Help with DNS logging on W2K

[zebulebu]

Hi

I've got a small W2K domain running at home and, for testing purposes,
I'd like to take a look at DNS logging for a week or so.

I've enabled logging, and set it to the level I need, but whenever it
reaches 4Mb, the log empties itself and begins again.

Is there a way I can archive the old logs off somewhere, or a registry
key I can change/add that will allow me to increase the default size of
the log?

I'm not too worried about performance, as this is only a home LAN, but
I would like to avoid any potential instability issues, so, if there is
a way to increase the log size but that comes with risks associated,
please let me know!

Thanks

 

[Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP]]

Hi

I've got a small W2K domain running at home and, for testing purposes,
I'd like to take a look at DNS logging for a week or so.

I've enabled logging, and set it to the level I need, but whenever it
reaches 4Mb, the log empties itself and begins again.

Is there a way I can archive the old logs off somewhere, or a registry
key I can change/add that will allow me to increase the default size
of the log?

I'm not too worried about performance, as this is only a home LAN, but
I would like to avoid any potential instability issues, so, if there
is a way to increase the log size but that comes with risks
associated, please let me know!

I don't specifically know about the log size, I can do some testing on this
but, it is not recommended to use long term debug logging on DNS, which is
usually read only and can answer hundreds of queries per second, until it
has to write a log. If DNS has to write a log, it slows down considerably,
and can even fail to answer when under high load.

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Best regards,
Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP]
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[zebulebu]

Thanks for replying Kevin

I'm well aware of the stress running debug logging can place a server
under. Thats why I'm only planning on running it for a week, on a home
LAN, with only two clients connecting to the net. There won't be any
high load put on it with just two clients, and no other real traffic on
the LAN

Like I said, I'm not too worried about performance - I have actually
had it running already for nearly a week with no issues. I'd just like
to be able to do what I said below - there's no way I'd ever turn it on
on a production network!

Any help you could give me would be great - thanks

Zeb