Chapter 5. Using dnscmd

This chapter provides information and commands concerning the following topics:

• Retrieving DNS information

• Exporting DNS data

• Forcing zone transfers

• Clearing the DNS cache

• Working with DNS partitions

• Adding DNS zones

• Creating and deleting DNS records

Note

Commands in this chapter are run on a domain controller named DC1 in the pearson.pub domain. The server is a DNS server with an Active Directory integrated (ADI) DNS zone named pearson.pub.

Tip

You should be familiar with dnscmd when preparing for the 70-640 and 70-642 exams.

Retrieving DNS Information

dnscmd includes several commands you can use to retrieve information about the server, zones, and records. The following table shows these commands. ...

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