dnscmd

Specifies the name of the command-line tool.

ServerName

Required. Specifies the DNS host name of the DNS server. You can also type the IP address of the DNS server. To specify the DNS server on the local computer, you can also type a period (.)

/ZoneAdd

Required. Adds a zone.

ZoneName

Required. Specifies the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the in-addr.arpa domain for the zone. For example, 20.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa..

/Primary|/DsPrimary

Required. Specifies the type of zone. To specify an Active Directory-integrated zone, type /DsPrimary.

/file

Required for /Primary. Specifies a file for the new zone. This parameter is invalid for the /DsPrimary zone type.

FileName

Required for /Primary. Specifies the name of the zone file. This parameter is invalid for the /DsPrimary zone type.

/load

Loads an existing file for the zone. Loads an existing file for the zone. If this parameter is not specified, default zone records are created automatically. This parameter does not apply to /DsPrimary.

/a

Adds an administrator e-mail address for the zone.

AdminEmail

Specifies the administrator e-mail name for the zone.

/DP

Adds the zone to an application directory partition. You may also use one of the following:

• /DP /domain For domain directory partition (replicates to all DNS servers in the domain).
  
• /DP /forest For forest directory partition (replicates to all DNS server in the forest).
  
• /DP /legacy For legacy directory partition (replicates to all domain controllers in the domain). This setting supports domains using legacy Windows 2000 Server domain controllers.
  

FQDN

Specifies the fully qualified domain name of the directory partition.

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