(Optional) Add A and PTR Records for the VAs
Adding A and PTR records for the VAs makes them easy to identify within your network topology, including firewall and security appliance logs.
If you're unfamiliar with adding A and PTR records, see the Microsoft articles:
After adding A and/or PTR records, verify the records:
Verify PTR record
From a command prompt, enter:
nslookup <VA IP ADDRESS>
You should see the record in the last line of the result.
nslookup 192.168.1.10
Server:192.168.1.1
Address:192.168.1.1#53
Non-authoritative answer:
9.168.192.in-addr.arpaname = \[va01.corp.domain.com\]
Verify A record
From a command prompt, enter:
nslookup <VA HOSTNAME>
You should see the record in the last line of the result.
nslookup va01.corp.domain.com
Server: 192.168.1.1
Address: 192.168.1.1#53
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: va01.corp.domain.com
Address: 192.168.1.9