Hello all, I would like some assistance in setting up DNS Scavenging on my
server.

I've read up and found that I need to uncheck "Delete this record when it
becomes stale" for my servers. Now I have done this for all my server A
records in my Forward Lookup Zone. My question is do I need to do this as
well in _msdcs, and _sites? Those contain SRV and CNAME records, and I'm not
sure if I need to set them to "not delete" as well. Any would be
appreciated, thanks.

Read inline please.

In news:6606317C-4F87-40F4-9D21-4F66728EE915@microsoft.com,
goosed <goosed@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
> Hello all, I would like some assistance in setting up DNS Scavenging
> on my server.
>
> I've read up and found that I need to uncheck "Delete this record
> when it becomes stale" for my servers. Now I have done this for all
> my server A records in my Forward Lookup Zone. My question is do I
> need to do this as well in _msdcs, and _sites?

Not usually, unless you have changed the default Scavenging times. In fact,
it would have not been necessary for you to clear the check box on any of
your servers as long as it is configured to register in DNS.

The only records that should definitely not have the "Delete this record
when it becomes stale" box checked, are records that you have had to
manually add for servers that do not support their own DDNS registrations.

Those contain SRV and
> CNAME records, and I'm not sure if I need to set them to "not delete"
> as well. Any would be appreciated, thanks.

All of these records are regularly re-registered by the Netlogon service,
independent from any settings you have made in the TCP/IP properties. The
registration of these records is controlled in the registry of your DCs. You
can delete all of the records, and with a restart of the Netlogon service on
your DCs, they will be back.


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Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP]
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