RE: [ActiveDir] Multiple PTR records for different hosts

[Simon Geary]

Title: Message

In Windows 2000, PTR records are not cleaned up properly resulting in multiple PTR records for the same host. I believe this oversight is corrected in Windows Server 2003. 

What you could do is use the dnscmd / ageallrecords command which would allow scavenging to delete the unwanted records. Note that this would be no use if you have static entries you want to retain in DNS, eg Unix boxes.

-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Gandy, Eric
Sent: 29 September 2003 22:37
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [ActiveDir] Multiple PTR records for different hosts

Everyone,

 

Does anyone know if there are best practices for scavenging AD integrated DNS zones? I have a situation were we are experiencing multiple PTR records in our reverse lookup zones, but they are for various hosts. This situation is confusing our software distribution tools and reverse lookups are failing.  DHCP is set up to "Always" update and "Discard Forward Lookups" . Is there anyway to discard reverse lookups?

 

Also,

?

I just noticed that Gil and Steve work for Netpro. We own DA, but it does not pick this up. Are there other monitors that can plug into DA?

 

Regards,

Eric Gandy

BHBSS Network Services Team

Office 281.209.7513