You can use the Dhscmd command to view a list of the zones on a DNS server.
For example, to view the zones on the local DNS server do this:
C:\Users\administrator>dnscmd /enumzones
Enumerated zone list:
Zone count = 3
Zone name Type Storage Properties
. Cache AD-Domain
_msdcs.fabrikam.com Primary AD-Forest Secure
fabrikam.com Primary AD-Domain Secure
Use this command to view only primary zones on server SEA-SC1:
C:\Users\administrator>dnscmd /enumzones /primary
Enumerated zone list:
Zone count = 2
Zone name Type Storage Properties
_msdcs.fabrikam.com Primary AD-Forest Secure
fabrikam.com Primary AD-Domain Secure
Use this command to display zones stored in the domain DNS partition:
C:\Users\administrator>dnscmd /enumzones /DomainDirectoryPartition
Enumerated zone list:
Zone count = 2
Zone name Type Storage Properties
. Cache AD-Domain
fabrikam.com Primary AD-Domain Secure
Finally, the following command indicates that DNS server SEA-SC4 is configured as a caching-only DNS server since it doesn't have any zones configured on it:
C:\Users\administrator>dnscmd SEA-SC4 /enumzones
Enumerated zone list:
Zone count = 1
Zone name Type Storage Properties
. Cache File
This sample command output can also be found in my book Windows Server 2008 Server Core Administrators Pocket Consultant from Microsoft Press.
