DNS Name not Sharing Name

Howdy all,
I've been noticing and have been dealing with until now that the entry in the DNS Name column doesn't always report accurate.
For example
I have a laptop/desktop named Comp-Mac28-UserName in the Sharing Preferences' Computer Name Field.
ARD reports in it's Name field the same from the Sharing Prefs' as above.
However in the DNS Name, I get one of either the :
• correct name
• Unknown
• blank (as in white space and not the word blank)
• another machine's name (oddly enough, a Windows machine)
Has anyone seen, dealt with this bug, annoyance or feature?
Thanks in advance.
-p

I believe this is due to the TTL (Time To Live) for DNS entries. We just moved over to VLans here and all the machines are grabbing new DHCP IP numbers. Because of this as new computers are moved over they are grabbing numbers of other systems that have been turned off for a while. The old DNS name still exists on that IP. Use Network Utility to see what DNS names are associated with that IP. I bet that more than one name is on that IP number.

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Rdp://full%20address=s: IP or DNS Name is not user friendly... Can rdp:// IP or DNS Name be assumed as the full address in Microsoft Remote Desktop?

We would like to request Microsoft Remote Desktop (MRD) to behave the same as the open source CoRD.app on OS X with respect URL resolution.
Example:MRD will resolve from Terminal rdp://full%20address=s:<IP or DNS Name>, but not rdp://<IP or DNS Name>
As the OS will respect any of the following protocols in Terminal or browser:
afp://<username>@<IP or DNS Name>
cifs://<username>@<IP or DNS Name>
ftp://<username>@<IP or DNS Name>
ftps://<username>@<IP or DNS Name>
http://<username>@<IP or DNS Name>
https://<username>@<IP or DNS Name>
smb://<username>@<IP or DNS Name>
ssh://<username>@<IP or DNS Name>
vnc://<username>@<IP or DNS Name>
(<username> can be omitted to force authentication at connection) it seems slightly redundant to force "full%20address=s:" in the URL.
Can Version 8.0.1.6 be modified address this request?
What is the proper way to report an enhancement request or bug?
Thank you for your consideration.

Hi,
From your description it appears that you want to modify the pattern for assigning the rdp full address but this doesn’t support as per your requirement. That is the default string which we need to have for passing full address.
Hope it helps!
Thanks.
Dharmesh Solanki
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OS X 10.4.11 Server - configured name and reverse DNS do not match / DNS

Hi all,
I have looked for similar posts but all seem to have different scenarios, hoping to get an answer from someone more experienced than myself before I do anything silly.
Help much appreciated!
Scenario:
We run a 10.4.11 OS X Server on an XServe, hosted at an ISP. ISP provides all DNS services, incl. the reversed DNS entry.
I am currently only running the following services (based on the display in ServerAdmin):
AFP
Firewall
iChat
Mail
QuickTimeStreaming
Web
All others (incl. DNS) are grayed out. (As ISP instructed us not to add a DNS service on our box, that's "normal" according to my experiences with dedicated /co-location server hosting).
We never used changeip after the initial setup, meaning the server's
Current Hostname = somename.local and
DNS Hostname = mail.ourdomainname.net
So in system.log I find this re-occuring entry:
Jul 8 11:41:22 somename servermgrd: servermgr_dns: configured name and reverse DNS name do not match (somename.local != mail.ourdomainname.net), various services may not function properly - use changeip to repair and/or correct DNS
Finally, my question:
As Mail and Web services etc. are currently running OK from what I can tell,
1) do I HAVE to change this at all?
2) Would it be much better / why?
3) Could I change this using the following command
(111.11.111.1 indicating the server's IP address)
changeip 111.11.111.1 111.11.111.1 somename.local mail.ourdomainname.net
4) without running a DNS server on the machine, i.e. DNS service is not required for this to work?
5) obviously I want to be able to use Server Admin after I issue this command...
6) can I fall back easily in case this would screw it up, or is there no risk whatsoever doing this in my case?
THANK YOU so much for any help!

Hi Jonas
If port 443 is already being used on the same box as KMS then it will complain and probably not start the service? I've seen this with LDAP port 636. This is when Kerio is installed on a server configured as an OD Master. Clearly the port can't be used by both servers.
It might be easier to change the port your sites are currently using to something else? Although don't do anything yet. Pose the question to Kerio Support and see what advice they offer.
Yes moving the mail to a local folder on the mail client will do it.
Is Kerio going on the same box? If its a different box (presumably different IP address?) Then what you can do is to port forward to the new server's IP address instead of disabling it. This way while you are bringing the new server on line users can still send mail right up until the time you give instructions on changing their inbound/outbound mail server details. Of course they won't be able to receive but if you time it right they may not even get an error message? Depends on what their schedules are.
If it was me I would choose IMAP every time. As the mail admin you have full control and a central location for easy backup. KMS has a built in archiving feature that makes this a simple process. This is an easier option than going round individual client machines and making sure mail held locally in POP accounts are backed up. Besides there is always someone who falls through the loop and I'm not taking into account drive failures. It makes good sense anyway as there is talk of legislation being introduced to make this a requirement for businesses who run their own mail servers. This is certainly true for certain parts of the US and what usually happens there is generally taken up in the UK and most parts of Europe.
Kerio's WebMail Client means users don't even have to have their own computer. Just as long as they have access to one that has access to the internet they can send/receive mail. No need for dedicated mail applications such as Apple Mail, Thunderbird, Entourage etc. How mail is uses remains consistent for all users.
Yes. I did this not so long ago with Leopard's built in Mail Server. I sent an e-mail defining a time when no inbound mail would be received. Disabled port forwarding for SMTP port 25 and approx 30 minutes after that another mail stating no outbound mail should be sent. Once everything was swopped over (we were changing from a G4 10.4 server to a G5 10.5 Server) port 25 was enabled, new server brought online and everyone was mailing again with no appreciable downtime.
These boxes were to have the same IP address hence the slightly different approach.
Does this help?
Tony

Swapping the DNS names - How does the Shared Services behaves

Hi Essbase God's
I have one more situation here. I have four hosts runing on VM ware.
1 # host - prod server whsoe security setup is provisioned by a prod shared service host
2 # host - Dr server whsoe security setup is provisioned by a dr shared service host
I will be sync'ng DR cubes on daily basis with Prod host . Say My Prod Host is down.
How wud shared services behave if i do the below.
1. Bring donw the prod shared services on Prod shared services box
2. modify the DNS name of the DR host to Prod host ( here Dr will now acts as prod)
3. Birng up the prod shared services on Prod shared services box
I may be sounding dumb.
will i be abel to connect to prod host ( in real this is DR) and ask user to do activities.
Pls advice
MS

Hi,
You don't need the desktop. You can log in directly from the laptop to the remote desktop services server. This is a lot easier to manage, since there is only 1 place to manage instead of multiple. Of course, you will want to provide a couple of servers
because if you have 1 server and it goes down, you have nothing.
Visual studio is licensed per user. Yes, you can install it on the RDP server and all users could use it if they are part of the correct groups. But from a licensing point of view, you would be non compliant. It would be us to you to manage the users and
make sure that there are enough licenses for all users.
How, and if this applies to other programs depends on the licensing terms of those programs. Some software is per user. Some is per concurrent user, and some is per computer. You have to check this for each program you want to install on the computer.

