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Windows DNS, Primary Server automatically Changing on DC's

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by terry

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HELP!!!

I have a situation where there are two DC's one is running Win 2003 X64 SP2 the other Win2003 (32 Bit) SP1.
What is happening is for whatever reason we have the local domain in the DNS and they are active directory integrated with secure updates only turned on.

Out of the blue the listed Primary Server will be server1.domain.com on one DC and the other DC will show server2.domain.com.

This is causing directory service under event viewer to display replication errors with event 1083 and 1955. This then leads to users being locked out of the domain?? I change the dNS to point the primary to the one server and those errors stop. Later on it changes after an update to the DNS. And those errors and lockouts happen.

Any idea's.

Thanks

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by bart777

I would just kill both DNS servers and rebuild them and the replication.

You could spin your wheels for hlours trying to resolve this while a rebuild of each one will take you about an hour at most.

AD integrated DNS can be a finiky animal and as you are experiencing can cause you a bunch of headaches.

So take 2 asprin, rebuild the DNS and call us in the morning. :)

Best of luck

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