FindDNSServersAndLocalZones.ps1
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<#
This script will find all Windows servers with the DNS Server service installed,
report on it's state and any local zones files (non-Active Directory integrated).
Note that for servers we filter out Cluster Name Objects (CNOs) and
Virtual Computer Objects (VCOs) by checking the objects serviceprincipalname
property for a value of MSClusterVirtualServer. The CNO is the cluster
name, whereas a VCO is the client access point for the clustered role.
These are not actual computers, so we exlude them to assist with
accuracy.
Script Name: FindDNSServersAndLocalZones.ps1
Release 1.0
Written by [email protected] 10/01/2014
#>
#-------------------------------------------------------------
# Get the script path
$ScriptPath = { Split-Path $MyInvocation.ScriptName }
$OnlineFile = $(&$ScriptPath) + "\DNSServers-online.csv"
$OfflineFile = $(&$ScriptPath) + "\DNSServers-offline.csv"
#-------------------------------------------------------------
Import-Module ActiveDirectory
# Get Domain Controllers
#$Computers = Get-ADDomainController -Filter * | Sort-Object Name
# Get All Servers filtering out Cluster Name Objects (CNOs) and Virtual computer Objects (VCOs)
$Computers = Get-ADComputer -Filter * -Properties Name, Operatingsystem, servicePrincipalName | Where-Object { ($_.Operatingsystem -like '*server*') -AND !($_.serviceprincipalname -like '*MSClusterVirtualServer*') } | Sort-Object -Property Name
#-------------------------------------------------------------
$onlinearray = @()
$offlinearray = @()
$Count = 0
$Count = $Computers.Count
Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green "There are $Count servers to process.`n"
foreach ($Computer in $Computers) {
$ComputerError = "$false"
$ComputerName = $Computer.Name
if (Test-Connection -Cn $Computer.Name -BufferSize 16 -Count 1 -ea 0 -quiet) {
Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green "Checking for DNS Server service on $ComputerName"
$ServiceName = "DNS"
try {
$serviceObj = Get-Service -ComputerName $ComputerName | Where-Object { $_.ServiceName -eq $serviceName } | Select-Object Name, Status
if ($null -ne $serviceObj) {
if ($serviceObj.Status -eq "Running") {
Write-Host -ForegroundColor green "- Service found in a $($serviceObj.Status) state."
}
else {
Write-Host -ForegroundColor red "- Service found in a $($serviceObj.Status) state."
}
# Path to DNS
$path = "\\$ComputerName\admin$\System32\dns"
# Testing the $path
if ((Test-Path -Path $path) -and ($null -ne (Get-Item -Path $path).Length)) {
if ((Get-ChildItem "$path\*.dns" -Exclude "CACHE.DNS" | Measure-Object).Count -gt 0) {
# Get all zone file (*.dns) and exclude the CACHE.DNS file.
Write-Host -ForegroundColor yellow "- Local zones files found."
$ZoneFiles = Get-ChildItem "$path\*.dns" -Exclude "CACHE.DNS"
$LocalZones = ""
foreach ($ZoneFile in $ZoneFiles) {
if ($LocalZones -eq "" ) {
$LocalZones = $ZoneFile.Name
}
else {
$LocalZones = $LocalZones + ";" + $ZoneFile.Name
}
}
}
else {
Write-Host -ForegroundColor yellow "- No local zones files found."
$LocalZones = "none found."
}
}
else {
$ComputerError = "$true"
$ErrorDescription = "Not reachable via the $path path."
Write-Host -ForegroundColor Red "- $ErrorDescription"
}
$output = New-Object PSObject
$output | Add-Member NoteProperty -Name "ComputerName" $ComputerName
$output | Add-Member NoteProperty -Name "Service" $serviceObj.Name
$output | Add-Member NoteProperty -Name "Status" $serviceObj.Status
$output | Add-Member NoteProperty -Name "LocalZoneFiles" $LocalZones
$onlinearray += $output
}
else {
Write-Host -ForegroundColor yellow "- $ServiceName service not installed"
}
}
catch {
$ComputerError = "$true"
$ErrorDescription = "Error connecting using the Get-Service cmdlet."
Write-Host -ForegroundColor Red "- $ErrorDescription"
}
}
else {
$ComputerError = "$true"
$ErrorDescription = "Unable to ping server"
Write-Host -ForegroundColor Red "$ComputerName is offline"
}
if ($ComputerError -eq $true) {
$outputbad = New-Object PSObject
$outputbad | Add-Member NoteProperty ComputerName $ComputerName
$outputbad | Add-Member NoteProperty ErrorDescription $ErrorDescription
$offlinearray += $outputbad
}
}
$onlinearray | Export-Csv -notype "$OnlineFile"
$offlinearray | Export-Csv -notype "$OfflineFile"
# Remove the quotes
(Get-Content "$OnlineFile") | ForEach-Object { $_ -replace '"', "" } | Out-File "$OnlineFile" -Force -Encoding ascii
(Get-Content "$OfflineFile") | ForEach-Object { $_ -replace '"', "" } | Out-File "$OfflineFile" -Force -Encoding ascii
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