[Samba] DomainDnsZone Replication Shows 200,000 Objects

Achim Gottinger achim at ag-web.biz
Tue Dec 24 23:15:30 MST 2013


Am 25.12.2013 06:15, schrieb Günter Kukkukk:
>>>
>>> Achim Gottinger <achim at ag-web.biz> brought this to my/our attention:
>>> https://blogs.technet.com/b/networking/archive/2008/03/19/don-t-be-afraid-of-dns-scavenging-just-be-patient.aspx?Redirected=true
>>>
>>> I think - worth reading...
>>>
>>> At least samba should behave "as friendly as possible" regarding deleted dns entries.
>>>
>>> Looking at that (...o_o ..) code for days now.
>>>
>>> Cheers,  Günter
>>>

While the article is interesting indeed it did not cover how tombstones 
are treated.

Here an retention time of 7 days before the deleted dns records 
dissapear from ad is mentioned.

https://blogs.technet.com/b/isrpfeplat/archive/2010/09/23/dns-scavenging-internals-or-what-is-the-dnstombstoned-attribute-for-ad-integrated-zones-dstombstoneinterval-dnstombstoned.aspx?Redirected=true




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