PowerShell DNS Commands:Add-DnsServerVirtualizationInstance

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Add-DnsServerVirtualizationInstance

DNS Cmdlet: Add-DnsServerVirtualizationInstance

Syntax:

Add-DnsServerVirtualizationInstance [-ComputerName <String>] [-Name] <String>[-FriendlyName <String>][-Description <String>] [-PassThru][-CimSession <CimSession[]>][-ThrottleLimit <Int32>] [-AsJob][-WhatIf][-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>]

Parameters and Description:

Parameters Description
ComputerName (Type: String) Enter the IP address, NETBIOS name, FQDN or host name of the DNS server.
FriendlyName (Type: String) Mentions the user friendly name of the virtualization instance.
Description (Type: String) Denotes the description of the virtualization instance.
PassThru (Type: SwitchParameter) Represents the item you are working with. No output is generated with this cmdlet by default.
CimSession (Type: CimSession [] ) Runs the cmdlet on a remote computer or session. For example: the output of Get-CimSession or New-CimSession cmdlet. By default, the cmdlet is run on the local computer in the current session.
ThrottleLimit (Type: Int32) Specifies the maximum number of concurrent operations that can be allowed to run this cmdlet. If its value is 0 or not specified, PowerShell will calculate the right throttle limit automatically.
AsJob (Type: SwitchParameter) Used to run the cmdlet as a background job.
WhatIf (Type: SwitchParameter) Shows what would happen if this cmdlet is run.

To know further on Add-DnsServerVirtualizationInstance, please refer to this article.

Purpose of this cmdlet:

The Add-DnsServerVirtualizationInstance cmdlet lets you add a virtualization instance to a DNS server. You can host zones and zone scopes independently in a virtualization instance.

Example:

Add-DnsServerVirtualizationInstance -Name "8231" -FriendlyName "HostTenantPartition" -Description "This virtualization instance hosts the zones for the 'Host' tenant" -PassThru

The above command adds the virtualization instance 8231 to host zones for 'HostTenantPartition '.

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