Active Directory Domain Services could not resolve the following DNS host name of the source domain controller to an IP address. ...

Active Directory Domain Services could not resolve the following DNS host name of the
source domain controller to an IP address. This error prevents additions,
deletions and changes in Active Directory Domain Services from replicating between one or
more domain controllers in the forest. Security groups, group policy, users
and computers and their passwords will be inconsistent between domain
controllers until this error is resolved, potentially affecting logon
authentication and access to network resources.



Source domain controller:

 %1

Failing DNS host name:

 %2



NOTE: By default, only up to 10 DNS failures are shown for any given 12 hour
period, even if more than 10 failures occur.  To log all individual failure
events, set the following diagnostics registry value to 1:



Registry Path:

HKLM\%5\%6



User Action:



 1) If the source domain controller is no longer functioning or its operating
system has been reinstalled with a different computer name or NTDSDSA object
GUID, remove the source domain controller's metadata with ntdsutil.exe, using
the steps outlined in MSKB article 216498.



 2) Confirm that the source domain controller is running Active Directory Domain Services and
is accessible on the network by typing "net view \\" or
"ping ".



 3) Verify that the source domain controller is using a valid DNS server for
DNS services, and that the source domain controller's host record and CNAME
record are correctly registered, using the DNS Enhanced version
of DCDIAG.EXE available on http://www.microsoft.com/dns



  dcdiag /test:dns



 4) Verify that this destination domain controller is using a valid DNS
server for DNS services, by running the DNS Enhanced version of DCDIAG.EXE
command on the console of the destination domain controller, as follows:



  dcdiag /test:dns



 5) For further analysis of DNS error failures see KB 824449:

   http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=824449



Additional Data

Error value:

 %3 %4

Active Directory Domain Services could not remove the application directory partition %1 because this partition has one or ... Active Directory Domain Services could not remove the application directory partition %1 because this partition has one or ... Active Directory Domain Services could not replicate outgoing changes made on the local Active Directory Domain Controller. ... Active Directory Domain Services could not replicate the directory partition %1 from the remote Active Directory Domain Controller ... Active Directory Domain Services could not resolve the following DNS host name of the source domain controller to an IP address. ... Active Directory Domain Services could not setup replication notifications for the directory partition %1 on the remote Active ... Active Directory Domain Services could not transfer the data remaining in the directory partition %1 to another Active Directory ... Active Directory Domain Services could not transfer the remaining data in directory partition %1 to Active Directory Domain ... Active Directory Domain Services could not update the following object in the local Active Directory Domain Services database ...