Hello,
I'm having a strange issue connecting a Windows 2003 Server to my domain.
BACKGROUND
We have a production environment with several critical virtual servers. We also have an isloated DR environment. When performing a DR test we clone a copy of the VM and transfer it over the DR environment. The DR environment has it's own AD environment which is also a copy of our live environment. The DR and Prod AD environments are seperate from eachother and for this reason can safely use the same Domain name.
I have clone several VMs and have been copying them into the DR environment. Because the AD environments are seperate I always remove and rejoin the servers to the domain after they have been copied into the DR environment. This usually works, however I am trying to do it with one server and I am getting the error message:
The following error occurred attempting to join the domain "MYDOMAIN.local":
The service cannot accept control messages at this time.
I have verified the IP address information. I am also able to use NSLOOKUP and resolve the names of the DC's. I can ping the DC that's located in the DR and have added other client machines without any problems. Any suggestions?