Archived from groups microsoft. More infohi thx for the reply, this is what I get set typens msdcs. Server dc. 2. mo. Address 1. 92. 1. TTL 9. 00 1. 5 minsBefore the crash I had 2 windows. DC just 1 with DNS, the DC with the. DNS is the one that crashed har disk failure so I installed DNS maybethis installed the basic DNS and did not get ware of the windows. DC remember I had 2 and then remove the first DC the onethat crashed via ntdsutil and re create the first DC. I have confirmedthat, the onlye zones I see listed on the dns now are msdcs,sites,tcp,udp my goal is to list forestdns and domaindns. I am getting an error the replication scope could not be set there was aserver failure when trying to change the scope to all dns in the forest. NTDSUTIL that I have 5 NCs Found 5 Naming Contexts0 CNConfiguration,DCmo,DCorg. DCmo,DCorg. 2 CNSchema,CNConfiguration,DCmo,DCorg. DCDomain. Dns. Zones,DCmo,DCorg. DCForest. Dns. Zones,DCmo,DCorg. I got this error when I try to enlist the DC. C Documents and Settingsexchadmin dnscmd dc. Enlist. Directory. Partition Forest. Dns. Zones. mo. org. Enlist directory partition failed Forest. Dns. Zones. mo. orgstatus 9. B0Command failed DNSERRORDPALREADYENLISTED 9. Any other ideas thxAce Fekay MVPlt Please. Substitute. My. Actual. First. Name Last. Name. Herehotmail. OVTWr. Eli. EHA. 2. TK2. MSFTNGP1. 0. In news Ojx. Aimgi. EHA. 3. 96TK2. MSFTNGP1. I commented below Hi all I have 2 windwos. Windows. 20. 03 forest, one of them was the unique DNS and it crashed a few days ago. During the crash I installed DNS to the other DC and re create the old DC after the ntdsutil cleanup and after seizing the roles schenadonain name. I have noticed that under DNS the zones forestdnszones anddomain dnszones are not listed. How can I populate these two zones again thx Do the Domain and Forest application partitions still exist You can testif they do by this c nslookup set typens Then, query the four special zone names by entering them into nslookup. You should receive a response like this msdcs. Server serv. 1. mydomain. Address 1. 92. 1. Non authoritative answer msdcs. MYSERVER. MYDOMAIN. COM SERVER. MYDOMAIN. COM internet address xxx. If not, then that means that the app partitions Forest. DNSZone and Domain. DNSZones are gone. You can re create them and they should show upin DNS. Im assuming you used WIndows 2. If you had installed DNS on the other domain controller and created thezones, then this would have had a copy on it. The only way I can see that it was lost if when the first domain controller crashed, it must have acted asif you deleted the zones from AD. You may have to ensure first that the partitions exist in the database. You would need to use ADSI Edit to see that data. If they do exist, you just want to reassociate the domain controller that is running DNS to that partition Enlist a DNS server in a DNS application directory partition http www. Windows. Serv2. 00. Default. asp urlresourcesdocumentationWindows. Serv2. 00. 3standardproddocsen ussagDNSproAdd. Server. To. NDNC. Heres more info on creating them as well Create the default DNS application directory partitions http www. ITS Academic Media Technology DDNS and BIND integration in Yales AD http babs. Regards, Ace Please direct all replies ONLY to the Microsoft public newsgroups so all can benefit. This posting is provided AS IS with no warranties or guarantees and confers no rights. Ace Fekay, MCSE 2. MCSA 2. 00. 3 2. MCSEI, MCT, MVP Microsoft Windows MVP Windows Server Directory Services Security Is Like An Onion, It Has Layers HAM AND EGGS A days work for a chicken A lifetime commitment for a pig.