DNS - adding a bunch of records

[pcoulter]

Win NT 4.0 -
DNS is already installed and running, however I need to add a bunch of records to the existing DNS. Do you know of a way to add a bunch of records without having to key individual hosts in DNS Manager? (concatenation of a flat file to the DNS). Thanks.

 

[peterve]

stop DNS service,
go to %systemroot%\dns

edit the .dns file that corresponds with your domain,
add records,
start dns service and they should be there

(only do this on your primary dns server..., and take a backup before you begin)
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[pcoulter]

Peter,
thank you for the info. I'll give it a try, but I do have concern about the reverse lookup records. I assume it will be necessary to update the in-addr.arpa file with the new reverse entries, too. Is that correct?
Regards,
Pam

 

[peterve]

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[pcoulter]

Hi Peter,
thanks once again for your assistance. I have another question. In the in-addr.arpa file, some entries made via DNS manager gui show these entries:
100.12.155 PTR hio0012.router.cccd.com.
PTR h00012-router.cccd.com.
110.12.155 PTR hio0012.isp.cccd.com.
PTR h00012t001.cccd.com.
120.12.155 PTR hio012-prt.cccd.com.
PTR h00012r001.cccd.com.
It seems that an ipaddress that has multiple aliases appears on the list with blanks in the address field. I want to add a bunch of records to the dns (dns & in-addr.arpa file) without using the gui. The above entries make me wonder how to add records. Do I just key the ipaddress (reverse 3 octets) for all records, and when the dns is restarted it changes dups to blanks as above?
If I append the in-addr.arpa file, does the dns restart load the file into a database (that is to say the record sequence doesn't matter, because the dns loads it to the database)?

Thanks in advance,
Pam

 

[peterve]

you'll have to create the blanks yourself... the DNS service will not create blanks.... ---------------------------------------------------------------------
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[pcoulter]

Thanks again. So if I'm reading this correctly, I have to insert the records in the correct order to the file?

 

[peterve]

yes... that's what I meant... good luck ---------------------------------------------------------------------
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