Exploring Aging and Scavenging for DNS

DNS RRs often become stale, or no longer relevant, as computers are disconnected from the network or IP addresses are changed without first notifying the DNS server. The process of scavenging those records removes them from a database after their original owners do not update them. Scavenging is not turned on, by default, but this feature can be enabled in Windows Server 2012 by following these steps:

1. Launch Server Manager from a Windows 2012 server with a full GUI.

2. Select the DNS section. The list of servers in the server pool with the DNS role installed will be shown.

3. Right-click the DNS server to configure and select DNS Manager.

4. Select the DNS server name to configure.

5. Right-click the ...

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