Xcelcius hyperlinks not working properly with DNS name

Hello,
we have the following environment:
BOE XI 3.1 on win2003 server
Tomcat and IIS
ISA 2006 server for external access from internet
SSL on ISA server for login
WinAD SSO (also external from ISA form)
DNS for internal usage (instead of the actual BO server name and port)
the ISA listener has the exact same name as the DNS entry, so both internal as external we can use the same URL.
this is working fine until we access a "menu" in xcelcius.
from this menu we can select 4 different xcelcius dashboards, but when clicking on any of the links, we get an error:
an error has occurred: error with attempt to view document
we don't have SSL enabled on the BO server itself, only on the ISA server.
the hyperlinks are valid, and we've tried both relative and absolute paths to our BO server
strange thing is, that is DOES work when we use the hostname URL for BO instead of the DNS name.
does anyone knows how to resolve this?
thanks in advance.
Edited by: D. Osseweijer on Jan 6, 2010 10:04 AM

excluded the possibility that this has anything to do with SSL config.
we had a SSL certificate on the BO server, but removed this, so that we only can use http traffic on BO server.
when i have a look at the logfiles, i see the following error:
.\infosessionmgr.cpp:959: TraceLog message 1
2010/01/06 13:55:37.090|>>|A| |11832| 196| |||||||||||||||assert failure: (.\infosessionmgr.cpp:959). (false : Couldn't get token).
this happens everytime just after reproducing the error.
already tried some things mentioned in other topics, but to no avail.
we use WinAD SSO .NET Kerberos.
also enabled SSO for PlatformServices and OpenDocument (which is used in the hyperlinks)
does the error about the token could cause the problem with the hyperlink ?
i can only open the child dashboard with the hostname of the BO-server in de URL, not with the DNS alias.

DNS Names Not supported by voicemail module - workaround?

itguy1234455454 wrote:
but they changed it on usIf they is your ISP I'd be having some very serious complaint level words with them.itguy1234455454 wrote:
our IT Manager wants to use DNS names instead, to prevent this from happening again.It's good practice to use a hostname anyway.

Hi,
I have an NEC UX5000 voicemail system that doesn't appear to support DNS Names. Our SMTP host's WAN address changes often. Instead of playing catch-up and change the wan address when someone tells me they are not getting their voicemails, is there a better way to handle this?
I was thinking of some type of IP based DDNS solution. If I could point my mail server to an internal address that never changes, and have that dynamically get the IP of the SMTP server, and then translate it, that would fix my issue.
Your thoughts?
This topic first appeared in the Spiceworks Community

DNS Name is not resolved.

We have VPN 3005 Concentrator (4.7.1) and VPN client 5.0.3. We setup Split tunneling.
When some user opens the application, sometimes the DNS name is resolved, sometimes it is not.
When the DNS name is NOT resolved, we manually put in the IP address of the server. Then, the application is open.
How do we make DNS resolve consistently?
Thanks.

You check to check the split-dns settings. Also can this local DNS server (split tunnelled) resolve those names even without the VPN?
Regards
Farrukh

Gethostbyaddr() and reverse DNS name do not match

So we updated to 10.4.6 on our server... and now none of the clients can connect...
Our DNS and reverse DNS (done by the university IT group) have caps in them... but all the home directories for users are lower case...
How can I fix this - short of entering all home directory info in by hand? Oh - suggesting that the IT group change the DNS is not helpful as it will not happen.
Mac OS X (10.4.6) Server

A summary - Here's the situation:
1. I have a 10.4 server running on a G5 tower.
2. The DNS is operated by the university IT group and our reverse DNS is mixed case... asked and they're not going to change it.
3. 10.4.6 introduced some funky stuff with FQDN, DNS and case sensitivity issues.
So... before I changed anything after the 10.4.6 update... users couldn't log in because it couldn't get their home directories...
The automounter would be looking for:
/Network/Servers/servername.Psychology.McMaster.CA/Users/username
While if you looked in /Network/Servers/ you will see:
/Network/Servers/servername.psychology.mcmaster.ca
(note the case)
Alright - moving on:
4. Tried changing hostconfig HOSTNAME - only worked on local server (and you're not supposed to do this anymore).
5. Used changeip same IP address, lower-case name to mixed case name... now users could log in.... glory!
6. Argh... they can log in, but can only intermittently actually get their home directories... seriously. You log in, see your desktop and flash it's gone... clicking on your home directory or desktop in finder gets you 'The volume for "Desktop" cannot be found'... doing "cd ~" and then "ls" from a terminal window sometimes gets you your directory, a partial directory or an error... and even then the ownership maybe the user or root...
7. Looking in the logs we see:
May 25 14:48:26 client kernel[0]: AFP_VFS afpfs_unmount: /private/Network/Servers/servername.psychology.mcmaster.ca/Users, flags 524288, pid 490
May 25 14:48:26 client kernel[0]: AFP_VFS afpfs_MountAFPVolume: GetVolParms failed 0x16
May 25 14:48:26 client automount[490]: Can't mount servername.Psychology.McMaster.CA:/Users on /private/Network/Servers/servername.Psychology.McMaster.CA/Users: Invalid argument (22)
May 25 14:48:26 client automount[490]: Attempt to mount /automount/Servers/servername.Psychology.McMaster.CA/Users returned 22 (Invalid argument)
May 25 14:48:26 client automount[489]: Can't mount servername.Psychology.McMaster.CA:/Users on /private/Network/Servers/servername.Psychology.McMaster.CA/Users: Invalid argument (22)
(server and client names changed to protect the guilty).
I'm stumped... and it's to the point that the owner of said server (a staunch apple supporter) is asking if I can replace the server with a Linux box with LDAP/AFP/SMB...
Any help here?

Error: Missing SRV record at DNS server - [Error details: 9003 (Type: Win32 - Description: DNS name does not exist.)]

