Listing04_Move_Host_DnsCmd (Perl)

This code can be found in Chapter 8 of Managing Enterprise Active Directory Services

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# From the book "Managing Enterprise Active Directory Services"
# ISBN: 0-672-32125-4

use strict;
use DnsCmd;

# Create new dnscmd object and specify primary server
my $dnscmd = DnsCmd->new('dc1.xyz.com');

# Delete old A record
$dnscmd->RecordDelete('xyz.com',  # Forward zone name
                       'foobar',  # Host name
                            'A',  # RR Type
                     '10.5.1.1',  # IP addr
                           '/f'); # No prompt
if ($dnscmd->error) {
   die "Error deleting A: ",$dnscmd->output;
}
else {
   print "Successfully deleted A: ",$dnscmd->output;
}

# Delete old PTR record
$dnscmd->RecordDelete('1.5.10.in-addr.arpa', # Reverse zone name
                      '1',                   # PTR owner name
                      'PTR',                 # RR type
                      'foobar.xyz.com',      # FQDN of host
                      '/f');                 # No prompt
if ($dnscmd->error) {
   die "Error deleting PTR: ",$dnscmd->output;
}
else {
   print "Successfully deleted PTR: ",$dnscmd->output;
}

# Add new A record
$dnscmd->RecordAdd('xyz.com',  # Forward zone name
                    'foobar',  # Host name
                         'A',  # RR type
                  '10.5.2.1'); # IP addr
if ($dnscmd->error) {
   die "Error adding A: ",$dnscmd->output;
}
else {
   print "Successfully added A: ",$dnscmd->output;
}

# Add new PTR record
$dnscmd->RecordAdd('2.5.10.in-addr.arpa',  # Reverse zone name
                                     '1',  # PTR owner name
                                   'PTR',  # RR type
                        'foobar.xyz.com'); # FQDN of host name
if ($dnscmd->error) {
   die "Error adding PTR: ",$dnscmd->output;
}
else {
   print "Successfully added PTR: ",$dnscmd->output;
} 

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