DNS on Windows Server 2003, 3rd Edition

The Zone Datafiles

Let’s take a look at the zone datafiles for Movie U. After inputting the remaining host table entries, we end up with the display shown in Figure 4-2. (Of course, this view shows only the contents of movie.edu. The 249.249.192.in-addr.arpa and 253.253.192.in-addr.arpa zones are populated with PTR records.)

Next we select Action → Update Server Data Files, and the server generates three files in %SystemRoot%\System32\DNS: movie.edu.dns, 249.249.192.in-addr.arpa.dns, and 253.253.192.in-addr.arpa.dns. We include them here.

Contents of movie.edu.dns

;
;  Database file movie.edu.dns for movie.edu zone.
;      Zone version:  17
;

@                       IN  SOA terminator.movie.edu.  hostmaster.movie.edu. (
                         17           ; serial number
                         900          ; refresh
                         600          ; retry
                         86400        ; expire
                         3600       ) ; default TTL

;
;  Zone NS records
;

@                       NS     terminator.movie.edu.

;
;  Zone records
;

bigt                    CNAME  terminator.movie.edu.
carrie                  A 192.253.253.4
dh                      CNAME  diehard.movie.edu.
diehard                 A 192.249.249.4
misery                  A 192.253.253.2
robocop                 A 192.249.249.2
shining                 A 192.253.253.3
terminator              A 192.249.249.3
wh                      CNAME  wormhole.movie.edu.
wh249                   A 192.249.249.1
wh253                   A 192.253.253.1
wormhole                A 192.253.253.1
                        A 192.249.249.1

Contents of 249.249.192.in-addr.arpa.dns

; ; Database file 249.249.192.in-addr.arpa.dns for 249.249.192.in-addr.arpa zone. ; Zone version: 7 ; @ IN SOA terminator.movie.edu. hostmaster.movie.edu. ( 7 ; serial number 900 ; refresh 600 ; retry 86400 ; expire 3600 ) ; default TTL ; ; Zone NS records ; @ NS terminator.movie.edu. ; ; Zone ...