servers setup with identical forwarders. I am not sure
if this is proper? I have seen articles concerning split brain DNS, which I
gathered has one forwarder and subordinate DNS point to that DNS. I do get
errors about some repeated event too many times. I don't remember exactly
what the event ID was. I l cleared all of my events and restarted DNS, but no
new error showed up. According to DCDIAG it looks like MKS00W01 is the
problem DNS since the others fail the BASC test to that server.

tkutil

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Jul 16, 2009, 12:26:01 PM7/16/09
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When I run DCDIAG /test:dns /e /v I get this error on all 3 servers for
MKS00W01

TEST: Basic (Basc)
Error: No WMI connectivity
[Error details: 0x80070005 (Type: HRESULT - Facility:
Win32, Description: Access is denied.) - Connection to WMI server failed]

Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS]

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Jul 16, 2009, 2:29:37 PM7/16/09
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Hello tkutil,

Please download and run dnslint.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/321045

dnslint /ad /s "dc ip address"

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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> When I run DCDIAG /test:dns /e /v I get this error on all 3 servers
> for MKS00W01
>
> TEST: Basic (Basc)
> Error: No WMI connectivity
> [Error details: 0x80070005 (Type: HRESULT -
> Facility:
> Win32, Description: Access is denied.) - Connection to WMI server
> failed]
> "tkutil" wrote:
>
>> I have all three DNS servers setup with identical forwarders. I am
>> not sure if this is proper? I have seen articles concerning split
>> brain DNS, which I gathered has one forwarder and subordinate DNS
>> point to that DNS. I do get errors about some repeated event too many
>> times. I don't remember exactly what the event ID was. I l cleared
>> all of my events and restarted DNS, but no new error showed up.
>> According to DCDIAG it looks like MKS00W01 is the problem DNS since
>> the others fail the BASC test to that server.
>>
>> "Ace Fekay [MCT]" wrote:
>>
>>> "tkutil" <tku...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> news:08E18C51-4CCC-4C9E...@microsoft.com...
>>>
>>>> Here is the ipconfig /all results for all 3 servers
>>>> ___________________________________________________________________

>>>> _ Windows IP Configuration

Ace Fekay [MCT]

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Jul 16, 2009, 3:37:14 PM7/16/09
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"tkutil" <tku...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have all three DNS servers setup with identical forwarders. I am not sure
> if this is proper? I have seen articles concerning split brain DNS, which
> I
> gathered has one forwarder and subordinate DNS point to that DNS. I do get
> errors about some repeated event too many times. I don't remember exactly
> what the event ID was. I l cleared all of my events and restarted DNS, but
> no
> new error showed up. According to DCDIAG it looks like MKS00W01 is the
> problem DNS since the others fail the BASC test to that server.
>

That's fine to use identical Forwarders. If all DC/DNS are identical, I
would rather Forward all to an ISP's, rather than to a common one
internally, otherwise the resolution will be performing additional steps.

Is there any firewall rules blocking UDP and/or TCP 53 to the outside and
back in (established)?

Ace


tkutil

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Jul 16, 2009, 3:56:01 PM7/16/09
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I have each DNS server forwarding to the internet, plus other sister
companies with internal IP addresses. I am not certain on the firewall
blocking port 53, but I was assuming the test was testing connectivity
between the AD/DNS servers?

tkutil

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Jul 16, 2009, 3:57:02 PM7/16/09
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DNSLint Report

System Date: Thu Jul 16 14:24:21 2009

Command run:

C:\dnslint\dnslint.exe /ad /s 10.100.1.31

Root of Active Directory Forest:

met.globaltti.net

Active Directory Forest Replication GUIDs Found:

DC: MKS00W46
GUID: 84854ae9-b9af-4973-b22b-2fa962b4ff0f

DC: MKS00W01
GUID: 5aac1842-1ae5-46d1-baeb-17563310d166

DC: MKS00W10
GUID: 806c4d86-df98-491d-94dc-1f35c2eb3962


Total GUIDs found: 3

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The following 3 DNS servers were checked for records related to AD forest
replication:

DNS server: mks00w01.met.globaltti.net
IP Address: 10.100.1.31
UDP port 53 responding to queries: YES
TCP port 53 responding to queries: Not tested
Answering authoritatively for domain: YES

