JSI Tip 3297. NETLOGON Events 5784 and 5785 when you create a new Active Directory Site?

If you create a new site that does not yet contain a domain controller, an Event log on some domain controller will contain:

Event Type: InformationEvent Source: NETLOGONEvent Category: NoneEvent ID: 5784Date: 1/24/2001Time: 1:17:47 PMUser: N/AComputer: n>Description: Site  does not have any Domain Controllers for domain .             Domain Controllers in site  have been automatically selected to cover site              based on configured Directory Server replication costs.

This is normal behavior.

When you promote a domain controller in , the domain controller that was temporarily covering logs the following event:

Event Type: InformationEvent Source: NETLOGONEvent Category: NoneEvent ID: 5785Date: 1/25/2001Time: 3:47:09 PMUser: N/AComputer: n>Description: This Domain Controller no longer automatically covers site .

The is also normal behavior.

If you happen to review the DNS SRV records, you will notice that n> is still listed as the domain controller in .

When NETLOGON issued event 5785, it should have cleaned up the old records.

To resolve the issue, manually delete the incorrect DNS SRV records.