I have recently gotten an HP Gen 8 microserver, the G1610t. I've been following the TechNut guide tosetting it up on YouTube found at: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfYIS7PWFoq5zRq9ObjDbKa-R07CwbHBV
Pretty good series and mostly smooth sailing so far until trying to join the server to the domain I have set up using sconfig where I get the error:
"The specified domain either does not exist or could not be contacted"
So, Windows 2012 on the server, configured not through Hyper-V Server but by remoting onto the desktop and setting up, only real difference I've had so far to the videos, can't see that being the issue.
On the server, using Hyper-V Manager I have created a new virtual switch and a new VM called HOME-DC01 using the Windows 2012 evaluation iso available at https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-hyper-v-server-2012-r2
I'm intending this VM to be the domain controller. Once started have applied all available patches, restarted. Then in Server Manager, using the Add Role wizard, added the Active Directory Domain Services role. Promoted the server to Domain Controller and then I created a new forest and specified the domain name as home.local. Installation seems to go ok, I can log in, services seem to be running and looking in Server Manager after RDP'ing into the server all Roles are green (AD DS, DNS, File and Storage Services as well as Local Sever and All Servers)
Back on the microserver, I have changed the DNS server to be the new domain controller using sconfig. Ping to the Domain Controller using the IP address and the hostname both work. I've used google (8.8.8.8) as the secondary DNS.
Now when I try to change the domain in sconfig, I get the error:
"The specified domain either does not exist or could not be contacted"
I think the firewalls are open as needed as I've run:
Set-NetFirewallRule -DisplayGroup 'Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)' -Enabled true
Set-NetFirewallRule -DisplayGroup 'Remote Event Log Management' -Enabled true
Set-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Windows Firewall Remote Management (RPC)
Set-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Windows Firewall Remote Management (RPC-EPMAP)
Can anyone help with my error? Point me in the direction of what else I should check or what I might have missed? I've tried recreating the VM again but got the results (which is good as it's consistent). Been at this a week and making no progress.