When you have imported the DNS management pack and configured it there are some optional configuration options:
- External Resolution Monitor
- Global Zone Resolution Monitor
- Forwarder Availability Monitor
External Resolution Monitor
When imported the DNS management pack the external resolution monitor that performs an NSLOOKUP query for a host(NS) record at www.microsoft.com to verrify that external resolution is functioning properly. If you want, you can change the Host, Query or disable te monitor.
- Open the System Center Operations Manager Console 2007 r2, and click the "Authoring" workspace.
- In the "Authoring" workspace, expand "Management Pack Objects, and select "Monitors"
- In the "Monitors" pane, use the "Look for:" box to find "External Resolution Monitor"
- Right Click "DNS 2008/R2 External Resolution Monitor", select "Overrides", select "Override the Monitor", click "For all objects of class: DNS 2008/R2 Server"
- On the "Overrides Properties" page, select "Host" and change the "Override Value" to the value that you want
- On the "Overrides Properties" page, Select a "Destination management Pack" click "Apply" and click "OK"
Global Zone Resolution Monitor
The Global zone resolution monitor performs an NSLOOKUP query for a test(A) record named "placeholder" to verify that global zone resolution is working. If you want it to work you can create a DNS A record named "placeholder" or you can create a override to change the target name.
When you are going to change the target name you need to create a override to change the target name
- Open the System Center Operations Manager Console 2007 r2, and click the "Authoring" workspace.
- In the "Authoring" workspace, expand "Management Pack Objects, and select "Monitors"
- In the "Monitors" pane, use the "Look for:" box to find "Global Zone Resolution Monitor"
- Right Click "Global Zone Resolution Monitor", select "Overrides", select "Override the Monitor", click "For all objects of class: DNS 2008/R2 Global Zone"
- On the "Overrides Properties" page, select "Host" and change the "Override Value" to the value that you want
- On the "Overrides Properties" page, Select a "Destination management Pack" click "Apply" and click "Ok"
Forwarder Availability Monitor
The forwarder availability monitor uses www.microsoft.com as a host in an NSLOOKUP query by default for unconditional forwarders. If your environment does not have A type records for all zones, you can override the default record type to Start of Authority (SOA) type record in Forwarder Availability Monitor with the following steps:
- Open the System Center Operations Manager Console 2007 r2, and click the "Authoring" workspace.
- In the "Authoring" workspace, expand "Management Pack Objects, and select "Monitors"
- In the "Monitors" pane, use the "Look for:" box to find "Forwarder Availability Monitor"
- Right Click "Forwarder Availability Monitor", select "Overrides", select "Override the Monitor", click "For a specific object off class: DNS 2008/R2 Forwarder"
- On the "Select Object" page, select the object that you want to Override and click "OK"
- On the "Overrides Properties" page, select "Debug flag" and change the "Override Value" to the value "True"
- On the "Overrides Properties" page, Select a "Destination management Pack" click "Apply" and click "Ok"
The DNS management Pack can be found here. The Management Pack guide can be found here