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Link suggested helped clarify some of the settings I had configured a little too broadly, but ultimately I had to just purge most of the stale records from my DNS database. Once purged, Scavenging was doing its job to keep up.
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Link suggested helped clarify some of the settings I had configured a little too broadly, but ultimately I had to just purge most of the stale records from my DNS database. Once purged, Scavenging was doing its job to keep up.

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Windows DNS Server 2008 R2, Active Directory.<br />
I have been looking here, there, and everywhere for tips on how to solve this, but I'm on the verge of just clearing my DNS Database and letting hosts re-register themselves. Extreme, but perhaps better.<br />
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So it's pretty straightforward, I have stale records in DNS that will not scavenge out. I have two domain controllers, I only have Scavenging enabled on one. I have issued 
<pre><code id="code-10-28361151-1">dnscmd /AgeAllRecords</code></pre>
 to date records that were stale before scavenging was enabled. I have waited, and run scavenging jobs. Still, these records remain in the DNS Database. Scavenging, when run, runs successfully, generating an Event 2501 detailing the results of the Scavenging run. Zones and Nodes are visited, but only a limited number or zero items are scavenged.<br />
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Any help beyond what I've already looked at is appreciated.
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Windows DNS Server 2008 R2, Active Directory.
I have been looking here, there, and everywhere for tips on how to solve this, but I'm on the verge of just clearing my DNS Database and letting hosts re-register themselves. Extreme, but perhaps better.

So it's pretty straightforward, I have stale records in DNS that will not scavenge out. I have two domain controllers, I only have Scavenging enabled on one. I have issued (CODE) to date records that were stale before scavenging was enabled. I have waited, and run scavenging jobs. Still, these records remain in the DNS Database. Scavenging, when run, runs successfully, generating an Event 2501 detailing the results of the Scavenging run. Zones and Nodes are visited, but only a limited number or zero items are scavenged.

Any help beyond what I've already looked at is appreciated.

DNS Zone File Full of Stale Records, Scavenging not removing anything

The Domain Name System (DNS) is a hierarchical, globally distributed system responsible for associating the name of a computer, service or other resource into an IP address for connecting to the Internet or a private network. Most prominently, it translates domain names to the numerical IP addresses needed for the purpose of computer services and devices worldwide.

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.