Can Get-DNSServer produce output in readable CSV or TXT and not XML?

Question

Hello,
A Get-DNSServer -CN MyDC1 run from the console produces a nice formatted list of info to the console.  An export-csv of this same data gives me headings, but no data.  An Export-Clixml works, but I can view/use the data in this format.  Converting
xml to csv doesn't work as well.  A Format-List, then Out-File doesn't give me the data either.
Any suggestions on how I can get properly formatted CSV file with this output or at least, a Format-List to a text file?
Thanks for your help! SdeDot

Answer 1

You have to do a bit of finessing with the output objects to get it to look somewhat presentable. Here is one example of what I used:
Get-DnsServer -ComputerName DC1 | ForEach-Object {
[pscustomobject]@{
PSComputerName = $_.PSComputerName
ServerCache = ($_.ServerCache | Out-String).Trim()
ServerDiagnostics = ($_.ServerDiagnostics | Out-String).Trim()
ServerDsSetting = ($_.ServerDsSetting | Out-String).Trim()
ServerEdns = ($_.ServerEdns | Out-String).Trim()
ServerForwarder = ($_.ServerForwarder | Out-String).Trim()
ServerGlobalNameZone = ($_.ServerGlobalNameZone | Out-String).Trim()
ServerGlobalQueryBlockList = ($_.ServerGlobalQueryBlockList | Out-String).Trim()
ServerRecursion = ($_.ServerRecursion | Out-String).Trim()
ServerRootHint = ($_.ServerRootHint | Out-String).Trim()
ServerScavenging = ($_.ServerScavenging | Out-String).Trim()
ServerSetting = ($_.ServerSetting | Out-String).Trim()
ServerZone = ($_.ServerZone | Out-String).Trim()
ServerZoneAging = ($_.ServerZoneAging | Out-String).Trim()
ServerZoneScope = ($_.ServerZoneScope | Out-String).Trim()
} | Export-Csv -NoTypeInformation DNS.csv
You will also need to adjust the formatting on the spreadsheet to really present all of the data (expand the width on the columns), but it does end up working.
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