in an attempt to transfer FSMO roles to the 2012r2 DC the first thing I ran was dcdiag /e /c /v and after correcting some minor errors, I came upon this one in the DNS portion where a SRV record is missing and I have no idea how to fix/remove this. there's
only two DCs, 200.5 and 200.6 where the former is a Hyper-V VM running 2012r2 and the latter is a physical 2003r2 machine. I was able to successfully raise the levels to 2003 and join the 2012r2 DC. this missing SRV record does not look fatal and only warrants
a warning from dcdiag, however I would like to fix this so there's no trouble down the road. I've tried ipconfig /registerdns, but no dice. here is the message I'm concerned about:
Error:
Missing SRV record at DNS server 192.168.200.5:
_ldap._tcp.9a5f3c17-e7ac-48f7-ab42-bf1ea621a6f5.domains._msdcs.cmedia.local
[Error details: 9003 (Type: Win32 - Description: DNS name does not exist.)]
the bottom portion of the DNS section that contains this message is in the RReg section and is as follows:
TEST: Dynamic update (Dyn)
Test record dcdiag-test-record added successfully in zone cmedia.local
Test record dcdiag-test-record deleted successfully in zone cmedia.local
TEST: Records registration (RReg)
Network Adapter [00000010] Microsoft Hyper-V Network Adapter:
Matching CNAME record found at DNS server 192.168.200.5:
a29d12f1-2869-44bf-8e43-adf7ddf33865._msdcs.cmedia.local
Matching A record found at DNS server 192.168.200.5:
CM-DC1-HV-NYC01.cmedia.local
Matching SRV record found at DNS server 192.168.200.5:
_ldap._tcp.cmedia.local
Error:
Missing SRV record at DNS server 192.168.200.5:
_ldap._tcp.9a5f3c17-e7ac-48f7-ab42-bf1ea621a6f5.domains._msdcs.cmedia.local
[Error details: 9003 (Type: Win32 - Description: DNS name does not exist.)]
Matching SRV record found at DNS server 192.168.200.5:
_kerberos._tcp.dc._msdcs.cmedia.local
Matching SRV record found at DNS server 192.168.200.5:
_ldap._tcp.dc._msdcs.cmedia.local
Matching SRV record found at DNS server 192.168.200.5:
_kerberos._tcp.cmedia.local
Matching SRV record found at DNS server 192.168.200.5:
_kerberos._udp.cmedia.local
Matching SRV record found at DNS server 192.168.200.5:
_kpasswd._tcp.cmedia.local
Matching SRV record found at DNS server 192.168.200.5:
_ldap._tcp.Default-First-Site-Name._sites.cmedia.local
Matching SRV record found at DNS server 192.168.200.5:
_kerberos._tcp.Default-First-Site-Name._sites.dc._msdcs.cmedia.local
Matching SRV record found at DNS server 192.168.200.5:
_ldap._tcp.Default-First-Site-Name._sites.dc._msdcs.cmedia.local
Matching SRV record found at DNS server 192.168.200.5:
_kerberos._tcp.Default-First-Site-Name._sites.cmedia.local
Matching SRV record found at DNS server 192.168.200.5:
_ldap._tcp.gc._msdcs.cmedia.local
Matching A record found at DNS server 192.168.200.5:
gc._msdcs.cmedia.local
Matching SRV record found at DNS server 192.168.200.5:
_gc._tcp.Default-First-Site-Name._sites.cmedia.local
Matching SRV record found at DNS server 192.168.200.5:
_ldap._tcp.Default-First-Site-Name._sites.gc._msdcs.cmedia.local
Matching CNAME record found at DNS server 192.168.200.6:
a29d12f1-2869-44bf-8e43-adf7ddf33865._msdcs.cmedia.local
Matching A record found at DNS server 192.168.200.6:
CM-DC1-HV-NYC01.cmedia.local
Matching SRV record found at DNS server 192.168.200.6:
_ldap._tcp.cmedia.local
Error:
Missing SRV record at DNS server 192.168.200.6:
_ldap._tcp.9a5f3c17-e7ac-48f7-ab42-bf1ea621a6f5.domains._msdcs.cmedia.local
[Error details: 9003 (Type: Win32 - Description: DNS name does not exist.)]
Matching SRV record found at DNS server 192.168.200.6:
_kerberos._tcp.dc._msdcs.cmedia.local
Matching SRV record found at DNS server 192.168.200.6:
_ldap._tcp.dc._msdcs.cmedia.local
Matching SRV record found at DNS server 192.168.200.6:
_kerberos._tcp.cmedia.local
Matching SRV record found at DNS server 192.168.200.6:
_kerberos._udp.cmedia.local
Matching SRV record found at DNS server 192.168.200.6:
_kpasswd._tcp.cmedia.local
Matching SRV record found at DNS server 192.168.200.6:
_ldap._tcp.Default-First-Site-Name._sites.cmedia.local
Matching SRV record found at DNS server 192.168.200.6:
_kerberos._tcp.Default-First-Site-Name._sites.dc._msdcs.cmedia.local
Matching SRV record found at DNS server 192.168.200.6:
_ldap._tcp.Default-First-Site-Name._sites.dc._msdcs.cmedia.local
Matching SRV record found at DNS server 192.168.200.6:
_kerberos._tcp.Default-First-Site-Name._sites.cmedia.local
Matching SRV record found at DNS server 192.168.200.6:
_ldap._tcp.gc._msdcs.cmedia.local
Matching A record found at DNS server 192.168.200.6:
gc._msdcs.cmedia.local
Matching SRV record found at DNS server 192.168.200.6:
_gc._tcp.Default-First-Site-Name._sites.cmedia.local
Matching SRV record found at DNS server 192.168.200.6:
_ldap._tcp.Default-First-Site-Name._sites.gc._msdcs.cmedia.local
Warning: Record Registrations not found in some network adapters

