DHCP MMC Doesn't List Authorised Servers

Hi all,

We have a peculiar problem -

When using the DHCP MMC (either on a client or the server itself) it isn't
possible to list all Authorised DHCP servers. It is possible to manually add
and manage them but its not possible to bring up a list of them (we have two
at one site and one each at a number of different office locations). This
hasn't been a problem up until now when we're trying to use Windows
Deployment Services and PXE boot - it won't install because of a DHCP issue
(oddly RIS on the same server works fine).

When trying to authorise the WDS server via MMC an error stating 'Data is
Invalid' appears. Nothing in the Event log of the server to indicate what the
issue might be.

Looking in AD itself via ADSIEdit and NetServices all of the authorised DHCP
servers (including the WDS one) are listed (so the authorisation appears to
have worked).

Any ideas or advice ?

We're using Windows 2003 sp 1 for our DC's, DNS & DHCP (domain is 2k3 native
but forest is still 2k native).

Thanks in advance,
Raj.

In news:5B3B56BA-80EF-4EAD-8602-(E-Mail Removed),
Raj <(E-Mail Removed)> typed:
> Hi all,
>
> We have a peculiar problem -
>
> When using the DHCP MMC (either on a client or the server itself) it
> isn't possible to list all Authorised DHCP servers. It is possible to
> manually add and manage them but its not possible to bring up a list
> of them (we have two at one site and one each at a number of
> different office locations). This hasn't been a problem up until now
> when we're trying to use Windows Deployment Services and PXE boot -
> it won't install because of a DHCP issue (oddly RIS on the same
> server works fine).
>
> When trying to authorise the WDS server via MMC an error stating
> 'Data is Invalid' appears. Nothing in the Event log of the server to
> indicate what the issue might be.
>
> Looking in AD itself via ADSIEdit and NetServices all of the
> authorised DHCP servers (including the WDS one) are listed (so the
> authorisation appears to have worked).
>
> Any ideas or advice ?
>
> We're using Windows 2003 sp 1 for our DC's, DNS & DHCP (domain is 2k3
> native but forest is still 2k native).
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Raj.

This is could be a basic DNS configuration issue, but cannot ascretain that
without specific configuration information. Are you ONLY using the internal
DNS server(s) for your machines? Is the DC multihomed? Is the AD domain name
a single label name?

To better assist, for starters please post:
1. Ipconfig /all of a sample DC and of a client.
2. the AD DNS domain name
3. If the SRV records appear in DNS
4. Any errors in the Event viewers of the DCs and/or clients (post the
EventID #;s please)
5. Are you doing this with the EA account?

Thanks,

--
Regards,
Ace

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Ace Fekay, MCSE 2003 & 2000, MCSA 2003 & 2000, MCSE+I, MCT, MVP
Microsoft MVP - Directory Services
Microsoft Certified Trainer

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