Missing _msdcs _sites _tcp _udp

[HumblePie]

My customer deleted his Active Directory domain in Server 2003. When I
recreated it, the -msdcs, _sites, etc. were not created.

It's been a while since I have had to do one of these type of repairs. How
do I rebuild this?

Thank in advance.

[Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP]]

HumblePie wrote:
> My customer deleted his Active Directory domain in Server 2003. When
> I recreated it, the -msdcs, _sites, etc. were not created.
>
> It's been a while since I have had to do one of these type of
> repairs. How do I rebuild this?
>
> Thank in advance.

Setting the zone to allow dynamic updates and restarting the netlogon
service should recreate the sub directory.
The default behavior for Win2k3 is to create a separate forward lookup zone
named _msdcs.dnsforestname then make the sub folder in the dnsforestname
zone a delegation.

There are instances when the netlogon service won't create the needed
subfolder and SRV records it should contain.
1. The DC is not using this DNS server for DNS in TCP/IP properties.
825036 - Best practices for DNS client settings in Windows 2000 Server and
in Windows Server 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/default...825036&sd=RMVP

2. The dnsforestname is a single-label name, i.e. "domain" instead of
"domain.com"
300684 - Information About Configuring Windows 2000 for Domains with
Single-Label DNS Names
http://support.microsoft.com/default...300684&sd=RMVP

3. The DC's Primary DNS suffix does not match the AD domain name and zone
name.
257623 Domain Controller's Domain Name System Suffix Does Not Match Domain
Name
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=257623&sd=RMVP

4. Dynamic updates are disabled on the zone.
5. Netlogon registrations and or dynamic registrations are disabled on the
DC.
How to enable or disable DNS updates in Windows 2000 and in Windows Server
2003
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;246804


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Best regards,
Kevin D4 Dad Goodknecht Sr. [MVP]
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