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Need to know what devices are querying a DNS server i want to decom
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I need to decomission an old Internal Windows 2003 DNS server, I have changed our DHCP scopes and also have a powershell script i can run on servers to identify what ones are still configured with this DNS server
Issue i have is the non windows servers and network / storage devices etc that are configured.
Is there a log on the DNS server that will show me what IP addresses queries are coming from?
Thanks
I need to decomission an old Internal Windows 2003 DNS server, I have changed our DHCP scopes and also have a powershell script i can run on servers to identify what ones are still configured with this DNS server
Issue i have is the non windows servers and network / storage devices etc that are configured.
Is there a log on the DNS server that will show me what IP addresses queries are coming from?
Thanks
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May I ask what Non-windows DNS Environment you have?
That will help us with better information to assist you further.
May I ask what Non-windows DNS Environment you have?
That will help us with better information to assist you further.
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Hi
Basically i am going to be decommissioning the last 2003 DC in our domain which was also a DNS server, once this is gone we can go to a native 2008 domain / forst level. We have changed all of the DHCP scopes and also run a powershell script to modify the Windows servers to point to our new 2008 DC's for DNS.
The problem i have is that there are going to be a lot of appliances out there too that i cant run the powershell script against, things that come to mind are our phone system, UPS Firewalls / switches etc etc, most we will know about and can change but i am sure they will be things out there that we miss
By looking at the logs on this 2003 DC im hoping to be able to see what devices have queried it so we can track them down and update their DNS settings
Thanks
Basically i am going to be decommissioning the last 2003 DC in our domain which was also a DNS server, once this is gone we can go to a native 2008 domain / forst level. We have changed all of the DHCP scopes and also run a powershell script to modify the Windows servers to point to our new 2008 DC's for DNS.
The problem i have is that there are going to be a lot of appliances out there too that i cant run the powershell script against, things that come to mind are our phone system, UPS Firewalls / switches etc etc, most we will know about and can change but i am sure they will be things out there that we miss
By looking at the logs on this 2003 DC im hoping to be able to see what devices have queried it so we can track them down and update their DNS settings
Thanks
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Eeither use Netmon/Wireshark or Ethereal to monitor the request hitting which DNS for authentication. DClocator process use SRV records in DNS for locating DC for authentication in its site, if DC in its own site is not available generic srv records are used for locating a DC which is published in domain folder in msdcs (DNS). But for you much better option can be monitoring the traffic via tools listed can accommodate your need. Also, If you delete srv records of old DC new srv records will be registered based on Iamrafic's suggestion or reducing the TTL suggested by Paul.
DCLocator process
http://blogs.technet.com/b/arnaud_jumelet/archive/2010/07/05/domain-controller-locator-an-overview.aspx
http://blogs.technet.com/b/arnaud_jumelet/archive/2010/07/11/domain-controller-locator-in-depth.aspx