This is my configuration
Windows Vista Ultimate installed named VISTA1 and belongs to a workgroup
named WORKGROUP.
Vmware 6.5 is installed and Windows Server 2008 Enterprise (named WIN2008)
is installed as a guest operating system.
I want WS2008 to have several roles as:
Web server, File Server, AD (Certificate Services, Domain Services,
Federation Services, LDS)
Application Server, File Services and DNS.
I installed all of this and ran dcpromo.exe to promote WIN2008 to a domain
controller and created a new forest.
This created appropriate entries in DNS. Now this server is a part of
MYDOMAIN.COM.
Now I want the host VISTA1 to join this domain and to be able to query DNS
on WIN2008 server to resolve all external DNS lookup on the Internet.
I have a DSL router that connects my internal network to the Internet.
Questions:
1. Is it possible to join a domain that is managed on the guest operating
system from the host operating system?
That would probably require me to have WIN2008 already started before I am
prompted to login to the domain.
I would prefer not to always run the guest OS. I would only like to start it
when I am playing with the latest technologies.
I mainly need it because of SQL Server 2008 functionality, AD Domain
Services and as a IIS7
2. What would happen if WIN2008 is not started before getting a login
prompt? Will I still be able to login (using cashed credientials).
3. The most important question is how to setup DNS to resolve external
Internet lookups.
I tried adding addresses of my ISP provider in Forwarders section and Server
FQDN column reported <Unable to resolve> for both of these addresses.
Primary DNS
Secondary DNS
205.260.192.253
208.276.136.8
I tried both checking and uncheckng “ Use root hints if no forwarders are
availableâ€
Currently I cannot go out to the Internet from WIN2008, while I could go
before converting it to a domain controller.
I believe the request end up in DNS and DNS cannot communicate to external
DNS servers.
Please advise
Thank you very much,
Rad
This is my DSL Connection Information:
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IP Network Address PPP
Primary DNS
Secondary DNS 205.158.237.247
205.260.192.253
208.276.136.8
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VISTA1: Windows IP Configuration
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Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : VISTA1:
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Mixed
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : myhome.westell.com
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : myhome.westell.com
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) 82566DC-2 Gigabit Network
Connection
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1D-C0-57-60-3B
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.47(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, October 19, 2008 8:54:59 AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, October 22, 2008 11:56:25 AM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
192.168.1.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 4:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter for
VMnet1
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-50-16-C0-45-31
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.81.1(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:5:0:afff::1%1
fec0:5:0:afff::2%1
fec0:5:0:afff::3%1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
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