How do you create a reverse lookup zone?

Are reverse lookup zones created automatically?

Is there any way to create an ad-hoc database and add in reverse lookup zones?

In most cases a Reverse lookup zone will be generated automatically by Exchange. You can also create the Reverse lookup zone manually. In order to do this, you can use the following process: Go to EMC -> Reverse Lookup Zones. This will take you to the Reverse Lookup zones page. In order to create a Reverse Lookup Zone manually, follow the following steps: Click the Create Reverse Lookup Zone button in the upper right corner of the page. Enter the following details (if not already filled out): Name. Organization. ForwardLookupEnabled. ReverseLookupEnabled. ForwardLookupHost. ReverseLookupHost. ForwardLookupPort. ReverseLookupPort. ForwardLookupCname. ReverseLookupCname. To get the most accurate results, make sure that the ForwardLookupHost and ReverseLookupHost are correct for the domain(s) that you want to forward to. Note that sometimes it can take awhile to propagate the new reverse lookup zone.

How do you create a reverse lookup zone?

It seems like it is pretty hard to create a zone with these zones on a CNAME, but from what I am reading it is quite easy.

Do I have a basic understanding wrong?
Example: Name Type Value TTL. Www.domain.com CNAME cname1.com
CNAME cname2.com From the docs: A reverse lookup zone consists of a single DNS record, containing the. canonical name of the zone. The DNS name associated with the SOA record is always the canonical name for the zone (with the exception of. special "wildcard" name servers). The zone's DNS name is the primary resource record type for that zone. For example, the zone name www.com has an A record with a host name of www. The zone name is usually expressed in the form of a quoted string, but may also be expressed as a CNAME. "canonical" name in a separate record. The SOA record also has a zone name that identifies which zone the SOA. record is for, and the name of the zone itself identifies the. authoritative name servers for the zone. The SOA record includes two types of name servers: secondary name servers and authoritative name. Secondary name servers are only provided for a zone when the DNS name. you want to resolve does not already have a name server in the domain. of the authoritative name servers. Such name servers are referred to as "recursive name servers," since they are responsible for resolving. records for the zone.