Chapter 7. Maintaining the Microsoft DNS Server

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	DNS on Windows 2000, 2nd Edition By Matt Larson, Cricket Liu
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"Well, in our country," said Alice, still panting a little, "you'd generally get to somewhere elseif you ran very fast for a long time as we've been doing."

"A slow sort of country!" said the Queen. "Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!"

This chapter discusses a number of related topics pertaining to name server maintenance. We'll talk about commands you can (and can't) send to a running name server, modifying the zone data files, and keeping the root name server cache file up to date. We'll also list common Event Log messages.

This chapter doesn't cover troubleshooting problems. Maintenance involves keeping your data current and watching over your name servers as they operate . Troubleshooting involves putting out firesthose little DNS emergencies that flare up periodically. Firefighting is covered in Chapter 13.

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