Just following up...
You mentioned that one is new. Did the results if the NSLOOKUP show that
only the one is having issues and that the others are fine?
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"Joe McHale" wrote:
> thanks to both of you who responded. yes, I believe there is a problem with
> the domain. I removed one of my two dns servers and re-installed DNS on a
> third separate server. This server seems to be receiviving dynamic updates. I
> compared the settings between the new server and the settings on the domain
> controller running DNS. I can find no differences but the domain controller
> is not accepting dynamic updates.
>
> "Ryan Hanisco" wrote:
>
> > As Paul mentions, NSLOOKUP is really the best way to see if there is an issue
> > with DNS. This will give you the ability to check DNS and even to bind to
> > your DNS servers one at a time to see if there are any DNS servers that are
> > not updating correctly.
> >
> > If you are using AD Integrated DNS, a missing DNS record could be indicative
> > of a replication problem in your domain and may be an early warning of
> > trouble. In a standard DNS configuration, the step that is often missed is
> > the configuration of notification so that downstream partners are notified of
> > changes rather than relying on them querying for changes.
> >
> > There is also the question of how you expect these updates to get there.
> > If you are using older clients (Win 98/ Me) they will need to have DHCP
> > register in DNS rather than relying on the clients themselves. You may want
> > to set that to update DNS if the client doesn't do it anyway.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > --
> > Ryan Hanisco
> > MCSE, MCTS: SQL 2005, Project+
> > http://www.techsterity.com
> > Chicago, IL
> >
> > Remember: Marking ful answers s everyone find the info they need
> > quickly.
> >
> >
> > "Joe McHale" wrote:
> >
> > > I started working on a DNS that is acting a bit strange. When I add a new
> > > device to the network the DNS is not automatically creating an A record for
> > > the device. However I can ping the device by it FQDN. Secondly when I
> > > manually add an A record to the DNS I cannot ping by the FQDN. I ran DCDiag
> > > test
NS but it did not find any problems. any will be greatly
> > > appreciated