How to Export Active Directory Integrated Zones to a file

If you need to export Active Directory Integrated Zones to a file of the DNS server

Execute below command:
dnscmd <DNSservername> /ZoneExport <ZoneName> <ZoneExportFile>

Ex:

C:\> dnscmd dnsserver /ZoneExport home.test.com dnsexport

dnsexport is the filename where the details will be exported and it will be placed under %windir%\System32\dns folder. You can open the same with notepad.

For DNS administration tasks, you can use dnscmd command.

C:\>dnscmd /?

Usage: DnsCmd <ServerName> <Command> [<Command Parameters>]

<ServerName>:
  IP address or host name    -- remote or local DNS server
  .                          -- DNS server on local machine
<Command>:
  /Info                      -- Get server information
  /Config                    -- Reset server or zone configuration
  /EnumZones                 -- Enumerate zones
  /Statistics                -- Query/clear server statistics data
  /ClearCache                -- Clear DNS server cache
  /WriteBackFiles            -- Write back all zone or root-hint datafile(s)
  /StartScavenging           -- Initiates server scavenging
  /ResetListenAddresses      -- Set server IP address(es) to serve DNS requests
  /ResetForwarders           -- Set DNS servers to forward recursive queries to
  /ZoneInfo                  -- View zone information
  /ZoneAdd                   -- Create a new zone on the DNS server
  /ZoneDelete                -- Delete a zone from DNS server or DS
  /ZonePause                 -- Pause a zone
  /ZoneResume                -- Resume a zone
  /ZoneReload                -- Reload zone from its database (file or DS)
  /ZoneWriteBack             -- Write back zone to file
  /ZoneRefresh               -- Force refresh of secondary zone from master
  /ZoneUpdateFromDs          -- Update a DS integrated zone by data from DS
  /ZonePrint                 -- Display all records in the zone
  /ZoneResetType             -- Change zone type
  /ZoneResetSecondaries      -- Reset secondary\notify information for a zone
  /ZoneResetScavengeServers  -- Reset scavenging servers for a zone
  /ZoneResetMasters          -- Reset secondary zone's master servers
  /ZoneExport                -- Export a zone to file
  /ZoneChangeDirectoryPartition -- Move a zone to another directory partition
  /EnumRecords               -- Enumerate records at a name
  /RecordAdd                 -- Create a record in zone or RootHints
  /RecordDelete              -- Delete a record from zone, RootHints or cache
  /NodeDelete                -- Delete all records at a name
  /AgeAllRecords             -- Force aging on node(s) in zone
  /EnumDirectoryPartitions   -- Enumerate directory partitions
  /DirectoryPartitionInfo    -- Get info on a directory partition
  /CreateDirectoryPartition  -- Create a directory partition
  /DeleteDirectoryPartition  -- Delete a directory partition
  /EnlistDirectoryPartition  -- Add DNS server to partition replication scope
  /UnenlistDirectoryPartition -- Remove DNS server from replication scope
  /CreateBuiltinDirectoryPartitions -- Create built-in partitions

<Command Parameters>:
  DnsCmd <CommandName> /? -- For help info on specific Command



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