This article contains information about the newnslog Domain Name Server (DNS) counters and its brief description.
Log on to the ADC using an SSH client, change to SHELL, navigate to the /var/nslog directory, and then use the ‘nsconmsg’ command to see comprehensive statistics using the different counters available. For the detailed procedure refer to Citrix Blog - NetScaler ‘Counters’ Grab-Bag!.
DNS Counter
The following table lists the newnslog DNS counters with a simple description of the counter
Newnslog Counter |
Description |
dns_tot_Queries |
This counter tracks the total number of DNS queries received. |
dns_tot_Answers |
This counter tracks the total number of DNS responses received. |
dns_tot_aaaaQueries |
This counter tracks the total number of AAAA queries received. |
dns_tot_aaaaResponses |
This counter tracks the total number of AAAA responses received. |
dns_tot_aQueries |
This counter tracks the total number of A queries received. |
dns_tot_aResponses |
This counter tracks the total number of A responses received. |
dns_tot_nsQueries |
This counter tracks the total number of NS queries received. |
dns_tot_nsResponses |
This counter tracks the total number of NS responses received. |
dns_tot_mxQueries |
This counter tracks the total number of MX queries received. |
dns_tot_mxResponses |
This counter tracks the total number of MX responses received. |
dns_tot_soaQueries |
This counter tracks the total number of SOA queries received. |
dns_tot_soaResponses |
This counter tracks the total number of SOA responses received. |
dns_tot_cnameQueries |
This counter tracks the total number of CNAME queries received. |
dns_tot_cnameResponses |
This counter tracks the total number of CNAME responses received. |
dns_tot_ptrQueries |
This counter tracks the total number of PTR queries received. |
dns_tot_ptrResponses |
This counter tracks the total number of PTR responses received. |
dns_tot_srvQueries |
This counter tracks the total number of SRV queries received. |
dns_tot_srvResponses |
This counter tracks the total number of SRV responses received. |
dns_tot_anyQueries |
This counter tracks the total number of ANY queries received. |
dns_tot_anyResponses |
This counter tracks the total number of ANY responses received. |
dns_err_ResponseClassUnsupported |
This counter tracks the total number of responses for which response types were unsupported. |
dns_err_ResponseTypeUnsupported |
This counter tracks the total number of responses for which response type requested was unsupported. |
dns_tot_UnsupportedQueries |
This counter tracks the total number of requests for which query type requested was unsupported. |
dns_err_QueryClassUnsupported |
This counter tracks the total number of queries for which query class was unsupported. |
dns_err_QueryFormats |
This counter tracks the total number of queries whose format was invalid. |
dns_err_ResponseFormats |
This counter tracks the total number of responses for which there was a format error. |
dns_tot_multi_Queries |
This counter tracks the total number of Multi Query request received. |
dns_err_strayanswers |
This counter tracks the total number of stray answers. |
dns_tot_cache_flush_called |
This counter tracks the total number of times cache was flushed. |
dns_tot_cached_entries_flushed |
This counter tracks the total number of cache entries flushed. |
dns_tot_ServerQueries |
This counter tracks the total number of Server queries sent. |
dns_tot_ServerResponses |
This counter tracks the total number of Server responses received. |
dns_err_aaaaNoDomains |
This counter tracks the total number of times AAAA record lookup failed. |
dns_err_aNoDomains |
This counter tracks the total number of times A record lookup failed. |
dns_err_nsNoDomains |
This counter tracks the total number of times NS record lookup failed. |
dns_err_mxNoDomains |
This counter tracks the total number of times MX record lookup failed. |
dns_err_cnameNoDomains |
This counter tracks the total number of times CNAME record lookup failed. |
dns_err_soaNoDomains |
This counter tracks the total number of times SOA record lookup failed. |
dns_tot_aaaa_updates |
This counter tracks the total number of AAAA record updates. |
dns_err_ptrNoDomains |
This counter tracks the total number of times PTR record lookup failed. |
dns_err_srvNoDomains |
This counter tracks the total number of times SRV record lookup failed. |
dns_err_anyNoDomains |
This counter tracks the total number of times ANY query lookup failed. |
dns_tot_aaaa_updates |
This counter tracks the total number of AAAA record updates. |
dns_tot_a_updates |
This counter tracks the total number of A record updates. |
dns_tot_ns_updates |
This counter tracks the total number of NS record updates. |
dns_tot_mx_updates |
This counter tracks the total number of MX record updates. |
dns_tot_soa_updates |
This counter tracks the total number of SOA record updates. |
dns_tot_cname_updates |
This counter tracks the total number of CNAME record updates. |
dns_tot_ptr_updates |
This counter tracks the total number of PTR record updates. |
dns_tot_srv_updates |
This counter tracks the total number of SRV record updates. |
dns_tot_record_updates |
This counter tracks the total number of record updates. |
dns_err_multiquery_disabled |
This counter tracks the total number of times a multi query was disabled and received a multi query. |
dns_tot_AuthAnswers |
This counter tracks the number of queries which were authoritatively answered. |
dns_err_NoDomains |
This counter tracks the number of queries for which no record was found. |
dns_err_ResponseWithoutAnswers |
This counter tracks the number of DNS responses received without answer. |
dns_err_ResponseBadLength |
This counter tracks the number of DNS responses received with invalid resource data length. |
dns_tot_ReqRefusals |
This counter tracks the number of DNS requests refused. |
dns_tot_OtherErrors |
This counter tracks the total number of other errors. |
dnsrec_tot_queries |
This counter tracks the total number of DNS queries received. |
dns_tot_entries |
This counter tracks the total number of DNS record entries. |
dns_tot_updates |
This counter tracks the total number of DNS proactive updates. |
dns_tot_Resp |
This counter tracks the total number of DNS server responses. |
dns_tot_requests |
This counter tracks the total number of DNS queries received. |
dns_err_limits |
This counter tracks the total number of times you have received DNS record with more entries than that you support. |
dns_err_RespFormats |
This counter tracks the total number of times you have received malformed responses from the backend. |
dns_err_AliasExists |
This counter tracks the total number of times you have received non-cname record for a domain for which an alias exists. |
dns_err_NoDom |
This counter tracks the total number of cache misses. |
dns_cur_entries |
This counter tracks the current number of DNS entries. |
dns_cur_records |
This counter tracks the current number of DNS Records. |