Hi Ace Fekay, thank you for your help. I hope you're still with me despite my lack of responding. I needed time to move the VPN server from the DC to a separate VM and then following your instructions to disable WINS Proxy and IP routing. Some of the delay
was when I had to restart the 2003r2 server after disabling those two items since that cause DNS queries to the Internet to go unresolved with only the 2012r2 server. That's been corrected, but running dcdiag /c /e /v still gives some DNS problems. Here's
the latest run of that...
Starting test: DNS
DNS Tests are running and not hung. Please wait a few minutes...
Starting test: DNS
See DNS test in enterprise tests section for results
......................... CM-DC-NY01 passed test DNS
See DNS test in enterprise tests section for results
......................... CM-DC1-NY01 passed test DNS
Running partition tests on : ForestDnsZones
Starting test: CheckSDRefDom
......................... ForestDnsZones passed test CheckSDRefDom
Starting test: CrossRefValidation
......................... ForestDnsZones passed test CrossRefValidation
Running partition tests on : DomainDnsZones
Starting test: CheckSDRefDom
......................... DomainDnsZones passed test CheckSDRefDom
Starting test: CrossRefValidation
......................... DomainDnsZones passed test CrossRefValidation
Running partition tests on : Schema
Starting test: CheckSDRefDom
......................... Schema passed test CheckSDRefDom
Starting test: CrossRefValidation
......................... Schema passed test CrossRefValidation
Running partition tests on : Configuration
Starting test: CheckSDRefDom
......................... Configuration passed test CheckSDRefDom
Starting test: CrossRefValidation
......................... Configuration passed test CrossRefValidation
Running partition tests on : cmedia
Starting test: CheckSDRefDom
......................... cmedia passed test CheckSDRefDom
Starting test: CrossRefValidation
......................... cmedia passed test CrossRefValidation
Running enterprise tests on : cmedia.local
Starting test: DNS
Test results for domain controllers:
DC: cm-dc-NY01.cmedia.local
Domain: cmedia.local
TEST: Authentication (Auth)
Authentication test: Successfully completed
TEST: Basic (Basc)
The OS Microsoft(R) Windows(R) Server 2003, Standard Edition (Service Pack level: 2.0) is supported.
NETLOGON service is running
kdc service is running
DNSCACHE service is running
DNS service is running
DC is a DNS server
Network adapters information:
Adapter [00000001] HP NC373i Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter:
MAC address is 00:00:00:00:00:00
IP Address is static
IP address: 192.168.200.6
DNS servers:
192.168.200.6 (cm-dc-NY01.cmedia.local.) [Valid]
192.168.200.5 (CM-DC1-NY01) [Valid]
The A host record(s) for this DC was found
The SOA record for the Active Directory zone was found
The Active Directory zone on this DC/DNS server was found primary
Root zone on this DC/DNS server was not found
TEST: Forwarders/Root hints (Forw)
Recursion is enabled
Forwarders are not configured on this DNS server
Root hint Information:
Name: a.root-servers.net. IP: 198.41.0.4 [Valid]
Name: a.root-servers.net. IP: 2001:503:ba3e::2:30 [Invalid (unreachable)]
Name: b.root-servers.net. IP: 192.228.79.201 [Valid]
Name: b.root-servers.net. IP: 2001:500:84::b [Invalid (unreachable)]
Name: c.root-servers.net. IP: 192.33.4.12 [Valid]
Name: c.root-servers.net. IP: 2001:500:2::c [Invalid (unreachable)]
Name: d.root-servers.net. IP: 199.7.91.13 [Valid]
Name: d.root-servers.net. IP: 2001:500:2d::d [Invalid (unreachable)]
Name: e.root-servers.net. IP: 192.203.230.10 [Valid]
Name: f.root-servers.net. IP: 192.5.5.241 [Valid]
Name: g.root-servers.net. IP: 192.112.36.4 [Valid]
Name: h.root-servers.net. IP: 128.63.2.53 [Valid]
Name: h.root-servers.net. IP: 2001:500:1::803f:235 [Invalid (unreachable)]
Name: i.root-servers.net. IP: 192.36.148.17 [Valid]
Name: j.root-servers.net. IP: 192.58.128.30 [Valid]
Name: j.root-servers.net. IP: 2001:503:c27::2:30 [Invalid (unreachable)]
Name: k.root-servers.net. IP: 193.0.14.129 [Valid]
Name: k.root-servers.net. IP: 2001:7fd::1 [Invalid (unreachable)]
Name: l.root-servers.net. IP: 198.32.64.12 [Invalid (unreachable)]
Name: l.root-servers.net. IP: 199.7.83.42 [Valid]
Name: m.root-servers.net. IP: 202.12.27.33 [Valid]
TEST: Delegations (Del)
Delegation information for the zone: cmedia.local.
Delegated domain name: _msdcs.cmedia.local.
DNS server: cm-dc-NY01.cmedia.local. IP:192.168.200.6 [Valid]
TEST: Dynamic update (Dyn)
Test record dcdiag-test-record added successfully in zone cmedia.local
Test record dcdiag-test-record deleted successfully in zone cmedia.local
TEST: Records registration (RReg)
Network Adapter [00000001] HP NC373i Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter:
Matching CNAME record found at DNS server 192.168.200.6:
406b42db-de80-4d11-bc18-c68074007a76._msdcs.cmedia.local
Matching A record found at DNS server 192.168.200.6:
cm-dc-NY01.cmedia.local
Matching SRV record found at DNS server 192.168.200.6:
_ldap._tcp.cmedia.local
Error:
Missing SRV record at DNS server 192.168.200.6:
_ldap._tcp.9a5f3c17-e7ac-48f7-ab42-bf1ea621a6f5.domains._msdcs.cmedia.local
[Error details: 9003 (Type: Win32 - Description: DNS name does not exist.)]
Matching SRV record found at DNS server 192.168.200.6:
_kerberos._tcp.dc._msdcs.cmedia.local
Matching SRV record found at DNS server 192.168.200.6:
_ldap._tcp.dc._msdcs.cmedia.local
Matching SRV record found at DNS server 192.168.200.6:
_kerberos._tcp.cmedia.local
Matching SRV record found at DNS server 192.168.200.6:
_kerberos._udp.cmedia.local
Matching SRV record found at DNS server 192.168.200.6:
_kpasswd._tcp.cmedia.local
Matching SRV record found at DNS server 192.168.200.6:
_ldap._tcp.Default-First-Site-Name._sites.cmedia.local
Matching SRV record found at DNS server 192.168.200.6:
_kerberos._tcp.Default-First-Site-Name._sites.dc._msdcs.cmedia.local
Matching SRV record found at DNS server 192.168.200.6:
_ldap._tcp.Default-First-Site-Name._sites.dc._msdcs.cmedia.local
Matching SRV record found at DNS server 192.168.200.6:
_kerberos._tcp.Default-First-Site-Name._sites.cmedia.local
Matching SRV record found at DNS server 192.168.200.6:
_ldap._tcp.gc._msdcs.cmedia.local
Matching A record found at DNS server 192.168.200.6:
gc._msdcs.cmedia.local
Matching SRV record found at DNS server 192.168.200.6:
_gc._tcp.Default-First-Site-Name._sites.cmedia.local
Matching SRV record found at DNS server 192.168.200.6:
_ldap._tcp.Default-First-Site-Name._sites.gc._msdcs.cmedia.local
Matching SRV record found at DNS server 192.168.200.6:
_ldap._tcp.pdc._msdcs.cmedia.local
Matching CNAME record found at DNS server 192.168.200.5:
406b42db-de80-4d11-bc18-c68074007a76._msdcs.cmedia.local
Matching A record found at DNS server 192.168.200.5:
cm-dc-NY01.cmedia.local
Matching SRV record found at DNS server 192.168.200.5:
_ldap._tcp.cmedia.local
Error:
Missing SRV record at DNS server 192.168.200.5:
_ldap._tcp.9a5f3c17-e7ac-48f7-ab42-bf1ea621a6f5.domains._msdcs.cmedia.local
[Error details: 9003 (Type: Win32 - Description: DNS name does not exist.)]
Matching SRV record found at DNS server 192.168.200.5:
_kerberos._tcp.dc._msdcs.cmedia.local
Matching SRV record found at DNS server 192.168.200.5:
_ldap._tcp.dc._msdcs.cmedia.local
Matching SRV record found at DNS server 192.168.200.5:
_kerberos._tcp.cmedia.local
Matching SRV record found at DNS server 192.168.200.5:
_kerberos._udp.cmedia.local
