DNS objects

Hi,

we are trying to understand why the active directory is growing.

by running the below tests we came to know that AD is growning (ADRAP)

Name:us.world.yz.com (name not mentioned confidential)
DNS nodes : 30000
Tombstoned DNS nodes : 250000
total = DNS nodes + Tombstoned DNS nodes.

I guess the DNS zones are set to low scavanging / aging value.

this might be the cause for large amount of tombstoned object.


Help is really appreciated.

thanks in advance.

It might be worth taking a look at what some of those are because 250k
does seem rather excessive.

You should be able to find them with:

(&(objectCategory=dnsNode)(dnsTombStoned=TRUE))

Do you have a preferred tool for searches like that?

Depending on your replication scope (for the zone) you'll also have to
set a reasonable search root.

The tombstone doesn't contain much else of interest, the name is about
the most useful.

Chris

Amarnath wrote:
> Hi,
>
> we are trying to understand why the active directory is growing.
>
> by running the below tests we came to know that AD is growning (ADRAP)
>
> Name:us.world.yz.com (name not mentioned confidential)
> DNS nodes : 30000
> Tombstoned DNS nodes : 250000
> total = DNS nodes + Tombstoned DNS nodes.
>
> I guess the DNS zones are set to low scavanging / aging value.
>
> this might be the cause for large amount of tombstoned object.
>
>
> Help is really appreciated.
>
> thanks in advance.