Windows Server 2003 in a Nutshell

Name

DNS

Synopsis

Add a resource record to a zone

DNS → Add a Resource Record

Clear the name server cache

DNS → Clear the DNS Server Cache

Configure a name server as a caching-only name server

DNS → Configure a Caching-Only Name Server

Configure a name server to forward queries it can’t resolve

DNS → Configure a Forwarder

Configure DNS clients to use static addresses

DNS → Configure DNS Clients → Clients Using Static Addresses

Configure DNS clients to use DHCP

DNS → Configure DNS Clients → Clients Using DHCP

Configure scavenging of stale resource records

DNS → Configure Scavenging

Convert a zone from primary to secondary

DNS → Convert a Zone

Configure zone transfer between name servers

DNS → Configure Zone Transfer/Replication

Create a forward lookup zone

DNS → Create a Forward Lookup Zone

Create a reverse lookup zone

DNS → Create a Reverse Lookup Zone

Create a subdomain

DNS → Create a Subdomain

Display the contents of the resolver cache

DNS → View the Resolver Cache

ipconfig /displaydns

Display the hostname of the local machine

hostname

Enable a zone to be automatically updated using dynamic updates

DNS → Enable Dynamic Updates

Flush the contents of the resolver cache

DNS → Flush the Resolver Cache

ipconfig /flushdns

Force a DNS client to reregister its hostname with name servers

ipconfig /registerdns

Force updating a secondary zone from a master name server

DNS → Force Zone Transfer/Replication

Force writing DNS updates to zone files