Matching SRV record found at DNS server 192.168.200.5:
_kpasswd._tcp.cmedia.local
Matching SRV record found at DNS server 192.168.200.5:
_ldap._tcp.Default-First-Site-Name._sites.cmedia.local
Matching SRV record found at DNS server 192.168.200.5:
_kerberos._tcp.Default-First-Site-Name._sites.dc._msdcs.cmedia.local
Matching SRV record found at DNS server 192.168.200.5:
_ldap._tcp.Default-First-Site-Name._sites.dc._msdcs.cmedia.local
Matching SRV record found at DNS server 192.168.200.5:
_kerberos._tcp.Default-First-Site-Name._sites.cmedia.local
Matching SRV record found at DNS server 192.168.200.5:
_ldap._tcp.gc._msdcs.cmedia.local
Matching A record found at DNS server 192.168.200.5:
gc._msdcs.cmedia.local
Matching SRV record found at DNS server 192.168.200.5:
_gc._tcp.Default-First-Site-Name._sites.cmedia.local
Matching SRV record found at DNS server 192.168.200.5:
_ldap._tcp.Default-First-Site-Name._sites.gc._msdcs.cmedia.local
Matching SRV record found at DNS server 192.168.200.5:
_ldap._tcp.pdc._msdcs.cmedia.local
Warning: Record Registrations not found in some network adapters
DC: CM-DC1-NY01.cmedia.local
Domain: cmedia.local
TEST: Authentication (Auth)
Authentication test: Successfully completed
TEST: Basic (Basc)
The OS Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Standard (Service Pack level: 0.0) is supported.
NETLOGON service is running
kdc service is running
DNSCACHE service is running
DNS service is running
DC is a DNS server
Network adapters information:
Adapter [00000010] Microsoft Hyper-V Network Adapter:
MAC address is 00:00:00:00:00:00
IP Address is static
IP address: 192.168.200.5, 0000::0000:0000:0000:0000
DNS servers:
192.168.200.5 (CM-DC1-NY01) [Valid]
192.168.200.6 (cm-dc-NY01.cmedia.local.) [Valid]
The A host record(s) for this DC was found
The SOA record for the Active Directory zone was found
The Active Directory zone on this DC/DNS server was found primary
Root zone on this DC/DNS server was not found
TEST: Forwarders/Root hints (Forw)
Recursion is enabled
Forwarders are not configured on this DNS server
Root hint Information:
Name: a.root-servers.net. IP: 198.41.0.4 [Valid]
Name: a.root-servers.net. IP: 2001:503:ba3e::2:30 [Invalid (unreachable)]
Name: b.root-servers.net. IP: 128.9.0.107 [Invalid (unreachable)]
Name: b.root-servers.net. IP: 192.228.79.201 [Valid]
Name: b.root-servers.net. IP: 2001:500:84::b [Invalid (unreachable)]
Name: c.root-servers.net. IP: 192.33.4.12 [Valid]
Name: c.root-servers.net. IP: 2001:500:2::c [Invalid (unreachable)]
Name: d.root-servers.net. IP: 128.8.10.90 [Invalid (unreachable)]
Name: d.root-servers.net. IP: 199.7.91.13 [Valid]
Name: d.root-servers.net. IP: 2001:500:2d::d [Invalid (unreachable)]
Name: e.root-servers.net. IP: 192.203.230.10 [Valid]
Name: f.root-servers.net. IP: 192.5.5.241 [Valid]
Name: f.root-servers.net. IP: 2001:500:2f::f [Invalid (unreachable)]
Name: g.root-servers.net. IP: 192.112.36.4 [Valid]
Name: h.root-servers.net. IP: 128.63.2.53 [Valid]
Name: h.root-servers.net. IP: 2001:500:1::803f:235 [Invalid (unreachable)]
Name: i.root-servers.net. IP: 192.36.148.17 [Valid]
Name: i.root-servers.net. IP: 2001:7fe::53 [Invalid (unreachable)]
Name: j.root-servers.net. IP: 192.58.128.30 [Valid]
Name: j.root-servers.net. IP: 2001:503:c27::2:30 [Invalid (unreachable)]
Name: k.root-servers.net. IP: 193.0.14.129 [Valid]
Name: k.root-servers.net. IP: 2001:7fd::1 [Invalid (unreachable)]
Name: l.root-servers.net. IP: 198.32.64.12 [Invalid (unreachable)]
Name: l.root-servers.net. IP: 199.7.83.42 [Valid]
Name: l.root-servers.net. IP: 2001:500:3::42 [Invalid (unreachable)]
Name: m.root-servers.net. IP: 2001:dc3::35 [Invalid (unreachable)]
Name: m.root-servers.net. IP: 202.12.27.33 [Valid]
TEST: Delegations (Del)
Delegation information for the zone: cmedia.local.
Delegated domain name: _msdcs.cmedia.local.
DNS server: cm-dc-NY01.cmedia.local. IP:192.168.200.6 [Valid]
TEST: Dynamic update (Dyn)
Test record dcdiag-test-record added successfully in zone cmedia.local
Test record dcdiag-test-record deleted successfully in zone cmedia.local
TEST: Records registration (RReg)
Network Adapter [00000010] Microsoft Hyper-V Network Adapter:
Matching CNAME record found at DNS server 192.168.200.5:
a29d12f1-2869-44bf-8e43-adf7ddf33865._msdcs.cmedia.local
Matching A record found at DNS server 192.168.200.5:
CM-DC1-NY01.cmedia.local
Matching SRV record found at DNS server 192.168.200.5:
_ldap._tcp.cmedia.local
Error:
Missing SRV record at DNS server 192.168.200.5:
_ldap._tcp.9a5f3c17-e7ac-48f7-ab42-bf1ea621a6f5.domains._msdcs.cmedia.local
[Error details: 9003 (Type: Win32 - Description: DNS name does not exist.)]
Matching SRV record found at DNS server 192.168.200.5:
_kerberos._tcp.dc._msdcs.cmedia.local
Matching SRV record found at DNS server 192.168.200.5:
_ldap._tcp.dc._msdcs.cmedia.local
Matching SRV record found at DNS server 192.168.200.5:
_kerberos._tcp.cmedia.local
Matching SRV record found at DNS server 192.168.200.5:
_kerberos._udp.cmedia.local
Matching SRV record found at DNS server 192.168.200.5:
_kpasswd._tcp.cmedia.local
Matching SRV record found at DNS server 192.168.200.5:
_ldap._tcp.Default-First-Site-Name._sites.cmedia.local
Matching SRV record found at DNS server 192.168.200.5:
_kerberos._tcp.Default-First-Site-Name._sites.dc._msdcs.cmedia.local
Matching SRV record found at DNS server 192.168.200.5:
_ldap._tcp.Default-First-Site-Name._sites.dc._msdcs.cmedia.local
Matching SRV record found at DNS server 192.168.200.5:
_kerberos._tcp.Default-First-Site-Name._sites.cmedia.local
Matching SRV record found at DNS server 192.168.200.5:
_ldap._tcp.gc._msdcs.cmedia.local
Matching A record found at DNS server 192.168.200.5:
gc._msdcs.cmedia.local
Matching SRV record found at DNS server 192.168.200.5:
_gc._tcp.Default-First-Site-Name._sites.cmedia.local
Matching SRV record found at DNS server 192.168.200.5:
_ldap._tcp.Default-First-Site-Name._sites.gc._msdcs.cmedia.local
Matching CNAME record found at DNS server 192.168.200.6:
a29d12f1-2869-44bf-8e43-adf7ddf33865._msdcs.cmedia.local
Matching A record found at DNS server 192.168.200.6:
CM-DC1-NY01.cmedia.local
Matching SRV record found at DNS server 192.168.200.6:
_ldap._tcp.cmedia.local
Error:
Missing SRV record at DNS server 192.168.200.6:
_ldap._tcp.9a5f3c17-e7ac-48f7-ab42-bf1ea621a6f5.domains._msdcs.cmedia.local
[Error details: 9003 (Type: Win32 - Description: DNS name does not exist.)]
Matching SRV record found at DNS server 192.168.200.6:
_kerberos._tcp.dc._msdcs.cmedia.local
Matching SRV record found at DNS server 192.168.200.6:
_ldap._tcp.dc._msdcs.cmedia.local
Matching SRV record found at DNS server 192.168.200.6:
_kerberos._tcp.cmedia.local
Matching SRV record found at DNS server 192.168.200.6:
_kerberos._udp.cmedia.local
Matching SRV record found at DNS server 192.168.200.6:
_kpasswd._tcp.cmedia.local
Matching SRV record found at DNS server 192.168.200.6:
_ldap._tcp.Default-First-Site-Name._sites.cmedia.local
Matching SRV record found at DNS server 192.168.200.6:
_kerberos._tcp.Default-First-Site-Name._sites.dc._msdcs.cmedia.local
Matching SRV record found at DNS server 192.168.200.6:
_ldap._tcp.Default-First-Site-Name._sites.dc._msdcs.cmedia.local
Matching SRV record found at DNS server 192.168.200.6:
_kerberos._tcp.Default-First-Site-Name._sites.cmedia.local
Matching SRV record found at DNS server 192.168.200.6:
_ldap._tcp.gc._msdcs.cmedia.local
Matching A record found at DNS server 192.168.200.6:
gc._msdcs.cmedia.local
Matching SRV record found at DNS server 192.168.200.6:
