Your network contains an Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) forest. The forest contains three domains. Each domain contains 10 domain controllers.
You plan to store a DNS zone in a custom Active Directory partition.
You need to create the Active Directory partition for the zone. The partition must replicate to only four of the domain controllers.
What should you use?
The dnscmd.exe command-line tool is the correct choice for creating a custom Active Directory partition for a DNS zone with specific replication settings. This tool allows for precise control over DNS settings, including specifying which domain controllers will participate in the replication. The other options do not offer the same level of granular control over DNS partition replication.
Solution: dnscmd.exe shell :"dnscmd.exe /zoneadd <ZoneName> /DSPrimary /DP /ForestReplication /AddMasters <FQDN> 10.0.1.0, 10.0.2.0 10.0.3.0 10.0.4.154" <ZoneName>: Replace this with the name of your DNS zone. <FQDN>: Replace this with the fully qualified domain name of the DNS zone. The /DSPrimary parameter specifies that the zone should be stored in a custom Active Directory partition. The /DP parameter designates the zone as domain-wide, meaning it replicates to all domain controllers in the domain. The /ForestReplication parameter specifies that the zone is replicated forest-wide. The /AddMasters parameter lists the IP addresses of the domain controllers to which the DNS zone should replicate. Replace the example IP addresses (10.0.1.... etc.) with the IP addresses of the four specific domain controllers you want to replicate to.
A. dnscmd.exe The dnscmd.exe command-line tool allows you to manage and troubleshoot DNS servers. You can use it to create a custom Active Directory partition for a DNS zone. This tool provides the flexibility to specify which domain controllers the partition should replicate to. The other options listed do not provide the same level of control over partition replication.
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