Vista - Join Virtual PDC

Hello to everyone,

I would like to create a virtual network development and testing on a server
W2K3 R2 SP2 64bits (RAM: 8GB) with VS2005R2. This virtual network includes 3
servers W2K3 R2 SP2 32bits and a client XP: VSPDC, VSSQL, VSMOSS and
VSCLIENT.

On each machine, I set up two network cards virtual:
o A card connected to "external network" to join the corporate network and
the Internet.
o Another connected to "internal network" to connect the virtual machines
between them.

I deactive the card connected to the external network of all virtual
machines to work only in the virtual network "DOMAIN.LOCAL."

Once configured with the VSPDC AD role with its domain “DOMAIN.LOCAL"and
added users and computers, I would join other virtual machines to the area
managed by the VSPDC, but I get the following message:
"A domain controller for the domain DOMAIN.LOCAL could not be contacted. "

Is it someone can help me solve this problem?

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Cordialement

Sounds like you haven't set up DNS.

See:


Setting Up the Domain Name System for Active Directory

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;237675



Best Practices for DNS Client settings in Windows 2000 server and in Windows
Server 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;825036



How to configure DNS for Internet access in Windows Server 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;323380





hth

DDS



"knsuon" <knsuon@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:12EF2D13-C78F-4524-9AB2-FE50430C72A9@xxxxxx

"knsuon" <knsuon@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:12EF2D13-C78F-4524-9AB2-FE50430C72A9@xxxxxxI would not run it like that. Simply put all of your domain machines on
the internal network with one NIC. Multihoming causes all sorts of odd
problems. If you want to give them access to the physical network and/or the
Internet later you can install another vm to act as a router between the
networks.

I run my domain of vms on a private internal network and run a server
2003 with RRAS in a vm as a NAT router to the physical network.