[Djr22192]

Anyone Please Help???


I have one virtual server that I cannot get to join the domain. Every time I try to join it to the domain it states issues with DNS. (It seems like as soon as I put my domain in and select OK, it immediately states that error without out even trying to join.)

I know DNS is fine due to the other machines that are on the domain. I verified DNS and the gateway setting are identical to the other Virtual machines on the domain. The network settings are correct and I can get out to the web but just cant join it to the domain.

What troubleshooting steps can I take to resolve this issue with this one virtual machine?

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Anyone Please Help???


I have one virtual server that I cannot get to join the domain. Every time I try to join it to the domain it states issues with DNS. (It seems like as soon as I put my domain in and select OK, it immediately states that error without out even trying to join.)

I know DNS is fine due to the other machines that are on the domain. I verified DNS and the gateway setting are identical to the other Virtual machines on the domain. The network settings are correct and I can get out to the web but just cant join it to the domain.

What troubleshooting steps can I take to resolve this issue with this one virtual machine?

From your description, it sounds like the domain controller is ping-able/reachable.
Rename the Windows VM to something unique . Confirm the DNS settings the VM has. The DNS servers it uses should be an internal AD DNS server. Remove any public DNS servers from the ip dns configuration.

[puppet9999]

Anyone Please Help???


I have one virtual server that I cannot get to join the domain. Every time I try to join it to the domain it states issues with DNS. (It seems like as soon as I put my domain in and select OK, it immediately states that error without out even trying to join.)

I know DNS is fine due to the other machines that are on the domain. I verified DNS and the gateway setting are identical to the other Virtual machines on the domain. The network settings are correct and I can get out to the web but just cant join it to the domain.

What troubleshooting steps can I take to resolve this issue with this one virtual machine?

From your description, it sounds like the domain controller is ping-able/reachable.
Rename the Windows VM to something unique . Confirm the DNS settings the VM has. The DNS servers it uses should be an internal AD DNS server. Remove any public DNS servers from the ip dns configuration.

[Djr22192]

puppet9999,

I verified all the network configuration settings to a the other VM's that are working correctly.

I also did an DNSFlush and register to the VM that I cannot get on the Domain. It seems like the VM doesn't even attempt to connect to the domain because as soon as I put the domain name in and click OK it immediately pops up with that error.

[puppet9999]

did you change the vm's hostname?
Is the DC pingable form the vm ? is NetBIOS enabled? disable ipv6 . that quick failure leads me to believe it's attempted to connect to the DC is blocked/stopped immediately.
anything in the event log of the vm?

is the hypervisor VMware (not that it would make a huge difference) however if there is more than one vm network and multiple vlans, things can be selected incorrectly when setting up the vm's networking.

[puppet9999]

Additionally, are you providing the appropriate domain credentials? A domain admin can add computers to the domain. You described a fast failure when you try to make the VM a member of the domain. The wrong account will cause this too as it is immediately rejected for not having the right group membership.