Hi guys,
I do have to apologize in advance because I am a novice at this and I am doing a home study course now to improve my knowledge but just hit a brick wall!
I have got a virtual machine on Oracle VM VirtualBox which I have setup to be a domain controller with active directory features enabled. Lets say the domain name setup is dg1
I have set it so it uses the same IP range as my host computer/home router. So my router/computer has IP address 192.168.15.x and my domain controller has the exactly the same range, just a different prefix in replace of x.
I am able to ping my domain controller from its DNS name and its IP address from my host computer which is perfect! ...however, I want to allow my computer to join its domain so it can included in active directory! (I will be getting a new virtual machine system soon but just want to test to see if the computer can join a domain)...
However, when I try to join domain dg1, it is giving me an error saying "an active directory domain controller cannot be contacted".
Note: This information is intended for a network administrator. If you are not your network's administrator, notify the administrator that you received this information, which has been recorded in the file C:\WINDOWS\debug\dcdiag.txt. The domain name "dg1" might be a NetBIOS domain name. If this is the case, verify that the domain name is properly registered with WINS. If you are certain that the name is not a NetBIOS domain name, then the following information can help you troubleshoot your DNS configuration. The following error occurred when DNS was queried for the service location (SRV) resource record used to locate an Active Directory Domain Controller (AD DC) for domain "dg1": The error was: "DNS name does not exist." (error code 0x0000232B RCODE_NAME_ERROR) The query was for the SRV record for _ldap._tcp.dc._msdcs.dg1 Common causes of this error include the following: - The DNS SRV records required to locate a AD DC for the domain are not registered in DNS. These records are registered with a DNS server automatically when a AD DC is added to a domain. They are updated by the AD DC at set intervals. This computer is configured to use DNS servers with the following IP addresses: 81.91.192.247 81.91.192.253 - One or more of the following zones do not include delegation to its child zone: dg1 . (the root zone)
Could someone point me in the right direction or guide me on how to rectify this please?
Thanks,
Dan