_gc._tcp.Default-First-Site-Name._sites.cmedia.local
Matching SRV record found at DNS server 192.168.200.6:
_ldap._tcp.Default-First-Site-Name._sites.gc._msdcs.cmedia.local
Warning: Record Registrations not found in some network adapters
Summary of test results for DNS servers used by the above domain controllers:
DNS server: 198.32.64.12 (l.root-servers.net.)
2 test failure on this DNS server
PTR record query for the 1.0.0.127.in-addr.arpa. failed on the DNS server 198.32.64.12 [Err
or details: 1460 (Type: Win32 - Description: This operation returned because the timeout period expired.)]
DNS server: 2001:500:1::803f:235 (h.root-servers.net.)
2 test failure on this DNS server
PTR record query for the 1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.ip6.arpa failed
on the DNS server 2001:500:1::803f:235 [Error details: 1460 (Type: Win32 - Description: This operation ret
urned because the timeout period expired.)]
DNS server: 2001:500:2::c (c.root-servers.net.)
2 test failure on this DNS server
PTR record query for the 1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.ip6.arpa failed
on the DNS server 2001:500:2::c [Error details: 1460 (Type: Win32 - Description: This operation returned b
ecause the timeout period expired.)]
DNS server: 2001:500:2d::d (d.root-servers.net.)
2 test failure on this DNS server
PTR record query for the 1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.ip6.arpa failed
on the DNS server 2001:500:2d::d [Error details: 1460 (Type: Win32 - Description: This operation returned
because the timeout period expired.)]
DNS server: 2001:500:84::b (b.root-servers.net.)
2 test failure on this DNS server
PTR record query for the 1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.ip6.arpa failed
on the DNS server 2001:500:84::b [Error details: 1460 (Type: Win32 - Description: This operation returned
because the timeout period expired.)]
DNS server: 2001:503:ba3e::2:30 (a.root-servers.net.)
2 test failure on this DNS server
PTR record query for the 1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.ip6.arpa failed
on the DNS server 2001:503:ba3e::2:30 [Error details: 1460 (Type: Win32 - Description: This operation retu
rned because the timeout period expired.)]
DNS server: 2001:503:c27::2:30 (j.root-servers.net.)
2 test failure on this DNS server
PTR record query for the 1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.ip6.arpa failed
on the DNS server 2001:503:c27::2:30 [Error details: 1460 (Type: Win32 - Description: This operation retur
ned because the timeout period expired.)]
DNS server: 2001:7fd::1 (k.root-servers.net.)
2 test failure on this DNS server
PTR record query for the 1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.ip6.arpa failed
on the DNS server 2001:7fd::1 [Error details: 1460 (Type: Win32 - Description: This operation returned bec
ause the timeout period expired.)]
DNS server: 128.8.10.90 (d.root-servers.net.)
1 test failure on this DNS server
PTR record query for the 1.0.0.127.in-addr.arpa. failed on the DNS server 128.8.10.90 [Erro
r details: 1460 (Type: Win32 - Description: This operation returned because the timeout period expired.)]
DNS server: 128.9.0.107 (b.root-servers.net.)
1 test failure on this DNS server
PTR record query for the 1.0.0.127.in-addr.arpa. failed on the DNS server 128.9.0.107 [Erro
r details: 1460 (Type: Win32 - Description: This operation returned because the timeout period expired.)]
DNS server: 2001:500:2f::f (f.root-servers.net.)
1 test failure on this DNS server
PTR record query for the 1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.ip6.arpa failed
on the DNS server 2001:500:2f::f [Error details: 1460 (Type: Win32 - Description: This operation returned
because the timeout period expired.)]
DNS server: 2001:500:3::42 (l.root-servers.net.)
1 test failure on this DNS server
PTR record query for the 1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.ip6.arpa failed
on the DNS server 2001:500:3::42 [Error details: 1460 (Type: Win32 - Description: This operation returned
because the timeout period expired.)]
DNS server: 2001:7fe::53 (i.root-servers.net.)
1 test failure on this DNS server
PTR record query for the 1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.ip6.arpa failed
on the DNS server 2001:7fe::53 [Error details: 1460 (Type: Win32 - Description: This operation returned be
cause the timeout period expired.)]
DNS server: 2001:dc3::35 (m.root-servers.net.)
1 test failure on this DNS server
PTR record query for the 1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.ip6.arpa failed
on the DNS server 2001:dc3::35 [Error details: 1460 (Type: Win32 - Description: This operation returned be
cause the timeout period expired.)]
DNS server: 128.63.2.53 (h.root-servers.net.)
All tests passed on this DNS server
DNS server: 192.112.36.4 (g.root-servers.net.)
All tests passed on this DNS server
DNS server: 192.168.200.5 (CM-DC1-NY01)
All tests passed on this DNS server
Name resolution is functional._ldap._tcp SRV record for the forest root domain is registered
DNS server: 192.168.200.6 (cm-dc-NY01.cmedia.local.)
All tests passed on this DNS server
Name resolution is functional._ldap._tcp SRV record for the forest root domain is registered
DNS delegation for the domain _msdcs.cmedia.local. is operational on IP 192.168.200.6
DNS server: 192.203.230.10 (e.root-servers.net.)
All tests passed on this DNS server
DNS server: 192.228.79.201 (b.root-servers.net.)
All tests passed on this DNS server
DNS server: 192.33.4.12 (c.root-servers.net.)
All tests passed on this DNS server
DNS server: 192.36.148.17 (i.root-servers.net.)
All tests passed on this DNS server
DNS server: 192.5.5.241 (f.root-servers.net.)
All tests passed on this DNS server
DNS server: 192.58.128.30 (j.root-servers.net.)
All tests passed on this DNS server
DNS server: 193.0.14.129 (k.root-servers.net.)
All tests passed on this DNS server
DNS server: 198.41.0.4 (a.root-servers.net.)
All tests passed on this DNS server
DNS server: 199.7.83.42 (l.root-servers.net.)
All tests passed on this DNS server
DNS server: 199.7.91.13 (d.root-servers.net.)
All tests passed on this DNS server
DNS server: 202.12.27.33 (m.root-servers.net.)
All tests passed on this DNS server
Summary of DNS test results:
Auth Basc Forw Del Dyn RReg Ext
Domain: cmedia.local
cm-dc-NY01 PASS PASS PASS PASS PASS WARN n/a
CM-DC1-NY01 PASS PASS PASS PASS PASS WARN n/a
......................... cmedia.local passed test DNS
Starting test: LocatorCheck
GC Name: \\CM-DC1-NY01.cmedia.local
Locator Flags: 0xe00071fc
PDC Name: \\cm-dc-NY01.cmedia.local
Locator Flags: 0xe00003fd
Time Server Name: \\CM-DC1-NY01.cmedia.local
Locator Flags: 0xe00071fc
Preferred Time Server Name: \\cm-dc-NY01.cmedia.local
Locator Flags: 0xe00003fd
KDC Name: \\CM-DC1-NY01.cmedia.local
Locator Flags: 0xe00071fc
......................... cmedia.local passed test LocatorCheck
Starting test: FsmoCheck
GC Name: \\CM-DC1-NY01.cmedia.local
Locator Flags: 0xe00071fc
PDC Name: \\cm-dc-NY01.cmedia.local
Locator Flags: 0xe00003fd
Time Server Name: \\CM-DC1-NY01.cmedia.local
Locator Flags: 0xe00071fc
Preferred Time Server Name: \\cm-dc-NY01.cmedia.local
Locator Flags: 0xe00003fd
KDC Name: \\CM-DC1-NY01.cmedia.local
Locator Flags: 0xe00071fc
......................... cmedia.local passed test FsmoCheck
Starting test: Intersite
Skipping site Default-First-Site-Name, this site is outside the scope provided by the command line arguments
provided.
......................... cmedia.local passed test Intersite

