Create Host Type A record using dnscmd

The following illustrates on how to add Type A resource records on command prompt using dnscmd.

1. Assume the domain name is "myrootdns.com", dns server is "dnsserver", client Machine for which to add Host A record is "dnsclient.myrootdns.com" and IP address of dnsclient.myrootdns.com is "192.168.1.200".
2. Run below command to add Type A record to "dnsserver"

dnscmd dnsserver myrootdns.com dnsclient.myrootdns.com /Aging /OpenAcl A 192.168.1.200
3. To verify the record is created, run

dnscmd dnsserver /EnumRecords myrootdns.com dnsclient.myrootdns.com

To set timeout for the record, run

dnscmd dnsserver myrootdns.com dnsclient.myrootdns.com /Aging /OpenAcl 20 A 192.168.1.200