SOA record data from server:
Authoritative name server: mks00w01.met.globaltti.net
Hostmaster: hostmaster
Zone serial number: 1030
Zone expires in: 1.00 day(s)
Refresh period: 900 seconds
Retry delay: 600 seconds
Default (minimum) TTL: 3600 seconds


Additional authoritative (NS) records from server:
mks00w46.met.globaltti.net Unknown
mks00w10.met.globaltti.net Unknown
mks00w01.met.globaltti.net Unknown


Alias (CNAME) and glue (A) records for forest GUIDs from server:
CNAME: 84854ae9-b9af-4973-b22b-2fa962b4ff0f._msdcs.met.globaltti.net
Alias: mks00w46.met.globaltti.net
Glue: 10.100.2.45

CNAME: 5aac1842-1ae5-46d1-baeb-17563310d166._msdcs.met.globaltti.net
Alias: mks00w01.met.globaltti.net
Glue: 10.100.1.31

CNAME: 806c4d86-df98-491d-94dc-1f35c2eb3962._msdcs.met.globaltti.net
Alias: mks00w10.met.globaltti.net
Glue: 10.100.1.40


Total number of CNAME records found on this server: 3

Total number of CNAME records missing on this server: 0

Total number of glue (A) records this server could not find: 0

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

DNS server: mks00w46.met.globaltti.net
IP Address: 10.100.2.45
UDP port 53 responding to queries: NO
TCP port 53 responding to queries: Not tested
Answering authoritatively for domain: Unknown

SOA record data from server:
Authoritative name server: Unknown
Hostmaster: Unknown
Zone serial number: Unknown
Zone expires in: Unknown
Refresh period: Unknown
Retry delay: Unknown
Default (minimum) TTL: Unknown

Total number of CNAME records found on this server: 0

Total number of CNAME records missing on this server: 0

Total number of glue (A) records this server could not find: 0

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

DNS server: mks00w10.met.globaltti.net
IP Address: 10.100.1.40
UDP port 53 responding to queries: YES
TCP port 53 responding to queries: Not tested
Answering authoritatively for domain: YES

SOA record data from server:
Authoritative name server: mks00w10.met.globaltti.net
Hostmaster: hostmaster
Zone serial number: 1030
Zone expires in: 1.00 day(s)
Refresh period: 900 seconds
Retry delay: 600 seconds
Default (minimum) TTL: 3600 seconds


Additional authoritative (NS) records from server:
mks00w01.met.globaltti.net Unknown
mks00w46.met.globaltti.net Unknown
mks00w10.met.globaltti.net Unknown


Alias (CNAME) and glue (A) records for forest GUIDs from server:
CNAME: 84854ae9-b9af-4973-b22b-2fa962b4ff0f._msdcs.met.globaltti.net
Alias: mks00w46.met.globaltti.net
Glue: 10.100.2.45

CNAME: 5aac1842-1ae5-46d1-baeb-17563310d166._msdcs.met.globaltti.net
Alias: mks00w01.met.globaltti.net
Glue: 10.100.1.31

CNAME: 806c4d86-df98-491d-94dc-1f35c2eb3962._msdcs.met.globaltti.net
Alias: mks00w10.met.globaltti.net
Glue: 10.100.1.40


Total number of CNAME records found on this server: 3

Total number of CNAME records missing on this server: 0

Total number of glue (A) records this server could not find: 0

=====================================================

tkutil

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Jul 16, 2009, 4:09:01 PM7/16/09
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I forgor to include the disturbing notes from the bottom of the report.

Notes:
One or more DNS servers may not be authoritative for the domain
One or more DNS servers did not respond to UDP queries
One or more zone files may have expired
SOA record data was unavailable and/or missing on one or more DNS servers


===================================================

Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS]

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Jul 16, 2009, 5:01:19 PM7/16/09
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Hello tkutil,

As Ace already metioned, on mks00w46.met.globaltti.net port 53 UDP is not
responding. So check this one for firewall or other network problems.

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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>>>>>> __ _ Windows IP Configuration

Ace Fekay [MCT]

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Jul 16, 2009, 7:19:12 PM7/16/09
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"tkutil" <tku...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have each DNS server forwarding to the internet, plus other sister
> companies with internal IP addresses. I am not certain on the firewall
> blocking port 53, but I was assuming the test was testing connectivity
> between the AD/DNS servers?

It's not that it tests connectivity, rather it tests communications.

It appears UDP 53 is blocked on that one server based on the DNSLint test.

Ace

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