Leopard Server Assistant and DNS Name

I am trying to setup Leopard Server in my home...
Server assistant launches I fill in the information and everything is fine... except I do not know what to put in the Server DNS name box. If I leave as is the server tools do not start because they cannot resolve the machine name.
In short what is going on...
1. How do you change the machine DNS name after server assistant has finished running?
2. What should I put in the DNS box?
MACServer.local? or MACSERVER
3. If I move to Dynamic DNS how do I change this later without having to re-install.
I have to admit that setting the server up, installing disks was easy but the DNS issue seems to be a real stumbling block for setting up a home server.
What am I doing wrong?
Message was edited by: Peter Jarvis
Message was edited by: Peter Jarvis

Tony,
Thanks for the response.
My concern is that a normal home user will not be able to setup MAC Server 10.5 very easily without knowledge of DNS. (I will walk through a setup later on in the mail)
My point is that the average user will not be able to setup MAC Server. They will have difficulty filling out the setup wizard correctly - for this reason I cannot recommend it to a rookie. What is needed is a really simple setup scenario script that can be given to user so they can setup a MAC server in the home to support file sharing, intranet web browsing and time machine backups and central storage for users.
Don't get me wrong a MAC admin will find the changes in 10.5 a significant and fine improvement over past mac server setups and a leap frog over the Windows and Linux setup experience. Don't let anyone persuade you that Microsoft Home Server is a easy either. (Actually corrupts data with certain apps) - great testing Microsoft
Back to good software...
MAC Server Setup example: (Newbie the new IT for the household)
Prior to setting up the server Newbie will need to define his system setup...
i.e.
Server Name [email protected]
IP Address: 192.168.0.100
Router: 192.168.0.1
Is the machine going to be a gateway or behind a firewall?
Will it distribute IP addresses for the home network etc?
These points are important as the DHCP and DNS go hand in hand. If the router is acting as a DNS relay and handing out IP addresses this may interfere with setting up the server to be primary DNS provider in the home.
Walkthrough 1: Scenario:
Setup the server to be a simple server with only file sharing, web server and time machine.
When asked Newbie enters:
Domain name: pkjserv.technophobic.com
Server Name:192.168.0.100 (DHCP) or manual
Nebie configures the server...
after setup the first thing that will happen is that Server Preferences will launch it will populate with the above server data...
Problem: Newbie trys to use server preferences and types in his password and fails to get access...
Why... because Server preferences expects "pkjserv.technophobic.com" to resolve but DNS is not setup yet...
OK so Newbie needs to setup DNS...
Newbie selects Applications/Server/Server Admin.app
(Newbie uses Magic to find Server Admin)
First prompt "Are you sure you want to use Server Admin?"
Newbie selects "Use Server Admin"
(Newbie uses Magic to know he has to do this)
Connect to server via IP address 168.192.0.100
Select DNS add click to box...
Expand 192.168.0.100 (our server)
Select DNS
Select zones...
Add primary zone / Select example.com
Change Primary zone to "technophobic.com."
Select "ns" and Change Nameserver to "pkjserv"
Under primary domain select machine change machine name to "pkjserv"
Select IP Addresses and change to 192.168.0.100
Click "save"
Newbie should have the following setup displayed:
Name Type Value
technophobic.com Primary Zone -
pkjserv Machine 192.168.0.100
0.168.192.in-addr.arpa Reverse Zone -
192.168.0.100 Reverse Mapping pkjserv.technophobic.com
------- Start DNS...
The problem here is that DNS is working but Newbies IP setup is still not referencing the DNS server so newbie will have to add it to the network settings.
Preferences / Network / advanced / DNS
once they have done this Newbie should be able to launch your browser and type "pkjserv.technophobic.com" and have it resolve to the web browser on the machine...
in short - this is difficult... hence my proposal that Apple need to create a simple setup scenario scripted document (fill in blanks) so a user can setup a MAC server in the home. Current docs do not allows an average user to install MAC OSX Server - I want a simple MAC Server that anyone can install...
Pete
Message was edited by: Peter Jarvis

[10.6 Server]Strange DNS Name

Hi,
I'm having a strange (local) hostname on my XServe, running Snow Leopard Server 10.6.1.
When I view the DNS Name in the 'Server Preferences, Information-view', it shows: xserve-002436f2bc56.local
I see the same name as a prompt when I start the terminal.
How can I set (and save) the hostname of my Snow Leopard Server?
- I've set the hostname in the PreferencesPane 'Sharing' to xserve01
- I've set the hostname in the Terminal, using the command 'hostname' to xserve01.going.nowhere. (fully qualified domainname in our local domain)
- I'm running DNS Server on this machine, and both the A-record and the PTR-record are set correctly: 192.168.0.111 <-> xserve01.going.nowhere
Just to be complete:
OS: Snow Leopard Server 10.6.1
Services: Only Bind
IP: 192.168.0.111
DNS1: 192.168.0.111 (itself)
BTW: When I set the hostname in the terminal, but sort of saves that hostname as long as the server is up. But it doesn't change the DNS Name shown by "Information" in the Server Preferences.app.

That is the default name if you do not specify one at setup, which is your HW Type and MAC Address.
To change, open Server Admin, highlight your server, then click the the Settings Tool button, then select the Network button. You will see xserve-002436f2bc56. Change it there.
OR
`sudo /System/Library/ServerSetup/serversetup -setComputername NEWNAMEHERE`
Peter

Randomly cannot ping DNS name without FQDN

My office is setup that we are using a Mac Mini running OS x 10.9 with the Server plug-in (DHCP, DNS, File) and all users are either on a MacBook Pro or Air running OS x 10.9. We are randomly seeing users unable to access our shared folders or be able to print. When this occurred on my own machine today, I ran a number of tests. I was not able to ping the printer or server by its base DNS name. If I added the FQDN to the devices, I was able to ping them without issue. Going into the Network settings, I can see that DHCP provided DNS server and domain name correctly. If we then trust toggle the network connection off and on, it immediately starts working again. The triggering of the network interface fixing the issues points me to thinking the issue is on the client side and not the Mac Mini server.
The past two weeks alone, I have had this happen randomly on 6 different machines. Is anyone else seeing this type of behavior with DNS?

