Anyone ever seen a case where the Primary DNS server in a given domain has the DNS Management Interface installed and functional, an IPconfig /all of client machines shows the Server's IP as primary DNS, and the DNS Server Service does NOT appear in services.msc?
CustomerDomain.local has a single Domain Controller, DC2, which is Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard. DC2 has DNS Server Role installed, and Server Manager shows no errors.
ipconfig /all of a random PC on same subnet:
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : CustomerDomain.local
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 8C-89-A5-B6-76-76
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::954e:3ea1:f73c:3ff5%17(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.105(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, March 29, 2020 7:08:40 AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Monday, April 6, 2020 7:08:42 AM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.50
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.5
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 294422949
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-17-B8-EC-1C-8C-89-A5-B6-76-76
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.5
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
The 192.168.1.5 is correct IP for DC2.
But services.msc shows the above.
This is strange to me. My office LAN DNS server has DNS Server service on the DC. This customer's DC does not.
Running sfc and DISM commands, but wanted to hit up the hive mind.
Best,
JRB