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Next, enable scavenging on at least one DNS server hosting Active Directory-integrated
primary DNS zones:
Right-click the name of the DNS server in the console tree of the DNS Manager
console and select Properties from the menu.
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Click the Advanced tab, shown in Figure 3-27, and select Enable Automatic Scavenging
Of Stale Records.
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FIGURE 3-27
The Advanced tab of the DNS Server Properties dialog box
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Set the Scavenging Period as appropriate for your environment (the default is 7 days.)
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Click OK to close the Properties dialog box and enable automatic scavenging.
You can control which zones are subject to scavenging on a zone-by-zone basis. To enable
or disable scavenging for an individual zone, follow these steps:
Open the DNS Manager console and expand the server name that hosts the primary
zone for which you want to enable or disable scavenging.
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Right-click the zone you want to configure and select Properties. You can set aging
and scavenging on both forward lookup zones and reverse lookup zones.
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On the General tab, click Aging to open the Zone Aging/Scavenging Properties, shown
in Figure 3-28.
Select or clear the Scavenging Stale Resource Records check box to enable or disable
scavenging for the zone.
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If enabled, you can also set the No-Refresh Interval and Refresh Interval.
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