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Microsoft Windows Server DNS Configuration Secondary Requires Masters

Microsoft.Windows.Server.DNS.Configuration.SecondaryRequiresMasters (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 has detected that a secondary zone has no master IP addresses in registry data. Secondary zones require at least one master server to act as a source.

Resolutions

Update the master server

A secondary zone must be configured with the IP addresses of one or more master servers that host the primary zone.

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

To update the master server for a secondary zone:

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

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

3.Expand the DNS server, and then expand the folder containing the applicable secondary zone.

4.Right-click the secondary zone, and then click Properties.

5.On the General tab, click Edit.

6.In the Edit Master Servers dialog box, click the IP addresses of master servers list, type the name or IP address of a master server, and then click the list again.

7.Click OK to close the dialog box, and then click OK to close <Zone Name> Properties.

External

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd349699(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 - Secondary Requires Masters

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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