the server with this IP address is not authoritative for the required zone

Question

_{Monday, May 16, 2011 2:34 PM}

Guys,

Hope you can help,

We have an AD domain with the root domain being abc.local,
we have added multiple child domains over the years with no issues, we have say
us.abc.local, ca.abc.local etc.

I wanted to create a new child domain us.abc.local the
server is W2K8 R2, the first DC in the abc.local domain is W2K8, and with a
mixture of windows 2003 DC's as well.

The child domain created fine but when i tried to make the
DNS zone au. Abc.local forest wide I get the error, i can change the server to
replicate to all DC's in the forest but it doesn’t work.

When i had the dc1.abc.local to the NS server is says
"the server with this IP address is not authoritative for the required
zone". i have tried manually copying the zone (zone transfer) this
completed but is not updated. We also have issues with site replication with
the following error:

The RPC service is not available, although I can ping by
FQDN and NetBIOS.

the other child domains and the root domains have however
replicated to the au. Abc.local DC/DNS.

I have a feeling it maybe down to IPv6or SP1 for W2K8 R2 not
being installed, i have now installed SP1; I have also removed the DNS role
from the server and re-added it with the same errors.

All replies (3)

_{Wednesday, May 18, 2011 2:45 AM ✅Answered | 1 vote}

Hi Customer,

Thank you for your post.

This problem might be caused by that the trust relationship between parent and child has corrupted. Meanwhile, please also confirm that your new child domain has replicated completely in your whole domain.

Windows Server 2003-based domain controllers in a parent-and-child domain environment may be unable to replicate changes:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938702/en-us.

Please also check if your new DNS server has specified as authoritative for your zone.

Specify Other DNS Servers as Authoritative for a Zone:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc739089(WS.10).aspx

Modify DNS zone transfer settings:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc782181(WS.10).aspx

Best Regards,

James Zou

_{Monday, May 16, 2011 6:09 PM}

Is  the zone Active Directory Integrated?

_{Tuesday, May 17, 2011 10:33 AM}

Yes