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Le_Tadlo
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‎04-03-2020 01:06 AM

lwsmd log "looking for DC in domain" every 30 seconds

Hello,

I noticed that every 30 seconds, all of my hypervisors have this in their syslog. "office.local" is our domain.

I presume that there is some issue with DNS records for our AD controller? What should I look for?

2020-04-03T08:01:24Z lwsmd: [netlogon] Looking for a DC in domain 'OFFICE.LOCAL', site '<null>' with flags 100
2020-04-03T08:01:24Z lwsmd: [netlogon] Looking for a DC in domain 'office.local', site '<null>' with flags 100
2020-04-03T08:01:24Z lwsmd: [netlogon] Looking for a DC in domain 'office.local', site '<null>' with flags 140
2020-04-03T08:01:24Z lwsmd: [netlogon] Looking for a DC in domain 'OFFICE.LOCAL', site '<null>' with flags 0
2020-04-03T08:01:24Z lwsmd: [netlogon] Looking for a DC in domain 'OFFICE.LOCAL', site '<null>' with flags 100
2020-04-03T08:01:24Z lwsmd: [netlogon] Looking for a DC in domain 'office.local', site '<null>' with flags 100
2020-04-03T08:01:24Z lwsmd: [netlogon] Looking for a DC in domain 'office.local', site '<null>' with flags 140
2020-04-03T08:01:24Z lwsmd: [netlogon] Looking for a DC in domain 'OFFICE.LOCAL', site '<null>' with flags 100
2020-04-03T08:01:24Z lwsmd: [netlogon] Looking for a DC in domain 'office.local', site '<null>' with flags 100
2020-04-03T08:01:24Z lwsmd: [netlogon] Looking for a DC in domain 'office.local', site '<null>' with flags 140
2020-04-03T08:01:24Z lwsmd: [netlogon] Looking for a DC in domain 'OFFICE.LOCAL', site '<null>' with flags 100
2020-04-03T08:01:24Z lwsmd: [netlogon] Looking for a DC in domain 'office.local', site '<null>' with flags 100
2020-04-03T08:01:24Z lwsmd: [netlogon] Looking for a DC in domain 'office.local', site '<null>' with flags 140
2020-04-03T08:01:24Z lwsmd: [netlogon] Looking for a DC in domain 'OFFICE.LOCAL', site '<null>' with flags 100
2020-04-03T08:01:24Z lwsmd: [netlogon] Looking for a DC in domain 'office.local', site '<null>' with flags 100
2020-04-03T08:01:24Z lwsmd: [netlogon] Looking for a DC in domain 'office.local', site '<null>' with flags 140
2020-04-03T08:01:24Z lwsmd: [netlogon] Looking for a DC in domain 'OFFICE.LOCAL', site '<null>' with flags 0
2020-04-03T08:01:24Z lwsmd: [netlogon] Looking for a DC in domain 'OFFICE.LOCAL', site '<null>' with flags 100
2020-04-03T08:01:24Z lwsmd: [netlogon] Looking for a DC in domain 'office.local', site '<null>' with flags 100
2020-04-03T08:01:24Z lwsmd: [netlogon] Looking for a DC in domain 'office.local', site '<null>' with flags 140
2020-04-03T08:01:24Z lwsmd: [netlogon] Looking for a DC in domain 'OFFICE.LOCAL', site '<null>' with flags 100
2020-04-03T08:01:24Z lwsmd: [netlogon] Looking for a DC in domain 'office.local', site '<null>' with flags 100
2020-04-03T08:01:24Z lwsmd: [netlogon] Looking for a DC in domain 'office.local', site '<null>' with flags 140
2020-04-03T08:01:24Z lwsmd: [netlogon] Looking for a DC in domain 'OFFICE.LOCAL', site '<null>' with flags 100
2020-04-03T08:01:24Z lwsmd: [netlogon] Looking for a DC in domain 'office.local', site '<null>' with flags 100
2020-04-03T08:01:24Z lwsmd: [netlogon] Looking for a DC in domain 'office.local', site '<null>' with flags 140
2020-04-03T08:01:24Z lwsmd: [netlogon] Looking for a DC in domain 'OFFICE.LOCAL', site '<null>' with flags 100
2020-04-03T08:01:24Z lwsmd: [netlogon] Looking for a DC in domain 'office.local', site '<null>' with flags 100
2020-04-03T08:01:24Z lwsmd: [netlogon] Looking for a DC in domain 'office.local', site '<null>' with flags 140
2020-04-03T08:01:24Z lwsmd: [netlogon] Looking for a DC in domain 'OFFICE.LOCAL', site '<null>' with flags 0
2020-04-03T08:01:24Z lwsmd: [netlogon] Looking for a DC in domain 'OFFICE.LOCAL', site '<null>' with flags 100
2020-04-03T08:01:24Z lwsmd: [netlogon] Looking for a DC in domain 'office.local', site '<null>' with flags 100
2020-04-03T08:01:24Z lwsmd: [netlogon] Looking for a DC in domain 'office.local', site '<null>' with flags 140
2020-04-03T08:01:24Z lwsmd: [netlogon] Looking for a DC in domain 'OFFICE.LOCAL', site '<null>' with flags 100
2020-04-03T08:01:24Z lwsmd: [netlogon] Looking for a DC in domain 'office.local', site '<null>' with flags 100
2020-04-03T08:01:24Z lwsmd: [netlogon] Looking for a DC in domain 'office.local', site '<null>' with flags 140
2020-04-03T08:01:24Z lwsmd: [netlogon] Looking for a DC in domain 'OFFICE.LOCAL', site '<null>' with flags 100
2020-04-03T08:01:24Z lwsmd: [netlogon] Looking for a DC in domain 'office.local', site '<null>' with flags 100
2020-04-03T08:01:24Z lwsmd: [netlogon] Looking for a DC in domain 'office.local', site '<null>' with flags 140

Thank you

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berndweyand
Expert
Expert
‎04-03-2020 01:24 AM

here are some troubleshooting steps: ESXi and Likewise – troubleshooting guide – part 2 – Virtual Village

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Le_Tadlo
Contributor
Contributor
‎04-03-2020 07:13 AM

Thank you, I was investigating likewise before and found this page as well.

It seems that the hypervisors have joined the domain correctly (at least according to lw-lsa get-status) so I'm not sure why there are these messages in the log.

I will try to do packet capture on the host and see what is hapenning.

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