Symptoms
MS DNS servers are out of sync, the following errors can be found in POA agent logs (C:\Program Files\SWsoft\PEM\Logs):[14/07/07 19:35:25] DEBUG: PEM_PleskD:
[processHostOps/.\HCLProcessor\Win32\HCLtoMPF.cpp:273] Thread (3780) Mpf error
response (Invalid pointer [<response><errorContext description="Object
reference not set to an instance of an object." code="0x80004003"
executeSeqNo="1"><errorSource namespace="DNSManager"
procedure="CreateResourceRecord"/></errorContext></response>])Cause
Such kind of issues can arise when WMI infrastructure of the MS DNS server is broken.Resolution
As a workaround, one can do the following:1. Login to the failed MS DNS server
2. cd %windir%\system32\wbem
2. for %i in (*.dll) do RegSvr32 /s %i
3. restart 'Windows Management Instrumentation' (winmgmt) service.
Keywords: msdns wmi