I have the same issue.. Its affecting me with my productivity and usage. I have to reset my network drivers all the time when it happens. Can you please let me know if you find any solution for this.
Thanks
Karthik

Communicate with cRIO when IP Address and DNS Name changes over Network Variables

I am developing a LabVIEW software for an European Project using cRIO-9074 and RT Application Reployment to update all cRIO devices with the last version.
To communicate with the cRIO devices I have also developed some applications that are outside cRIO on LabVIEW Project that uses Network Variables to Read/Write to the devices.
When I am developing the software, everything works just fine because the LabVIEW Project knows the IP Address on my cRIO device. However, when I use RTAD to install the software and then my applications outside the LabVIEW Project, the aplications are, not always able to find the device when the IP address changes.
I have tried to replace the IP Address with the DNS Name but no success. When I change the router that is connected to the cRIO, the DNS Name also changes.
With this, my question is how can I solve this sistematic problem? Should I change any configuration on MAX, in LabVIEW Project and/or in the applications to be able to always find the cRIO? Is it possible to have a field on the application to insert the IP Address of the device to connect? If yes, how can I do this?
Best regards,

Quintino,
You can programatically open connecitons to Shared Variables. This allows you to decide at runtime the IP address, lib name and SV name you wish to connect to. I've attached a vi snippet the demonstrats an Action Engine to handle the connection to a SV named "Parameters".
I normally store the cRIO_Settings in a .INI file that is easy to modify.
Attachments:
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Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 domain join displays error "Changing the Primary Domain DNS name of this computer to "" failed...."

Hi,
Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 domain join displays error "Changing the Primary Domain DNS name of this computer to "" failed...."
DC:windows Server 2008 R2
Domain functional level:Windows Server 2003
When Winxp join domain, have no this error message.
I checked http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2018583?wa=wsignin1.0 does't work.
There have 3 suggestion in this article:
1.The "Disable NetBIOS over TCP/IP" checkbox has been disabled in the IPv4 properties of the computer being joined.
Doesnt's work.
2.Connectivity over UDP port 137 is blocked between client and the helper DC servicing the join operation in the target domain.
On my DC, I run netstat -an, reslut as below:
UDP 192.168.20.3:137 *:*
3.The TCP/IPv4 protocol has been disabled so that the client being joined or the DC in the destination domain targeted by the LDAP BIND is running TCP/IPv6 only.
We are not using IPV6.
This server recently updated from Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008 R2. Before upgrade, when Win7 and Win2008 join this domain, also have the same error message.
Please help to check this issue.
Thank you very much.
BR
Guo YingHui

Hi Guo Ying,
I have faced this critical error which makes over-writes the host names in the domain when you join.
For example: Already you had a host name called as PC.domain.com in the domain.com Domain.
When you try to add the another host name called as PC in the domain.com Domain, it doesn't give you the duplicate name error on the network it does over-write the existing host name called as PC.domain.com & it will add the new host name into the domain.
Host name which got over-written will get removed from the domain. I faced this issue in my project. My DPM host name got removed from the Domain & new host name got joined into the domain which halted my backups for one day.
Final Resolution is as follows:
You need to start the dns console on the DC & drop down the domain name.
Select the _msdcs when you click on _msdcs it will show the Name Server's list on the right hand side.
You need to add the Domain Naming Master under the _msdcs or add all the domain controllers which you had.
After you add the Name server's try joining the PC OR Laptop to the domain which is successfully joins it.
Regards
Anand S
Thanks & Regards Anand Sunka MCSA+CCNA+MCTS

Domain name/"primary DNS" name/mail host name/mail server name/mx name

Hi,
I have registered my domain name (N.com) with an external dns server and created an MX record (mail.N.com) for it as well. My server sits behind a router and internet traffic is port(80)-forwarded to my server's fixed internal ip address (I can access my webpages from the internet just fine). When I initially setup the server I was asked to give it a "primary DNS name." I naturally assumed that N.com was supposed to be entered here, but that just caused all kinds of problems (though I still do not understand why). So I reinstalled and currently have server.N.com as the primary DNS name of the server (although it shows up in Server Admin and Workgroup Manager as server.local--why is that?)
I have had no luck getting any email from the internet with the default settings in mail services (domain name of N.com and host name of server.N.com). Having no luck with the defaults, I assumed that maybe I needed to change the host name to "mail.N.com" so that it matched the MX record. I also changed the user preferences in Workgroup Manager to receive mail from mail.N.com--but still no luck. Could someone tell me what I am doing wrong and how come none of the Mail Service literature mentions anything about what a mail "host name" is supposed to be? Is it supposed to be the same as the "Mail Server" name that Workgroup Manager asks each user for? and is it the same as the MX record name?
I am just needing some help to connect all these variously named, but undefined, dots.
Also, how come I can access webmail from the internet using www.N.com/webmail but can't do it from any computers within my physical network (I have to use IPaddress/webmail or server.local/webmail)?
Also, should my user email addresses be [email protected] or [email protected] (which is the current default)?
Thanks in advance and good luck!
John

I had been told by a friend that ... regular email coming in from the internet would go through port 80
Unfortunately you were misinformed.
My MX record needs the extra subname (such as "mail") in front of the domain name, right?
Not at all. A MX record for 'N.com' is entirely valid (expected, in fact).
An MX record tells remote mail servers where to send mail for any domain/subdomain. If you think about it, let's say you worked for Apple and you wanted people to be able to send email to [email protected], well then you need an MX record for 'apple.com'.
You can see if you dig MX apple.com that they actually have 9 MX records, but the point still stands.
Now, you might also have MX records for subdomains so that you can have [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], etc. Each of these subdomains would need a separate MX record.
So, in general, for any set of email addresses @[anything.]domain.com you have a MX record telling remote mail servers where to send that mail.
Of course the MX record name is mail.N.com, but I think you are implying that the in the Mail settings of Server Admin where it asks for domain name all I need to put there is the N.com, right?
What I mean is that you need to set the domain name to whatever domain name you expect to receive mail at.
If you want users to have email addresses in the form of [email protected], then you enter 'N.com'.
If you want users to have email addresses in the form of [email protected] then you enter 'mail.N.com'.
If you want both forms, enter one in the main domain and add the other(s) in the Advanced -> Hosting -> Local Host Aliases section.
Is there anything in the Mail settings that needs to have the full MX record name (mail.N.com)?
Yes. Either the 'domain name' or the 'Local Host Aliases' needs to contain the same thing as your MX record. That's because the MX record tells remote servers to send mail to this machine, but the machine won't accept the mail unless it is configured to do so.
What is the "host name" supposed to be?
This should be the name that remote servers see when this machine tries to send outgoing mail.
Ideally this should match the reverse DNS of your IP address, that way when it connects to a remote server it says "Hi, I'm $hostname" and the remote server can lookup the machine's IP address and see the same result. This will reduce the problem of remote servers thinking you're sending them spam.
If you only have a single IP address then this probably needs to be something like 'N.com'. If you don't have control over your reverse DNS then you're going to run into a problem.
Also in the user accounts (in Workgroup Manager) what should the "mail server name" be? Is it the host name or the domain name?
Off hand, I don't know.
Also, why are all the default user email addresses [email protected] (the name I gave the server at setup)? Why doesn't the user accounts create [email protected] as the default address?
Presumably because the mail server says it is 'server.N.com' and therefore any accounts on that machine would be [email protected]. Changing the domain name (as above) should fix that.

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