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Specifies the type of zone to create. Specifying a zone type of /forwarder or /dsforwarder creates a zone that performs conditional forwarding. Each zone type has different required parameters:/dsprimary - Creates an active directory integrated zone./primary /file <filename> - Creates a standard primary zone, and specifies the name of the file that will store the zone information./secondary <masterIPaddress> [<masterIPaddress>...] - Creates a standard secondary zone./stub <masterIPaddress> [<masterIPaddress>...] /file <filename> - Creates a file-backed stub zone./dsstub <masterIPaddress> [<masterIPaddress>...] - Creates an active directory integrated stub zone./forwarder <masterIPaddress> [<masterIPaddress>]... /file <filename> - Specifies that the created zone forwards unresolved queries to another DNS server./dsforwarder - Specifies that the created active directory integrated zone forwards unresolved queries to another DNS server.
<FQDN>
Specifies FQDN of the directory partition.
/domain
Stores the zone on the domain directory partition.
/enterprise
Stores the zone on the enterprise directory partition.
/legacy
Stores the zone on a legacy directory partition.
<servername>
<zonename>
<zonetype>
<filename>
<masterIPaddress> [<masterIPaddress>...]
<masterIPaddress> [<masterIPaddress>...]
<filename>
<masterIPaddress> [<masterIPaddress>...]
<masterIPaddress> [<masterIPaddress>]
<filename>
<FQDN>
Examples
dnscmd dnssvr1.contoso.com /zoneadd test.contoso.com /dsprimary
dnscmd dnssvr1.contoso.com /zoneadd secondtest.contoso.com /secondary 10.0.0.2
dnscmd /zonechangedirectorypartition command
Changes the directory partition on which the specified zone resides.
Syntax
dnscmd [<servername>] /zonechangedirectorypartition <zonename> {[<newpartitionname>] | [<zonetype>]}
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.
<zonename>
The FQDN of the current directory partition on which the zone resides.
<newpartitionname>
The FQDN of the directory partition that the zone will be moved to.
<zonetype>
Specifies the type of directory partition that the zone will be moved to.
/domain
Moves the zone to the built-in domain directory partition.
/forest
Moves the zone to the built-in forest directory partition.
/legacy
Moves the zone to the directory partition that is created for pre active directory domain controllers. These directory partitions are not necessary for native mode.
<servername>
<zonename>
<newpartitionname>
<zonetype>
dnscmd /zonedelete command
Deletes a specified zone.
Syntax
dnscmd [<servername>] /zonedelete <zonename> [/dsdel] [/f]
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.
<zonename>
Specifies the name of the zone to be deleted.