Quick 'n dirty DNSCMD scripts

Periodically, I get requests to bulk add domains to our DNS hosting environment. Here are a few simple DNScmd scripts to help make the job easier.

On the DNS Primary server, I created a batch script named "zoneadd_primary.bat" and put this in it:

@ECHO OFF
REM
REM Add DNS zones in from command line parameter file as
REM Standard Primary zones.
REM Replace n.n.n.n with IP address of primary/master DNSserver.
REM Replace x.x.x.x and y.y.y.y with your secondary/slave servers.

REM Check for command-line parameter
if "%1"=="" GOTO USAGE

for /F %%a in (%1) do dnscmd /zoneadd %%a /primary /file %%a.dns

REM Add secondary/slave servers to zones
for /F %%a in (%1) do dnscmd /zoneresetsecondaries %%a /securelist x.x.x.x y.y.y.y
GOTO END

:USAGE
ECHO.
ECHO Error: no file specified
ECHO.
ECHO Usage:
ECHO zoneadd_primary [filename]
ECHO.
ECHO where [filename] is a text file with a list of domains.
ECHO.
ECHO Example:
ECHO.
ECHO zoneadd_primary domains.txt
ECHO.
:END

And then, on the slave servers, I put a companion script called "zoneadd_secondary.bat" with a similar script:

@ECHO OFF
REM
REM Add DNS zones in domains.txt as secondary zones.
REM Replace n.n.n.n with IP address of primary/master server.

if "%1"=="" GOTO USAGE

for /F %%a in (%1) do do dnscmd /zoneadd %%a /secondary n.n.n.n
GOTO END

:USAGE
ECHO.
ECHO Error: no file specified
ECHO.
ECHO Usage:
ECHO zoneadd_secondary [filename]
ECHO.
ECHO where [filename] is a text file with a list of domains.
ECHO.
ECHO Example:
ECHO.
ECHO zoneadd_secondary domains.txt
ECHO.

:END

Not much to it, but I do find it useful.