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Microsoft Windows Server DNS Configuration Invalid Registry Setting

Microsoft.Windows.Server.DNS.Configuration.InvalidRegistrySetting (Rule)

Alert generating rule for Configuration.

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

The DNS server configuration consists of the settings that determine how the DNS server will function on a network and how those settings are stored and retrieved when they are needed.

Causes

The DNS Server encountered an invalid registry setting.

Resolutions

Correct registry data

Data that is stored in the Windows registry has become corrupted and must be replaced. You must use Registry Editor to correct the indicated registry value.

To perform this procedure, you must have membership in Administrators, or you must have been delegated the appropriate authority.

To correct data in the registry:

Caution: Incorrectly editing the registry might severely damage your system. Before making changes to the registry, you should back up any valued data.

1.On the DNS server, click Start.

2.In Start Search, type regedit, and then press ENTER.

3.Expand the following key in the registry:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\DNS\Parameters or HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\DNS Server as indicated by the event description

4.Browse to the indicated registry entry, right-click the entry, and then, on the Edit menu, click Modify.

5.Type the correct value, and then click OK.

6.On the DNS server, start Server Manager. To start Server Manager, click Start, click Administrative Tools, and then click Server Manager.

7.In the console tree, expand Roles, expand DNS Server, and then expand DNS.

8.Right-click the DNS server, click All Tasks, and then click Restart.

External

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd349648(v=ws.10).aspx

Element properties:

TargetMicrosoft.Windows.Server.DNS.Server
CategoryAlert
EnabledTrue
Alert GenerateTrue
Alert SeverityError
Alert PriorityNormal
RemotableTrue
Alert Message
Windows DNS - Configuration - Invalid Registry Setting

Event ID: {0}
Event Source: {1}
Event Log: {2}

Event Description: {3}
Event LogDNS Server

Member Modules:

ID Module Type TypeId RunAs 
DS DataSource Microsoft.Windows.EventProvider Default
Alert WriteAction System.Health.GenerateAlert Default

Source Code:

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              </ValueExpression>

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      <Custom5/>

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</Rule>