dnscmd

Specifies the name of the command-line program.

ServerName

Required. Specifies the DNS host name of the DNS server. You can also type the IP address of the DNS server. To specify the DNS server on the local computer, you can also type a period (.)

/RecordAdd

Required. Adds or modifies a resource record.

ZoneName

Required. Specifies the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the zone.

NodeName

Required. Specifies the FQDN of the node in the DNS namespace for which the SOA record is added. You can also type the node name relative to the ZoneName or @, which specifies the zone's root node.

/Aging

Specifies that this resource record is able to be aged and scavenged. If this parameter is not used, the resource record remains in the DNS database unless it is manually updated or removed.

/OpenAcl

Specifies that new records are open to modification by any user. Without this parameter, only administrators may modify the new record.

Ttl

Specifies the Time to Live (TTL) setting for the resource record. (The default TTL is defined in SOA resource record).

SOA

Required. Specifies the type of resource record you are modifying.

PrimSvr

Required. Specifies the FQDN name of the server that is the primary source for information about the zone. For example, nameserver.place.example.microsoft.com.

Admin

Required. Specifies the name of the DNS administrator for the zone. For example, postmaster.nameserver.place.example.microsoft.com.

Serial#\

Required. Specifies the version information for the zone.

Refresh

Required. Specifies the refresh interval for the zone. The standard setting is 3600 (one hour).

Retry

Required. Specifies the retry interval for the zone. The standard setting is 600 (ten minutes).

Expire

Required. Specifies the expire interval for the zone. The standard setting is 86400 (one day).

MinTTL

Required. Specifies the minimum Time to Live (TTL) value. This is the length of time used by other DNS servers to determine how long to cache information for a record in the zone before expiring and discarding it. The standard setting is 3600 (one hour).