DNS resolution on management network

[Dave_Mac]

What's the best practice for resolving DNS for your hosts on your management network? Hosting DNS on your vCenter server or routing DNS requests to your AD integrated DNS servers on a VM network?

Our enviroment has an isolated management network, hosts and VC only. VC is connected to VM network as well with firewall in between the VMs and the VC. Anyone had any issues having a primary zone hosted on your management network?

[AndreTheGiant]

With a small number of ESX I usually use static hosts file (inside ESX and VC).

But also I add name in DNS due to compliance, due for using VM console (that require DNS resolution).

Andre

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[Texiwill]

Hello,

Route requests through your management network firewall to your standard DNS server. No need to setup duplicate DNS servers.

Best regards, Edward L. Haletky VMware Communities User Moderator, VMware vExpert 2009
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