Reverse lookup zone not scavenging

[Darren Jones]

Scavenging is configure for the server itself and all
zones. However, only my reverse lookup zone is not
scavenging. I've doubled checked the settings and
everything looks good. Has anyone else seen this?

 

[Simon Geary]

This is normal behaviour unfortunately. Records in reverse zones do not get
scavenged. You can use the dnscmd /ageallrecords command to allow the
records to be cleaned up but watch out if you have any static entries in DNS
that you want to keep, eg for Unix servers.
I think the problem is fixed in Windows Server 2003.

 

[Michael Johnston [MSFT]]

Run the following command to timestamp all records (including manually
added records): dnscmd /AgeAllRecords example.com @ /tree /f

This will age all records so after you run the above command,

--Uncheck "Delete this record when it becomes stale" for records you want to
keep.

Thank you,
Mike Johnston
Microsoft Network Support
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