5.12 DNSSecureUpdate

Use this Knowledge Script to monitor secure updates for the Domain Name Service (DNS) server, and check the percentage of update attempts that failed. This script raises an event if the percentage of secure update failures exceeds the threshold you set.

5.12.1 Resource Object

DNS folder

5.12.2 Default Schedule

The default interval for this script is Every 10 minutes.

5.12.3 Setting Parameter Values

Set the following parameters as needed:

Parameter

How to Set It

Event?

Set to y to raise an event in which the percentage of secure updates exceeds the threshold. The default is y.

Collect data?

Set to y to collect data for charts and reports. If enabled, returns the following information in separate datastreams:

  • Secure update failure rate

  • Secure update failure number

  • Secure update total number

  • Secure update received per second

The default is n.

Secure update failures

Specify the maximum percentage of secure updates that are allowed to fail before raising an event. The default is 2%.

Event severity

Set the event severity level, from 1 to 40, to indicate the importance of an event in which the percentage of secure updates exceeds the threshold. The default is 8 (red event indicator).