MANAGING AND MONITORING DNS

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MANAGING AND MONITORING DNS

• Chapter 4

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DNS MANAGEMENT TOOLS

• DNS console
• Nslookup
• DNSLint
• Logging features
• Dnscmd

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MONITORING A DNS SERVER
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QUERYING DNS WITH NSLOOKUP
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NSLOOKUP OPTIONS
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USING DNSLINT

• DNSLint functions and syntax
• Input file for DNSLint

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USING DNSCMD

• Create, delete, and view zones and records.
• Reset server and zone properties.
• Perform zone maintenance operations, such as
  updating the zone, reloading the zone, refreshing
  the zone, writing the zone back to a file or to
  the Active Directory directory service, and
  pausing or resuming the zone.
• Clear the cache.
• Stop and start the DNS Server service.
• View statistics.

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INTEGRATING DNS ZONES WITH WINS
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MANAGING DNS USING ADVANCED DNS SERVER PROPERTIES
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MANAGING THE DNS RESOLVER CACHE

• Ipconfig /displaydns
• Ipconfig /flushdns

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SECURING DNS

• DNS security levels
• Securing the DNS Server service
• Securing file-backed DNS zones
• Securing Active Directoryintegrated DNS zones
• Zone transfer security
• Securing DNS resource records
• Securing the DNS Client service

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MONITORING AND TROUBLESHOOTING DNS
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CONFIGURING THE DNS EVENT LOG
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ADVANCED CONFIGURATION OF THE DNS EVENTS LOG
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FILTERING THE DNS EVENTS LOG
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TROUBLESHOOTING DNS WITH THE DNS DEBUG LOG
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TROUBLESHOOTING DNS WITH REPLICATION MONITOR

• Force replication of DNS data.
• Discover replication partner failure.
• Display replication topology.
• Generate individual histories of successful and
  failed replication events with replication
  partners.
• Display changes that have not yet replicated from
  a given replication partner.
• Monitor replication status of domain controllers
  from multiple forests.

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CONFIGURING REPLICATION MONITOR
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FORCING ZONE REPLICATION
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REPLICATION ERRORS
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SUMMARY

• Command-line tools for managing DNS
• DNS and WINS integration
• Advanced DNS server settings
• Securing DNS
• Monitoring and troubleshooting DNS

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Lab 4

• Managing and Monitoring DNS
• 125 minutes