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Event ID 8027: The system failed to update and remove pointer (PTR) resource records (RRs) for network adapter

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The system failed to update and remove pointer (PTR) resource records (RRs) for network adapter

Event 8027
DNS-Client
System log
Information
Message and fields (as Event Viewer shows them) 
The system failed to update and remove pointer (PTR) resource records (RRs) for network adapter
with settings:

           Adapter Name : …
           Host Name : …
           Adapter-specific Domain Suffix : …
           DNS server list :
             …
           Sent update to server : …
           IP Address :
             …

The system could not remove these PTR RRs because the update request timed out while awaiting a response from the DNS server. This is probably because the DNS server authoritative for the zone that requires update is not running.