Hi everyone,
I facing one stange issue but i don't know how to overcome it.
I configuring DNS aging and Scaveging, however when configuration windows open, i found one thing abnormal. It show "the zone can be scavenged after 1/1/1601 7:00:00 AM?"
I wordering if i enable this setting, it will delete all my dns records?
Any of you have experience about this issue, please help me one!
Thanks,
Br,
It's a known issue and basically means this timestamp value has not been set. It's equivalent of NULL for timestamps.
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Thank for your reply,
Could you help me check if timestamp set or not?
Thanks
You can also check via PowerShell
Get-DnsServerScavenging
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I sure i have never setup DNS scavenging for my DNS server, i have more then 300 old DNS records inside.
Now i want to confiure DNS scavenging but i wondering about this message "the zone can be scavenged after 1/1/1601 7:00:00 AM?" 
I very scare if I enable Scavenging with this, all old and new DNS records will be deleted? Because "1/1/1601" over long long time.
Hi,
I have checked via Powershell. This is result:
PS C:\Windows\system32> Get-DnsServerScavenging
NoRefreshInterval : 7.00:00:00
RefreshInterval : 7.00:00:00
ScavengingInterval : 00:00:00
ScavengingState : False
LastScavengeTime :
Did you mean "LastScavegeTime" is null?
Br
Hi there,
No, it will not delete your records.
It's an epoch. It's the first year of the 400-year cycle in the Gregorian calendar which we were in when Windows NT was first created.
Essentially it's an arbitrary date chosen as a starting point for calculating a number of different fields which are not stored as dates themselves.
For the value you're looking at, Available for Scavenging Time, it's stored as the number of hours since the epoch. And in your case, the value is 0 (uninitialized).
When it's operational it means the next time your zone can be scavenged. On the first configuration that'll be the current date plus the value of the refresh interval. It's extended by the Automatic Scavenging Interval there-after.
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Hi,
Thanks for your reply.
Based on your and @DSPatrick answer, I good to go with this setting?
I happy to here your answer.
Thank you so much,
Hi,
Yes, not yet. But with your answers, i will configure and no more worry.
Thanks so much,
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