Read inline please.
In news:OsOcOW%23kHHA.1240[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl, r <none[ at ]none.com> typed:
[Quoted Text] > Running AD with all DCs at Win2003 SP1. I was reading up on > scavenging since we need to enable this on our domain. I read that > computers with static IP addresses might not get there dns records > refreshed so scavenging could delete them (all of our servers have > static IP addresses). I enabled the advanced view on my mmc and > checked a couple of the record time stamps and found some alarming > information. > > 1. Some of our servers had time stamps that were 4-5 months old, even > though those servers have been rebooted since then. > 2. Some PCs on DHCP had very old time stamps also. > > Are these time stamps correct? What can account for the records not > being refreshed?
Default is the records are refreshed every 24 hours by the DHCP client service, which is responsible for DNS registrations, even on static clients. Check that the DHCP client service is running on all servers and workstations.
How to configure DNS dynamic updates in Windows Server 2003: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/816592
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