Backup and Restore DNS zones
With DNS, backing up primary and secondary zones independent of the system state is a pretty simple process. You can use the xcopy command to back up all zone text files on a DNS server. This command would back up the contents of the default DNS folder to the "D:\backups\dns" folder: xcopy %systemroot%\system32\dns d:\backups\dns /y Unfortunately, the process isn’t as simple for Active Directory-integrated DNS zones. For these zones, the support tool dnscmd.exe can get the job done. To back up any DNS zone with dnscmd.exe, you just need to use the /zoneexport switch with the command. To back up the MCPmag.com zone locally on a DNS server, you'd run: dnscmd /zoneexport mcpmag.com backup\mcpmag.com.dns.bak This command writes a copy of the mcpmag.com zone to the %systemroot%\system32\dns\backup\mcpmag.com.dns.bak file. Note that the command doesn't overwrite existing files, so if you’re including it with a backup script, be sure to move the file to an alternate lo...