Attempt to update DNS Host Name of the computer object in Active Directory failed.

2010-08-05 / Server, Server 2008 R2 / 1 Comments

Problem:

Attempt to update DNS Host Name of the computer object in Active Directory failed. The updated value was ‘VXXXESB-JX.CXXX.iXXXt’. The following error occurred:
The parameter is incorrect.

Resolution:

After looking at wireshark logs for a different issue related to message queuing I noticed some strange entry for dNSHostName which did not match to the computer name. I opened ADUC and browsed the attributes and noticed this:

After editing the attribute and changing it to the correct value it should have been “ESB” the error went away and the message queuing app started working again.

Read More