DNSAPI Warning

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.dns (More info?)

In news8OHVwwUEHA.1020@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl,
Tim Kalligonis <tkalligonis@comcast.net> posted their thoughts, then I
offered mine
> Does any one know how to eliminate these warning? I can recreate the
> warnings by doing an ipconfig /registerdns. We have verified
> automatic registration is working fine for this server and all of its
> resource records in DNS. The only information I have found is
> something stating that the DNS suffix doesn't match the domain
> membership, but it does. Anyone have some ideas?
>
> This is a Windows 2003 DC in a child domain. The other 49 DCs are not
> experiencing this problem. For DNS we are using QIP.
>
> Event Type: Warning
> Event Source: DnsApi
> Event Category: None
> Event ID: 11155
> Date: 6/15/2004
> Time: 2:38:11 PM
> User: N/A
> Computer: NHMANLOG01
> Description:
> The system failed to register network adapter with settings:
>
> Adapter Name : {2EE9BA5A-DE35-4E61-87CA-9D8938E898A7}
> Host Name : NHMANLOG01
> Adapter-specific Domain Suffix :
> DNS server list :
> 10.20.9.14, 172.16.57.118
> Sent update to server : <?>
> IP Address(es) :
> <server's IP address was here>
>
> The reason the DNS update request could not be completed was because
> of a system problem. You can manually retry DNS registration of the
> network adapter and its settings by typing "ipconfig /registerdns" at
> the command prompt. If problems still persist, contact your DNS
> server or network systems administrator. For specific error code
> information, see the record data displayed below.
>
> For more information, see Help and Support Center at
> http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
> Data:
> 0000: 57 00 00 00 W...


Hi Tim,

Unless you munged it, the Primary DNS Suffix appears to be missing, which
would cause this.

Here's more on it:
http://www.eventid.net/display.asp [...] pi&phase=1

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Ace

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