PowerShell for Windows Admins

Apr 2 2012   12:33PM GMT

Finding the primary name of a DNS alias record



Posted by: Richard Siddaway
DNS, PowerShell, WMI

A forum question asked how to find the primary name from an alias or CNAME record.

Get-WmiObject -Namespace 'root\MicrosoftDNS' -Class MicrosoftDNS_CNAMEType `
-Filter "ContainerName = 'Manticore.org'" -ComputerName server02  |             
select @{N='Alias'; E={$_.Ownername}}, Primaryname            

 

use the MicrosoftDNS_CNAMEType class. Filter on the domain ie containername.  ComputerName holds the DNS server name.

Change OwnerName to Alias in a select calculated field

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