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Title
Editing DNS Server Properties -
Description
You can edit most properties of a DNS server.
NOTE: DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC) Sign the Zone and the monitoring features for DNS servers cannot be set using this feature in Active Administrator.
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Resolution
To edit server properties
1. Select DNS | DNS Management.
2. Select a DNS server from the list and click Properties.
3. Use the tabs to make the necessary changes.
Tab Description
Interfaces Select the IP addresses that will service DNS requests. You can select all IP addresses or individual IP addresses.
Forwarders View a list of DNS servers that the selected server uses to resolve DNS queries if it is unable to resolve the query.
To modify the list, click Edit. You can add more servers to the list, reposition the servers in the list, and delete servers from the list.
• To add servers to the list, type the IP address in the box, and click Add.
• To reposition a selected server in the list, click Up or Down.
• To delete a selected server from the list, click Delete.
Advanced Select advanced options for the selected DNS server:
• Disable recursion
• Enable BIND Secondaries
• Fail on load if bad zone data
• Enable round robin
• Enable netmask ordering
• Secure cache against pollution
• Enable DNSSEC validation for remote responses
Set name checking.
Set how to load zone data on startup.
Automatic scavenging is not enabled by default. You can enable automatic scavenging and set a time period for the records.
NOTE: If you do not want to do automatic scavenging, you can run scavenging manually at any time. See Scavenging records.
To return the settings to the default, click Reset to Default.
Debug Logging Select to record packets sent and received by the selected DNS server to a log file. Debug logging is enabled by default.
Event Logging Select the level of events to record in the DNS event log.
4. Click OK.
Editing records
The properties that you can edit on a record vary with the type of record selected.
You also can edit records during a search. See Searching for DNS records.
To edit a record
1. Select DNS | DNS Management.
2. Select a DNS server from the list.
3. Expand the tree to locate the record to edit.
4. Select the record, and click Properties.
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Right-click the record, and choose Edit.
5. Make the necessary changes.
6. Click OK.