Modifying a zone-specific SOA record

- Note: If you are not using Ensim Pro as your DNS name server, you do not need to do anything with the DNS settings of Ensim Pro; the settings shown in the DNS section of the Appliance Administrator GUI are not used. For more information, see:
  Introduction to DNS and name servers
  Using Ensim Pro as a DNS server

Ensim Pro provides default information about the SOA records that are created for all the zones on the name server. The default information will apply to every SOA record created, unless you manually change the specific SOA record.

You can modify the SOA information default settings if you want to make a change that will affect every SOA record on the name server.

If you want to make a change that applies only to a specific SOA record, you can modify just the zone-specific SOA record.

# Modifying a zone-specific SOA record

To modify just a zone-specific record:

1. In the shortcuts section of the Home page
   , click Zones (DNS section).

2. In the Zone List form, locate the zone whose record you want to modify, and in the Actions column, click . The Host List form opens. It displays all existing records for the zone.

3. In the Start of Authority (SOA) Settings form, click Edit SOA Settings. The Edit Start of Authority (SOA) Settings form opens.

4. In the Master Name Server field, enter the name of your primary DNS name server.

5. In the Administrator Email field, enter the email address of the administrator responsible for the primary DNS name server.

6. In the Refresh interval field, enter how often, in seconds, the secondary name server checks with the primary name server for updated lookup information.

7. In the Retry interval field, enter how long, in seconds, a secondary server must wait before retrying a failed zone transfer from the primary name server. Normally, the retry interval is shorter than the refresh interval.

8. In the Expire interval field, enter the upper limit, in seconds, that a secondary name server can use the lookup data it currently has before the data expires.

9. In the Minimum Time To Live field, enter how long, in seconds, the secondary name server can cache data.

10. Click Save SOA Settings.