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Get Primary, Secondary, Tertiary DNS values and more from Multiple Servers
Came across a unique request to get primary, secondary, and tertiary DNS values for multiple computers/servers across the domain. I started writing…
DNS
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Convert a Dynamic IP to Static
Working on a project where on some servers the DHCP assigned addresses needs to be converted to static. Since there is always…
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NSLookup still showing IP of demoted Domain Controller
So had an interesting issue today where a Domain Controller (DC) was demoted yet the IP of the demoted DC was still…
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Speed up Active Directory & DNS replication between Sites
Using the standard GUI Microsoft Management Consoles to make the change to speed up Active Directory replication is not possible. The best result of using administrator consoles will be…
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Resolve IP Addresses from List of Host Names
If you have a list of hostnames/servers that you need IP addresses for its cumbersome to ping each server and get the…
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DNS broken after Windows Update KB3145126
I noticed the DNS broke on my servers after Windows Update. The problem was KB3145126. Read more about it here. After a…