JSI Tip 8156. When you manually scavenge DNS resource records in Windows Server 2003, Event ID 2502 is logged?JSI Tip 8156. When you manually scavenge DNS resource records in Windows Server 2003, Event ID 2502 is logged?

When you right-click a DNS server in the DNS snap-in, and press Scavenge Stale Resource Records, your DNS Server event log records:

Event Type: Information
Event Source: DNS
Event ID: 2502
Event Category: None
Description: The DNS server has completed a scavenging cycle but no nodes were visited. Possible causes of this condition include:

1) No zones are configured for scavenging by this server.
2) A scavenging cycle was performed within the last 60 minutes.
3) An error occurred during scavenging.

The next scavenging cycle is scheduled to run in 0 hours.

The event data will contain the error code if there was an error during the scavenging cycle.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

If you manually scavenge a DNS zone that supports dynamic updates, prior to the Date and time: in the The zone can be scavenged after box on the General tab of  the zones' Properties, you will receive the above event.

NOTE: If The zone can be scavenged after box is missing from the General tab, select Advanced on the View menu of the DNS snap-in.

For additional information about scavenging and aging DNS resource records, see http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/WindowsServ/2003/standard/proddocs/en-us/sag_DNS_imp_ManageAgingScavenging.asp.