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For information about the displayed status, see Viewing DNS and DHCP Service Status on Microsoft Servers.

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Synchronizing DNS Reporting Data

You can enable synchronization of DNS reporting data from the Microsoft server and view both NIOS and Microsoft services data in a single view in the supported DNS reports. This feature is enabled by default when you add a Microsoft server to the Grid. This feature is supported for Microsoft Windows 2012 R2 and Microsoft Windows 2016 versions, and you must disable this feature for all previous versions of Microsoft Windows servers. When you upgrade the Grid to NIOS 8.2 or later, this feature is disabled. For information about how to enable synchronization of DNS reporting data, see Setting Grid Properties for Managing Microsoft Servers.

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When you enable the synchronization of DNS reporting data, the appliance performs the reporting data synchronization from the Microsoft server based on the specified time interval. The default synchronization interval is 15 seconds. You can change the synchronization interval using the CLI command set ms_dns_reports_sync_interval. For information, refer to the Infoblox CLI Guide. Note that the The collection of reporting data is dependent on the synchronization intervals set for the Microsoft server. Hence, there would be differences in the Microsoft services data updated in the reports as compared to the NIOS reporting data. Note that only events that are logged in the Microsoft event log are displayed in the Microsoft DNS reports. For a list of DNS reports that display data from both NIOS and the Microsoft server when this feature is enabled, see Reports with Data Synchronized from Microsoft Servers.

Microsoft provides enhanced DNS logging and diagnostics for Microsoft Windows server 2012 R2 and later versions. This includes DNS analytic events logging which enables activity tracking on the DNS server. An analytic event is logged each time the server sends or receives DNS information. In order to install enhanced DNS logging and diagnostics feature in Microsoft Windows server 2012 R2 and later versions, you must apply the query logging and change auditing hotfix. Click the following link to apply the query logging and change auditing hotfix: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2956577/update-adds-query-logging-and-change-auditing-to-windows-dns-servers.

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1. Grid: From the Grid tab -> Grid Manager tab, expand the Toolbar and click Grid Properties -> Edit. Select Microsoft Sync Settings tab in the Grid Properties Editor wizard.
   Microsoft Server: From the Grid tab -> Microsoft Servers tab -> Servers tab, select a Microsoft server and click the Edit icon, or click the Action icon  next to the respective Microsoft server and select Edit from the menu. In the Microsoft server editor, click the General tab.
   Standalone appliance: From the System tab -> System Manager tab, expand the Toolbar and click System Properties -> Edit.
2. Complete the following in the Basic tab:
   • Monitor and Control Services: Select this to enable monitor and control settings for DNS and DHCP services for a specific Microsoft server. This is enabled by default. Each monitor and control setting applies only to the corresponding service and is applicable only to the respective Microsoft server. You can override the settings for each Microsoft server.
     • DNS: Select this to enable monitoring and the ability to control DNS service.
     • DHCP: Select this to enable monitoring and the ability to control DHCP service.
   • Logging output destination: From the drop-down list, select an output destination to which the appliance saves log messages for Microsoft servers. When you select Microsoft Log, the appliance logs the messages that are generated for the respective Microsoft server in the existing Microsoft log. This is selected by default. For more information, see Viewing Synchronization Logs. When you select Syslog, NIOS logs the messages that are generated for the respective Microsoft server in the syslog. For more information about the syslog, see Viewing the Syslog. Click Override to select an output destination to save the log messages at the member level.
   • Monitor DNS and DHCP Services: You can enable monitoring and control services for DNS and DHCP services at the Grid level and override the settings for each service at the Microsoft server level. This is enabled, by default. Each monitoring and control setting applies only to the corresponding service and is applicable to the respective Microsoft server only.
     
     • Monitor and control DNS Services: Select this to enable monitoring and the ability to control DNS service for the Microsoft server.
     • Synchronize DNS Reporting Data: Select this to synchronize DNS reporting data from the Microsoft server. Clearing this check box disables DNS reporting data synchronization.
     • Monitor and control DHCP Services: Select this to enable monitoring and the ability to control a DHCP service for the Microsoft server.
3. Optionally, select the Microsoft Server Settings tab in the Grid Properties Editor wizard and complete the following in the Advanced tab or click the Advanced tab in the General tab in a Microsoft server editor:
   • Maximum simultaneous connections: Specify a maximum number of simultaneous RPC connections that can be configured for the respective Microsoft server, which are managed by the Grid. The default is five. You can specify a value between two and 40.
     You can click Override at the member level to specify a new value. The Override button changes to Inherit. Click Inherit to inherit the value from the Grid.
   • RPC timeout: Specify the RPC timeout value in seconds to control the network communication timeout. The default is ten seconds. You can specify a value between one and 60.
     You can click Override at the member level to specify a new value. The Override button changes to Inherit. Click Inherit to inherit the value from the Grid.

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