Troubleshooting Domain Controller Locator DNS Records Registration Failure
Presence of the event IDs 5774, 5775, or 5781 logged by the Net Logon service in the System Event Log indicate that the corresponding domain controller cannot dynamically register DNS records that advertise its availability as a domain controller. The consequence of this failure is that domain controllers, domain members, and other devices cannot locate this domain controller. As a result, other domain controllers might not be able to replicate from this domain controller. In addition, other computers might not be able to join this domain, and you might not be able to add other domain controllers to this domain (unless other domain controllers for this domain have successfully registered domain controller Locator DNS records).
Procedures for Troubleshooting Domain Controller Locator DNS Records Registration Failure
1.
Verify network configuration to ensure that the preferred and alternate DNS servers specified in the IP configuration of the domain controller are correct. For more information about correct DNS settings, see the Active Directory link on the Web Resources page at
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/reskits/webresources/ Search under "Planning & Deployment Guides" and download Best Practice Active Directory Design for Managing Windows Networks and Best Practice Active Directory Deployment for Managing Windows Networks. If the problem persists, continue to the next step.
2.
At a command prompt, type the following command and press ENTER:
dcdiag /test:registerindns /dnsdomain:FQDN /v
3.
Follow the recommendations provided in the output.
