Windows error 9601 (DNS_ERROR_ZONE_DOES_NOT

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Description: The requested DNS zone does not exist on the selected DNS server.

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DNS_ERROR_ADDRESS_REQUIRED	DNS_ERROR_NO_ZONE_INFO

DNS_ERROR_ZONE_DOES_NOT_EXIST

DNS_ERROR_ZONE_DOES_NOT_EXIST means the DNS Server role does not have the requested zone loaded or configured. Check the exact zone name and server before creating anything: a similarly named forward or reverse zone may already exist elsewhere.

What to check

List zones on the target server and verify the exact forward or reverse zone name.
Confirm whether the zone should be file-backed, AD-integrated, primary, secondary, or stub.
If the zone should have loaded at startup, inspect DNS Server events for the first zone-load error.

Get-DnsServerZone

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Microsoft: Get-DnsServerZone

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