DNS is crashing WIndows 2003 Server

[google@webedi.co.uk]

Hi

We installed Windows 2003 Server a few months ago and we're
experiencing issues with it.
Recently we keep on having to reboot the server in order to log in
from the 20 XP workstations connected to it.

The event log shows 4 errors and 1 information, all with the same time
stamp. and it repeats these events roughly every hour.

15:23:55 SourceNS Event ID: 4007
The DNS server was unable to open zone _msdcs.rjs-network in the Acive
Directory from the application directory partition ForestDnsZones.RJS-
NETWORK. This DNS server is configured to obtain and use information
from the directory for this zone and is unable to load the zone
without it. check that the Active Directory is functioning properly
and reload the zone. The event data is the error code.

15:23:55 SourceNS Event ID: 4007
The DNS server was unable to open zone _msdcs.RJS in the Acive
Directory from the application directory partition
ForestDnsZones.RJS. This DNS server is configured to obtain and use
information from the directory for this zone and is unable to load the
zone without it. check that the Active Directory is functioning
properly and reload the zone. The event data is the error code.

15:23:55 SourceNS Event ID: 4007
The DNS server was unable to open zone _msdcs.rjs-network in the Acive
Directory from the application directory partition ForestDnsZones.RJS-
NETWORK. This DNS server is configured to obtain and use information
from the directory for this zone and is unable to load the zone
without it. check that the Active Directory is functioning properly
and reload the zone. The event data is the error code.

15:23:55 SourceNS Event ID: 4007
The DNS server was unable to open zone _msdcs.RJS in the Acive
Directory from the application directory partition
ForestDnsZones.RJS. This DNS server is configured to obtain and use
information from the directory for this zone and is unable to load the
zone without it. check that the Active Directory is functioning
properly and reload the zone. The event data is the error code.

15:23:55 SourceNS Event ID: 4007
The DNS server has started.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. We're at a loss of what to
do.

Thanks

Graeme.

 

[Coraleigh Miller]

Have you recently installed any software on your server? If you have, try
disabling them from bootup one at a time to determine which if any is the
culprit. I had this same issue happen to a friend of mine not too long ago
and, in his case, it was caused by a 3rd party application called Dameware
he had installed.

These errors *typically* occur upon bootup because the DNS service is
starting before your active directory is ready to deal with it, its a
temporary miscommunication, but I dont believe it would cause the issues as
you've described.

Coraleigh Miller

<google@webedi.co.uk> wrote in message
news:1185143605.107654.10250@m3g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...
> Hi
>
> We installed Windows 2003 Server a few months ago and we're
> experiencing issues with it.
> Recently we keep on having to reboot the server in order to log in
> from the 20 XP workstations connected to it.
>
> The event log shows 4 errors and 1 information, all with the same time
> stamp. and it repeats these events roughly every hour.
>
> 15:23:55 SourceNS Event ID: 4007
> The DNS server was unable to open zone _msdcs.rjs-network in the Acive
> Directory from the application directory partition ForestDnsZones.RJS-
> NETWORK. This DNS server is configured to obtain and use information
> from the directory for this zone and is unable to load the zone
> without it. check that the Active Directory is functioning properly
> and reload the zone. The event data is the error code.
>
> 15:23:55 SourceNS Event ID: 4007
> The DNS server was unable to open zone _msdcs.RJS in the Acive
> Directory from the application directory partition
> ForestDnsZones.RJS. This DNS server is configured to obtain and use
> information from the directory for this zone and is unable to load the
> zone without it. check that the Active Directory is functioning
> properly and reload the zone. The event data is the error code.
>
> 15:23:55 SourceNS Event ID: 4007
> The DNS server was unable to open zone _msdcs.rjs-network in the Acive
> Directory from the application directory partition ForestDnsZones.RJS-
> NETWORK. This DNS server is configured to obtain and use information
> from the directory for this zone and is unable to load the zone
> without it. check that the Active Directory is functioning properly
> and reload the zone. The event data is the error code.
>
> 15:23:55 SourceNS Event ID: 4007
> The DNS server was unable to open zone _msdcs.RJS in the Acive
> Directory from the application directory partition
> ForestDnsZones.RJS. This DNS server is configured to obtain and use
> information from the directory for this zone and is unable to load the
> zone without it. check that the Active Directory is functioning
> properly and reload the zone. The event data is the error code.
>
> 15:23:55 SourceNS Event ID: 4007
> The DNS server has started.
>
> Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. We're at a loss of what to
> do.
>
> Thanks
>
> Graeme.
>