Test Lab

[ray3d84]

I am using workstation 8. I would like to setup a lab that has a virtual domain. This will consist of one domain controller, one server and one or two workstations.  I did some research and could only fin a referral to team which seems to be for an earlier product than workstation 8.1. Any help woul d be appreciated.

ray

[a_p_]

Afaik the team functionality has been removed from WS 8.

I also do have a setup like the one you are trying to run. You can do this easily without teams. Depending on your needs regarding e.g. web access you can use either host-only or NAT for the setup. In case of NAT, you need to make sure the domain members are configured to use the DHCP/DNS of the domain controller (i.e. disable DHCP on the virtual NAT vmnet) and the domain controller forwards DNS requests to e.g. your Internet router.

André

[ray3d84]

Andre,

Thanks for your quick response. Unfortunately I do not understand your instructions and it would be helpful if it was more detailed. At present I have these two servers. DC1 is my domain controller and when I try adding the SCCM1 server to domain it does not fine the domain controller DC1.

DC1

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : localdomain

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.159.132

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.159.2

SCCM1

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : localdomain

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/1000 M

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0C-29-CB-83-9D

DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.159.131

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.159.2

DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.159.254

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.159.2

Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.159.2

Regards,

Raymond Martinez

Phone: 718-822-1455

Cell: 347-525-7103

Ray3d84@hotmail.com

[a_p_]

From the Gateway addresses it looks like you configured the VM's to use NAT!?

One way to set this up is:

On the DC:

1.) Configure fixed IP settings, e.g.

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.159.10

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.159.2

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.159.10

2.) Configure the DHCP server, e.g.

IP Range: 192.168.159.50 ... 192.168.159.100

DNS Server: 192.168.159.10

Default Gateway: 192.168.159.2

3.) Configure the DNS server to forward any requests unrelated to the own domain to 192.168.159.2

In the Virtual Network Editor:

1.) Disable DHCP for the NAT network (vmnet8)

With this setup any VM in the vmnet8 (NAT) network will receive its IP address from the DC's DHCP server.

André

[ray3d84]

Unfortuntely your suggestions do not work. After I setup my other server SCCM1 pull a 169 address.

[a_p_]

Please double check the DHCP configuration on the DC. Make sure the appropriate IP scope exists and the DHCP server is authorized.

André