Re: Event logging of DNS not working

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"Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP]" <admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> schreef in
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> Paul D B <polleke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I have two DC's which are both running DNS. One is a W2K server, the
>> other one a W2003-SP1 server.
>> Active Directory integrated.
>> Since a few months, there are no more entries in the DNS event logs
>> of
>> neither server, except for 1 entry each time I restart the service
>> (event 2 - DNS server started).
>> On the W2K server, I don't see any option to enable/disable the
>> logging. But on the W2003 server, the DNS management console is
>> slightly different. There you can go into each DNS servers'
>> properties and there is a tab "Event logging". I see there that it
>> is set to "No events" to be logged. If I change it to another
>> setting, e.g. "Errors and Warnings" and I push Apply or OK, then
>> nothing changes. The change does not seem to be really executed. If
>> I go into the properties of the server back again, the Event Logging
>> is again set to "No Events".
>>
>> This seems like a bug in W2003 to me. I would like to work around
>> it.
>> Is there another way (maybe a registry change) to set the DNS event
>> logging back on again?
>
> Why would you think it is a bug?
> My DNS servers go for days or weeks without logging anything.
> What do you think it should be logging that it isn't?
>
>
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Kevin D4 Dad Goodknecht Sr. [MVP]
> Hope This Helps
>


Because :
a) the servers were logging a few months ago (only basic logging but
nevertheless)
b) it is impossible to change the logging level of my servers through
the DNS properties. Do you find this normal behaviour?

Paul


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