How to Check If a Reverse DNS PTR Record Was Added
- 1). Log into the Windows Server 2008 computer using the user name and password of an account that has Administrator permissions on the computer.
- 2). Click the "Start" button on the Windows desktop taskbar, click the "Search" box, type "cmd" in the "Search" box and press the "Enter" key. The command line window will appear.
- 3). Type "dnscmd x.x.x.x /enumrecords zone_name" at the command prompt, except replace "x.x.x.x" with the IP address of the DNS server and replace "zone_name" with the DNS zone that contains the PTR record you wish to test.
- 4). Press the "Enter" key. View the command line output and verify the PTR record you wish to check is in the list of records displayed.
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