DNS policies not working for split DNS
Hi all, I'm trying to set up DNS policies for the first time for our split DNS but they don't seem to be working. I've followed this article…
DNS is utilizing high bandwidth
I am using AD integrated DNS server. I have 6 Mbps line. Today, my bandwidth is being full utilized which is causing slowness problem. So network team helped capturing packets and they found that DNS server is one which is high utilizing the bandwidth. I…
DNS - host A record VS subdomain
Hi guys! I have question regarding when to use subdomain and when to use A record under main domain? e.g. I have main domain ABCD.com. I want to create record EFGH.ABCD.com that points to IP address 1.2.3.4. From my point of view I have to options: 1)…
Issues with Slave DNS Server replication 2012 R2
I am hoping someone may be able to help me! We have 3 Server 2012 R2 EC2 instances within AWS. All are new build servers, and standalone servers. Each machine has an elastic IP bound to it that is configured in DNS as our 3 name servers. One…
Dynamic A records of clients can be created well, but PTR does not. And Clients have the rights to create.
For clients that obtained IP from DHCP, the A records can be generated fine but PTR records in the reverse zone can’t be generated. We can created the PTR record manually and we can update the PTR with the A record checkbox on any scope. We are not using…
DNS Policy and load balancing with multiple servers in multiple sites
I looked through the DNS Policy overview docs and was wondering how to go about setting up load balancing for a website that has two servers in each of two datacenters. I think I would set up the zones like this: Add-DnsServerZoneScope -ZoneName…
DNS IPSEC TUNNEL
Hi Team, I find that the ipsec tunnel is listenning on my DNS server. below is the session status I got from my DNS server, the behavior is odds since it doesn't require vpn/tunnel in our environment. [svchost.exe] UDP [::]:500 …
DHCP events ID 1035/1036.
Hi everyone! May someone help me with the following message error? 2020-10-05 20:44:35 1036 DhcpServer The DHCP server was unable to create or lookup the DHCP Administrators local group on this computer. The error code is in the data. …
DNS zone create with live ip reqired reverse lookupzone ?
Hello, I have windows server 2003 domain and forest level, i got event id 4521 generated with The DNS server encountered error 32 attempting to load zone xyz.com from Active Directory. The DNS server will attempt to load this zone again on the next…
Is DHCP FORCERENEW (RFC 3203 ) message supported in windows dhcp client?
Hi, all Is DHCP FORCERENEW (RFC 3203 ) message supported in windows7/10? I have a requirement where I need the DHCP server to initiate force renewal of client IP address. Thanks.
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Change DHCP Failover shared secret password
Hi, we had our partner IT Company create DHCP Failover, but they entered a wrong shared secret password. How can I change this? Cheers!
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DNS across multiple forests
Hi, We've been experiencing odd DNS behaviour for years and it's time to fix it up :) Could you please advise what you would change in regards to primary & secondary DNS and DNS forwarders, as below? The current config is: Domain A (has…
DNS automatically answers.
Hi everyone! Is it possible to program DNS on Windows Server 2019 to answer whatever question is received in a zone name to a predetermined name (record)? Example: zone name (lab.com). host1 (A record). So, host1.lab.com is a valid query! I…
Good cross-DNS practices
Hi, we have the scenario: Two DNS servers in the datacenter Two DNS servers in Azure What is the correct primary and secondary DNS configuration for the four servers? Server 1 (Datacenter) - Primary DNS: Server 2 (Datacenter) / Secondary:…
DNS server slow, not resolving all sites
We have two servers running DNS under Windows Server 2012. Today, many sites are resolving slowly (it says 'Resolving host' for a long time when you try to access them) and some sites and services don't resolve at all. When I set the DNS servers on my PC…
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Child Zones vs Zone Delegation
Hi, Can somebody briefly describe how Child Zones and Zone Delegation (even Zone Transfers)are connected. Thanks for the time!
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Questions regarding replacing 2008r2 DCs?
I 'm working with a company now that had the IT person leave unexpectedly. I have looked over the system and there are a number of updates I need to make. One such update is to replace their 2008r2 DCs with 2012r2. They have one piece of software that…
Authorized DHCP server name and IP shows as IP only
we have RSAT configured in our environment. we connect all our authorized DHCP server remotely. while connecting server i can see both the value as IP address but not hostname under name. we have both reverse and forward record updated, …
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Add-IpamRange adding wrong range
In the documentation of Add-IPAMRange under https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/ipamserver/add-ipamrange?view=win10-ps at example 1 the command executed is "Add-IpamRange -NetworkId "10.13.0.0/16" -PassThru" and the…
IPAM redundancy deployment
I am looking to migrate from Blue Cat DDI to Windows Server IPAM. I am having a hard time finding any documentation on deploying IPAM with redundancy and also how to possibly import data from 3rd party DDI solutions. Any suggestions on how I may find…