Information Technology Reference
In-Depth Information
FIGURE 3-19
The New Resource Record dialog box for creating a PTR record
You can also use the more general Add-DnsServerResourceRecord cmdlet to create the
record. For example:
Add-DnsServerResourceRecordPtr -ZoneName 10.168.192.in-addr.arpa `
-PTR
-Name "14" `
-PtrDomainName "trey-srv-14.treyresearch.net"
Both Windows PowerShell cmdlets create the exact same record, and produce no output
unless you include the -PassThru parameter. If you do include that, you see the following:
HostName RecordType Timestamp TimeToLive RecordData
-------- ---------- --------- ---------- ----------
14 PTR 0 01:00:00 trey-srv-14.treyresearch.net.
Creating SRV resource records
The SRV resource record is a service location record that points to the location of key network
resources. SRV records are required for AD DS domain controllers, but can also be required
for other services. The necessary SRV records for domain controllers are created as part of the
process of promoting a server to be a domain controller. Typically, _ldap and _kerberos SRV
