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(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