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<servername>
Specifies the DNS server to manage, represented by IP address, FQDN, or host name. If this parameter is omitted, the local server is used.
/primary
Lists all zones that are either standard primary zones or active directory integrated zones.
/secondary
Lists all standard secondary zones.
/forwarder
Lists zones that forward unresolved queries to another DNS server.
/stub
Lists all stub zones.
/cache
Lists only the zones that are loaded into the cache.
/auto-created]
Lists the zones that were created automatically during the DNS server installation.
/forward
Lists forward lookup zones.
/reverse
Lists reverse lookup zones.
/ds
Lists active directory integrated zones.
/file
Lists zones that are backed by files.
/domaindirectorypartition
Lists zones that are stored in the domain directory partition.
/forestdirectorypartition
Lists zones that are stored in the forest DNS application directory partition.
/customdirectorypartition
Lists all zones that are stored in a user-defined application directory partition.
/legacydirectorypartition
Lists all zones that are stored in the domain directory partition.
/directorypartition <partitionFQDN>
Lists all zones that are stored in the specified directory partition.
<servername>
<partitionFQDN>
Examples
Example 2: Display a complete list of zones on a DNS server)
Example 3: Display a list of autocreated zones on a DNS server
dnscmd /exportsettings command
Creates a text file that lists the configuration details of a DNS server. The text file is named DnsSettings.txt. It is located in the %systemroot%\system32\dns directory of the server. You can use the information in the file that dnscmd /exportsettings creates to troubleshoot configuration problems or to ensure that you have configured multiple servers identically.
%systemroot%\system32\dns
Syntax
dnscmd [<servername>] /exportsettings
Parameters
Parameters
Description
<servername>
Specifies the DNS server to manage, represented by IP address, FQDN, or host name. If this parameter is omitted, the local server is used.
<servername>
dnscmd /info command
Displays settings from the DNS section of the registry of the specified server HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\DNS\Parameters. To display zone-level registry settings, use the dnscmd zoneinfo command.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\DNS\Parameters
dnscmd zoneinfo
Syntax
dnscmd [<servername>] /info [<settings>]