What is the main purpose of SRV records?

SRV records are used in locating hosts that provide certain network services.

How do I clear the DNS cache on the DNS server?

Go to cmd prompt and type ipconfig /flushdns

What is WINS server? where we use WINS server? difference between DNS and WINS?

WINS is windows internet name service used to resolve the NetBIOS(computer name)name to IP address.This is proprietary for Windows.You can use in LAN.DNS is a Domain Naming System, which resolves Host names to IP addresses. It uses fully qualified domain names. DNS is an Internet standard used to resolve host names.

Tools for troubleshooting DNS?

DNS Console, NSLOOKUP, DNSCMD, IPCONFIG, Logs.

What are the diff. types of Queries?

Recursion, iteration.

What is a query?

A request made by the DNS client to provide the name server information.

What is SOA?

Start of Authority: useful when a zone starts. Provides the zone startup information.

Where does a Host File Reside?

c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc.

What are the types of SRV records?

MSDCS:Contains DCs information.
TCP:Contains Global Catalog, Kerberos & LDAP information.

UDP:Contains Sites information.

Sites:Contains Sites information.

Domain DNS Zone:Conations domain?s DNS specific information.

Forest DNS zone:Contains Forest?s Specific Information.

What are SRV records?

SRV are the service records, there are 6 service records. They are useful for locating the services.

What is scavenging?

Finding and deleting unwanted records.

Properties of a Zone?

General, SOA, NAMESERVER, WINS, Security, and ZONE Transfer.

What are the properties of DNS server?

INTERFACES, FORWARDERS, ADVANCED, ROUTINGS, SECURITY, MONITORING, LOGGING, DEBUG LOGGING.

How to enable Dynamic updates in DNS?

StartProgramAdmin toolsDNS Zone properties.

What is secondary DNS Server?

It is backup for primary DNS where it maintains a read only copy of DNS database.

What is forwarder?

When one DNS server can't receive the query it can be forwarded to another DNS once configured as forwarder.

What is Caching Only Server?

When we install 2000 & 2003 server it is configured as caching only server where it maintains the frequently accessed sites information and again when we access the same site for next time it is obtain from cached information instead of going to the actual site.

What does a zone consist of & why do we require a zone?

Zone consists of resource records and we require zone for representing sites.

What is the main purpose of SRV records ?

SRV records are used in locating hosts that provide certain network services.

How do you manually create SRV records in DNS?

This is on windows server go to run ---dnsmgmt.msc rightclick on the zone you want to add srv record to and choose "other new record" and choose service location(srv).