Recently I needed to learn the IP address of our active directory server(s). I wanna share how I learnt it/them.
First open your command shell. (cmd.exe) Then type the following: (I masked our IP addresses below of course where you will see some X's, Y's or Z's or some combination of letters.)
C:\Windows\system32> nslookup
Default Server: xyzt.abc.local
Address: 10.xxx.yyy.zzz
> {This prompt is where you will/can do some DNS queries}
> set type=all
> _ldap._tcp.dc._msdcs.abc.local {abc.local is the name of our domain}
The output will be the following:
Server: xyzt.abc.local
Address: 10.xxx.yyy.zzz
_ldap._tcp.dc._msdcs.abc.local SRV service location:
priority = 0
weight = 100
port = 389
svr hostname = server1.abc.local
_ldap._tcp.dc._msdcs.abc.local SRV service location:
priority = 0
weight = 100
port = 389
svr hostname = server2.abc.local
_ldap._tcp.dc._msdcs.abc.local SRV service location:
priority = 0
weight = 100
port = 389
svr hostname = server3.abc.local
_ldap._tcp.dc._msdcs.abc.local SRV service location:
priority = 0
weight = 100
port = 389
svr hostname = server4.abc.local
{Below are the names and IP addresses of our active directory servers}
server1.abc.local internet address = 10.xxx.yyy.zzx
server2.abc.local internet address = 10.xxx.yyy.zzy
server3.abc.local internet address = 10.xxx.yyy.zzz
server4.abc.local internet address = 10.xxx.yyy.zzt
Four server are listed after executing the command because it seems that we have four active directory servers in our company. This also a new information for me =) )
