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DNSCMD some examples

By Johan van Soest.

Published : 2015-01-21.

Last updated : 2017-05-02.

List all the zones of your Windows server DNS

Syntax:

dnscmd <ServerName> /enumzones

Example:

dnscmd nlaaldns1 /enumzones


Enumerated zone list:
        Zone count = 4

 Zone name                      Type       Storage         Properties

 .                              Cache      AD-Legacy
 1.1.10.in-addr.arpa            Primary    AD-Legacy       Update Rev Aging
 vansoest.local                 Primary    AD-Legacy       Update Aging
 TrustAnchors                   Primary    AD-Forest       Aging


Command completed successfully.

Get an overview of all the DNS records in one of the zones.

Syntax:

dnscmd <ServerName> /enumrecords <zone> @

Example:

dnscmd nlaaldns1 /enumrecords vansoest.local @

nlaaldns1 1200 A 10.1.1.100
nlaalfs1 1200 A 10.1.1.101
Desktop [Aging:3629480] 900 A    10.1.1.103
Notebook [Aging:3629502] 1200 A   10.1.1.104
Tablet [Aging:3629507] 1200 A   10.1.1.105
TSProfiles 3600 CNAME   nlaalfs1.vansoest.local.
vansoest.it 3600 CNAME ::1

Quickly get the Canonical names (CNAME) from the DNS

Syntax:

dnscmd <ServerName> /enumrecords <zone> @ | FindStr CNAME

Example:

dnscmd nlaaldns1 /enumrecords vansoest.local @ | FindStr CNAME

TSProfiles 3600 CNAME   nlaalfs1.vansoest.local.
vansoest.it 3600 CNAME ::1

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