Questions tagged [srvfail]

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Windows 2016 DNS server returns SERVFAIL for non-existing domain

I have two DNS resolvers in /etc/resolv.conf file. The top one is Windows DNS server, and the bottom one is my wi-fi router. Please see below. nameserver 192.168.1.126 nameserver 192.168.1.1 In Windows DNS server, the sole "Forward Lookup Zone"…
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Windows DNS Server (2012 R2): SRVFAIL ("Server Failure") when resolving it's own hostname

I don't know if this matters, but I'm troubleshooting a LOB that's crashing intermittently, so why not dig into the ol' DNS on WireShark? I'm seeing regular (like every few minutes) "Server Failure" (SRVFAIL) replies back to the client, for A record…
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