Windows 2000's DNS service supports the scavenging feature, which helps you ensure that DNS records managed by the service are up to date. Scavenging is particularly important if you use Dynamic DNS to automatically register client host names when their IP addresses change, as is often the case when the clients receive address assignments through DHCP.
Over time, client host records in a zone can become stale, and scavenging removes these records. Removing the records improves DNS server and zone transfer performance, and it ensures that host records don't conflict with older records.
You can configure scavenging through a zone's properties.
You can also configure scavenging for zones globally, rather than for an individual zone, by editing the server's properties. In the DNS console, right-click the server, and choose Set Aging/Scavenging For All Zones. The resulting dialog box is the same as that for an individual zone.
This tip was originally published in TechRepublic's Windows 2000 e-newsletter.
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