Monitoring DNS performance, records and latency

Products

• DX Unified Infrastructure Management (Nimsoft / UIM)
• Unified Infrastructure Management for Mainframe
• CA Unified Infrastructure Management SaaS (Nimsoft / UIM)

Issue/Introduction

Need to monitor below parameters for DNS, please suggest how to monitor below parameters through UIM.

MX record, NS record, C Name Record, A Record, SoA Record

DNS Query /Zone Transfer

DNS Request Latency

Environment

Release : 20.X

Component : UNIFIED INFRASTRUCTURE MGMT

Cause

- Guidance

Resolution

dns_response

Start by using the dns_response probe (remote monitoring from a UIM robot to the target(s).

dns_response IM Configuration

Domain Name Servers translate standard language web addresses to their actual IP addresses for network access. The response time of dns servers is monitored to identify if the dns infrastructure is accessible or a latency exists between the request and the response. The dns_response (DNS Response Monitoring) probe queries your Domain Name Server (DNS) and monitors the response time from the server. The probe can also query the DNS looking for A records (normal hostnames), mail exchanger (MX) records, and name server (NS) records. The probe sends alarms if the query fails, or if the response times are above the defined thresholds. The probe sends QoS data on profiles where the QoS option has been enabled.

net_connect
Use the net_connect probe to monitor via ping, including packet loss, jitter, latency and/or services at a particular port on the DNS server.

ntperf/ntper64
You can use the ntperf probe (configurable) on the local machine but it requires a UIM robot installed locally.

Any available Windows DNS Performance counters on the DNS server will allow solid monitoring of the DNS server including records/response/performance, e.g.,

https://www.serverbrain.org/network-planning-2003/dns-server-performance-counters.html