I've installed server 2008 r2 and hyper-v server on vmware. I've created a domain on the server, but I can't get hyper-v server to join for some reason. I'm able to ping the dc. I have disabled the firewall on both servers any ideas?

Might ask them here. http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserverhyperv/threads Regards, Dave Patrick .... Microsoft Certified Professional Microsoft MVP [Windows] Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties or guarantees , and confers no rights.

What about name resolution ? Are the DNS adresses correctly configured on the Hyperv Server? What is the output of nslookup? Please post an ipconfig from the DNS/Domain Controller and from the HyperV server. What is the error message ? What do the event logs show?MCTS - Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread. http://mariusene.wordpress.com/

I just tried joining the domain with my win 7 vm and it doesn't work either so there's an issue with the dc found this in event logs Name resolution for the name 188.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa timed out after none of the configured DNS servers responded. ipconfig from dc Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::fd1e:c62e:127f:b473%9 IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.188 Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254

>>>>>I just tried joining the domain with my win 7 vm and it doesn't work either so there's an issue with the dc Try to check IP configuration settings once again in Win 7 VM, if you use static IP addressing. Make sure that you configured it correctly and make an entry of DNS server IP manually. Check once mutual Ping responses at both ends ( DC & Win7). Also suggest you disable IPV6. >>>>>Name resolution for the name 188.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa timed out after none of the configured DNS servers responded. Use NSLOOKUP command and make sure that your DNS server work properly. Also restart NETLOGON service in DC server and try to add win7 VM to domain. Finally, since it is virtual environment, make sure that both VM network adapater type can be in host-only mode. Please feel free to post again if you need any other help? Regards, Ravikumar P

Hello, NEVER join the Hyper-V server to a domain. This system provides the hypervisor and and should for security reason and performance ALWAYS run as single server role. Also keep in mind that if you have to reboot the Hyper-V server how should it contact the domain DNS server if this run on the VM that is also shutdown as the Hyper-V server is NOT started at the time??? So installl Hyper-V NEVER as domain member, use it as VMWare ESX/ESXi as the system providing the hypervisor and thats it. I NEVER have seen somebody to add the VMWare hypervisor to a domain, so why will you do this with Microsoft hypervisor? Best regards Meinolf Weber MVP, MCP, MCTS Microsoft MVP - Directory Services My Blog: http://msmvps.com/blogs/mweber/ Disclaimer: This posting is provided AS IS with no warranties or guarantees and confers no rights.