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Hey, Scripting Guy! How Do I Query and Retrieve DNS Information?

February 26, 2009 Feb 26, 2009 02/26/09
ScriptingGuy1
(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I know I can use the DNS WMI provider and query a DNS server. But what if I am not using a Microsoft DNS server? Or what if I do not have admin rights on the DNS server? What happens then? I really do not want to resort to parsing the output from NSLookup. Can you hook me up?- BP(image) (image) Hi BP, You know, "...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Do I Create a New DNS Zone?

February 25, 2009 Feb 25, 2009 02/25/09
ScriptingGuy1
(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to create several new zones in DNS, and I do not want to waste time working through the GUI wizard. I mean, real network administrators do not use wizards. In the old days, this was easy: I’d just edit a .dns file and I’d be done. But with Active Directory integrated stuff, I cannot figure out where the...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Create DNS Mail Exchanger (MX) Records and Have a Text File Generated to Show What Was Created?

February 24, 2009 Feb 24, 2009 02/24/09
ScriptingGuy1
(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! We are adding some new Exchange Servers to our messaging infrastructure, and I want to create some new MX (Mail Exchanger) records in DNS. I do not want to to create these records manually because carpal tunnel is not my friend and manual creation tends to introduce errors. I like having a text file that shows ...