Function | DNSCMD option | Example | Comments |
| Do any dnscmd command on a remote system | dnscmd servername command | dnscmd main.bigfirm.com /zoneprint bigfirm.com |
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| Create a primary zone | dnscmd /zoneadd zonename /primary | dnscmd /zoneadd bigfirm.com /primary |
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| Create a secondary zone | dnscmd /zoneadd zonename /secondary master IP address | dnscmd /zoneadd bigfirm.com /secondary 192.168.1.1 |
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| Host a zone on a server based on an existing (perhaps restored) zone file | dnscmd /zoneadd zonename /primary /file filename /load | dnscmd /zoneadd bigfirm.com /primary /file bigfirm.com.dns /load |
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| Delete a zone from a server | dnscmd /zonedelete zonename [/f] | dnscmd /zonedelete bigfirm.com /f | (without the /f, dnscmd asks you if you really want to delete the zone) |
| Show all of the zones on a DNS server | dnscmd /enumzones | dnscmd /enumzones |
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| Dump (almost) all of the records in a zone | dnscmd /zoneprint zonename | dnscmd /zoneprint bigfirm.com | Doesn't show glue records. |
| Add an A record to a zone | dnscmd /recordadd zonename hostname A ipaddress | dnscmd /recordadd bigfirm.com mypc A 192.168.1.33 |
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| Add an NS record to a zone | dnscmd /recordadd zonename @ NS servername | dnscmd /recordadd bigfirm.com @ dns3.bigfirm.com |
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| Delegate a new child domain, naming its first DNS server | dnscmd /recordadd zonename childname NS dnsservername | dnscmd /recordadd bigfirm.com test NS main.bigfirm.com | This would create the "test.bigfirm.com" DNS child domain unter the bigfirm.com DNS domain |
| Add an MX record to a zone | dnscmd /recordadd zonename @ MX priority servername | dnscmd /recordadd bigfirm.com @ MX 10 mail.bigfirm.com |
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| Add a PTR record to a reverse lookup zone | dnscmd /recordadd zonename lowIP PTR FQDN | dnscmd /recordadd 1.168.192.in-addr.arpa 3 PTR pc1.bigfirm.com | This is the PTR record for a system with IP address 192.168.1.3 |
| Modify a zone's SOA record | dnscmd /recordadd zonename @ SOA primaryDNSservername responsibleemailipaddress serialnumber refreshinterval retryinterval expireinterval defaultTTL | dnscmd /recordadd bigfirm.com @ SOA winserver.bigfirm.com mark.bigfirm.com 41 1800 60 2592000 7200 | Ignores the serial number if it's not greater than the current serial number |
| Delete a resource record | dnscmd /recorddelete zonename recordinfo [/f] | dnscmd /recorddelete bigfirm.com @ NS main.bigfirm.com /f | Again, "/f" means "don't annoy me with a confirmation request, just do it." |
| Create a resource record and incorporate a nonstandard TTL | dnscmd /recordadd zonename leftmostpartofrecord TTL restofrecord | dnscmd /recordadd bigfirm.com pc34 3200 A 192.168.1.4 |
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| Reload a zone from its zone file in \windows\system32\dns | dnscmd /zonereload zonename | dnscmd /zonereload bigfirm.com | Really only useful on primary DNS servers |
| Force DNS server to flush DNS data to zone file | dnscmd /zonewriteback zonename | dnscmd /zonewriteback bigfirm.com |
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| Tell a primary whom to allow zone transfers to | dnscmd /zoneresetsecondaries zonename /nonsecure|securens | dnscmd /zoneresetsecondaries bigfirm.com /nonsecure | That example says to allow anyone who asks to get a zone transfer |
| Enable/disable DNS NOTIFY | dnscmd /zoneresetsecondaries zonename /notify|/nonotify | dnscmd /zoneresetsecondaries bigfirm.com /nonotify | Example disables DNS notification, which is contrary to the default settings. |
| Tell a secondary DNS server to request any updates from the primary | dnscmd /zonerefresh zonename | dnscmd /zonerefresh bigfirm.com |
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| Enable or disable dynamic DNS on a zone | dnscmd /config zonename /allowupdate 1|0 | 1 enables, 0 disables, 0 is default |
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| Stop the DNS service | Either net stop dns or sc stop dns |
| (No dnscmd command for this) |
| Start the DNS service | Either net start dns or sc start dns |
| (No dnscmd command for this) |
| Install the DNS service on a 2008 full install system | servermanagercmd -install dns |
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| Install the DNS service on a 2008 Server Core system | ocsetup DNS-Server-Core-Role |
| Case matters -- ocsetup dns-server-core-role would fail |
| Uninstall the DNS service on a 2008 Server full install system | servermanagercmd -remove dns |
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| Uninstall the DNS service on a 2008 Server Core system | ocsetup /uninstall DNS-Server-Core-Role |
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