DNS Service Does Not Start When Notify Option Is Set (256318)

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256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry

SYMPTOMS

Microsoft Domain Name Service (DNS) may not start and the following error messages may be recorded in the Event log:

Event ID:501
Source:DNS
DNS Server zone xxxx has a missing or corrupt zone type in registry. Fix type, or delete from registry and recreate with DnsAdmin.

Event ID: 500
Source: DNS
DNS Server zone xxxx has invalid or corrupt registry data. Delete it's registry data and recreate with DnsAdmin.

Event ID: 7023
Source: Service Control Module
The Microsoft DNS Server Service terminated with the following error:
The data is invalid

CAUSE

The Notify option may have been used on one or more of the automatically created zones. This occurs if an IP address is specified in the zone properties or the Only Allow Access from Secondaries Included on Notify List option is enabled. The following zones are automatically created and should not have any Notify options selected:

0.in-addr.arpa
127.in-addr.arpa
255.in-addr.arpa

RESOLUTION

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To resolve this problem, delete the pertinent automatically created zone from the registry by using Regedt32.exe. The zones are located in the following area:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\DNS\Zones

Click the zone, and then click Delete on the Edit menu. Quit Regedt32.exe, and then type the following line at a command prompt:

net start dns

The deleted zone is automatically created when the DNS service starts.

MORE INFORMATION

Automatically created zones are not normally present in the registry. They are created when the DNS service is started. When the Notify option is set, however, the zone is present in the registry in location listed in the "Resolution" section.