Powershell query to execute DNS test

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Powershell query to execute DNS test

matteu31 502

Hello,

I would like to execute DNS query test with powershell but I don't find how to do in powershell DNS commandlets.

To do this with GUI, you need to go on DNS server properties and analyzis tab and click on test like this picture (sorry, it's french language).
Test-dnsserver doesn't seems to be for this.

Thanks for your help.

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@matteu31 Hi,

Thank you for posting in Q&A!

According to my research and discussion with my colleagues, unfortunately it seems doesn't exist such PS command function the same as this GUI option in windows DNS server.

nslookup (on Microsoft Windows) are the primary command-line tools for troubleshooting DNS issues.
You can also use Test-DnsServer to test whether a computer is a functioning Domain Name System (DNS) server. For more details, please refer to:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/dnsserver/test-dnsserver?view=win10-ps

Hope you have a nice day : )
Gloria

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Rich Matheisen 47,901

You can try Get-DnsServerResourceRecord or just Resolve-DnsName

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matteu31 502

Thanks for your reply but unfortunately, this doesn't solve my issue.

I would like exactly what this GUI does because I need to test it on each server for a DNS audit.

Rich Matheisen 47,901 Reputation points

2020-12-09T22:28:58.387+00:00

The "Tester" button (or "Test Now", in English) just tests whether or not the DNS server can resolve a name using either (or both) a simple request or a recursive request.

The "simple" test checks whether a name in a zone for which this DNS server is authoritative can be resolved. The "recursive" test checks to see if the server can resolve a name in a zone for which the DNS server isn't authoritative.

The Resolve-DNSName can also do that, as can nslookup. The Get-DnsServerZone can get the zones on a DNS server. You can script your own tests provided you know a resolvable name in each authoritative and non-authoritative zone (and don't forget to include the reverse-lookup zones!). There's no need to "audit" each server and each zone manually because "auditing" isn't what that "Tester" button does.

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matteu31 502

Thanks for your answer.
I will need to use GUI on all DCs to execute it :(

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AG 0

Hi,
I'm trying to configure the "Perform automatic testing at the following interval" option for both simple and recursive query every 24 hours.
@Gloria Gu If it isn't possible within a powershell script. How could it be achieved without the GUI?

There must be a solution to achieve this!
In the end the GUI also is just setting some flags and/or calling some function(s)...

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