This article is GOLD! I was about to go hunt for it and post it myself. On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 4:32 PM, Coleman, Hunter <hcole...@mt.gov> wrote:
> > http://blogs.technet.com/b/networking/archive/2008/03/19/don-t-be-afraid-of-dns-scavenging-just-be-patient.aspx > **** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > *From:* Jimmy Tran [mailto:jt...@teachtci.com] > *Sent:* Tuesday, July 05, 2011 2:21 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* aging and scavenging of stale records**** > > ** ** > > Hi All,**** > > ** ** > > I was looking at my DNS zone and noticed there were a lot of host records > that show a time stamp of 1+ months old. Is there a reason why those > timestamps are not updated? My DHCP leases are currently set to 4 hours. > DNS servers are both W2K8. Maybe I just need to understand what the > timestamp does? I enabled aging and scavenging, ran dnscmd /ageallrecords > zone, ran “scavenge stale resource records” but the entries are still there. > **** > > ** ** > > Any clarification on how this works would be awesome.**** > > ** ** > > Thanks,**** > > ** ** > > Jimmy**** > > ** ** > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin**** > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
