CreateZone Method of the MicrosoftDNS

CreateZone Method of the MicrosoftD...

CreateZone Method of the MicrosoftDNS_Zone Class

The CreateZone method creates a DNS zone.

Syntax

MOF

void CreateZone(
  [in]            string ZoneName,
  [in]            uint32 ZoneType,
  [in]            boolean DsIntegrated,
  [in, optional]  string DataFileName,
  [in, optional]  string IpAddr[],
  [in, optional]  string AdminEmailName,
  [out, ref]      MicrosoftDns_Zone &RR
);

Parameters

ZoneName [in]

String representing the name of the zone.

ZoneType [in]

Type of zone. Valid values are the following:

Value	Meaning
0	Primary zone.
1	Secondary zone.
2	Stub zone. Windows Server 2003: This zone type is introduced in Windows Server 2003.
3	Zone forwarder. Windows Server 2003: This zone type is introduced in Windows Server 2003.

DsIntegrated [in]

Indicates whether zone data is stored in the Active Directory or in files. If TRUE, the data is stored in the Active Directory; if FALSE, the data is stored in files.

DataFileName [in, optional]

Name of the data file associated with the zone.

IpAddr [in, optional]

IP address of the master DNS Server for the zone.

AdminEmailName [in, optional]

Email address of the administrator responsible for the zone.

RR [out]

RR of type MicrosoftDns_Zone.

Return Value

This method does not return a value.

Requirements

Minimum supported client	None supported
Minimum supported server	Windows 2000 Server
MOF	Dnsprov.mof
Namespace	\\.\Root\MicrosoftDNS

MicrosoftDNS_Zone
AgeAllRecords Method of the MicrosoftDNS_Zone Class
ChangeZoneType Method of the MicrosoftDNS_Zone Class
ForceRefresh Method of the MicrosoftDNS_Zone Class
GetDistinguishedName Method of the MicrosoftDNS_Zone Class
PauseZone Method of the MicrosoftDNS_Zone Class
ReloadZone Method of the MicrosoftDNS_Zone Class
ResetSecondaries Method of the MicrosoftDNS_Zone Class
ResumeZone Method of the MicrosoftDNS_Zone Class
UpdateFromDS Method of the MicrosoftDNS_Zone Class
WriteBackZone Method of the MicrosoftDNS_Zone Class

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Build date: 11/12/2009

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Create zone using CreateZone method with PowerShell

Thomas Lee | Edit | Show History

# Create-DNSZone.ps1
# Uses WMI's CreateZone Method of MicrosoftDNS_Zone to create a zone with PowerShell
# thomas lee - tfl@psp.co.uk

# first, point to our DNS server
$dnsserver=[wmiclass]"\\.\ROOT\Microsoftdns:Microsoftdns_zone"

# Now create the zone
$dnsserver.createzone("cookham.net",0,$true,"","","tfl@psp.co.uk")

When run on my Windows 2008 Server, produces the following output:

PS C:\foo> .\create-dnszone.ps1

__GENUS          : 2
__CLASS          : __PARAMETERS
__SUPERCLASS     :
__DYNASTY        : __PARAMETERS
__RELPATH        :
__PROPERTY_COUNT : 1
__DERIVATION     : {}
__SERVER         :
__NAMESPACE      :
__PATH           :
RR               : MicrosoftDNS_Zone.ContainerName="cookham.net",DnsServerName=".",Name="cookham.net"

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