Error when joining DC

I have a DC VMWare image and am trying to add a XP SP2 machine (also a vmware image) to that domain in a test environment and am having issues with it. Here is the detailed text from the error

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The following error occurred when DNS was queried for the service location (SRV) resource record used to locate a domain controller for domain us.mydomain.com:

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.us.mydomain.com

Common causes of this error include the following:

- The DNS SRV record is not registered in DNS.

- One or more of the following zones do not include delegation to its child zone:

us.mydomain.com
mydomain.com
com
. (the root zone)

For information about correcting this problem, click Help.

Here is my setup

-------------DC: ipconfig

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.100.200
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : localdomain
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.249.129
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.249.2

-------netdiag results-------

........................................

Computer Name: QPTARGET
DNS Host Name: qptarget.demo.us.mydomain.com
System info : Windows 2000 Server (Build 3790)
Processor : x86 Family 6 Model 26 Stepping 5, GenuineIntel
List of installed hotfixes :
KB923561
KB924667-v2
KB925398_WMP64
KB925902-v2
KB927891
KB929123
KB930178
KB932168
KB933729
KB933854
KB936357
KB936782
KB938127
KB938464-v2
KB941569
KB942830
KB942831
KB943055
KB943460
KB944338-v2
KB944653
KB945553
KB946026
KB949014
KB950760
KB950762
KB950974
KB951066
KB951748
KB952004
KB952954
KB954600
KB955069
KB955839
KB956572
KB956802
KB956803
KB957097
KB958644
KB958687
KB958690
KB959426
KB960225
KB960803
KB961063
KB961373
KB963027
KB967715
Q147222


Netcard queries test . . . . . . . : Passed
[WARNING] The net card 'Microsoft Loopback Adapter' may not be working becau
se it has not received any packets.



Per interface results:

Adapter : Local Area Connection 2

Netcard queries test . . . : Passed

Host Name. . . . . . . . . : qptarget
IP Address . . . . . . . . : 192.168.100.200
Subnet Mask. . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway. . . . . . :
Dns Servers. . . . . . . . : 127.0.0.1


AutoConfiguration results. . . . . . : Passed

Default gateway test . . . : Skipped
[WARNING] No gateways defined for this adapter.

NetBT name test. . . . . . : Passed
[WARNING] At least one of the <00> 'WorkStation Service', <03> 'Messenge
r Service', <20> 'WINS' names is missing.
No remote names have been found.

WINS service test. . . . . : Skipped
There are no WINS servers configured for this interface.

Adapter : Local Area Connection

Netcard queries test . . . : Passed

Host Name. . . . . . . . . : qptarget.localdomain
IP Address . . . . . . . . : 192.168.249.129
Subnet Mask. . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway. . . . . . : 192.168.249.2
Dns Servers. . . . . . . . : 192.168.249.2

IpConfig results . . . . . : Failed
Pinging DHCP server - not reachable
WARNING: DHCP server may be down.

AutoConfiguration results. . . . . . : Passed

Default gateway test . . . : Passed

NetBT name test. . . . . . : Passed
[WARNING] At least one of the <00> 'WorkStation Service', <03> 'Messenge
r Service', <20> 'WINS' names is missing.
No remote names have been found.

WINS service test. . . . . : Skipped
There are no WINS servers configured for this interface.


Global results:


Domain membership test . . . . . . : Passed


NetBT transports test. . . . . . . : Passed
List of NetBt transports currently configured:
NetBT_Tcpip_{C8FC1FEC-A1AC-4CC7-A42F-CB29CD495ED2}
NetBT_Tcpip_{7F84C442-A6CD-4F57-80BC-4F662973FB56}
2 NetBt transports currently configured.


Autonet address test . . . . . . . : Passed


IP loopback ping test. . . . . . . : Passed


Default gateway test . . . . . . . : Passed


NetBT name test. . . . . . . . . . : Passed
[WARNING] You don't have a single interface with the <00> 'WorkStation Servi
ce', <03> 'Messenger Service', <20> 'WINS' names defined.


Winsock test . . . . . . . . . . . : Passed


DNS test . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Passed
PASS - All the DNS entries for DC are registered on DNS server '127.0.0.1' a
nd other DCs also have some of the names registered.
[WARNING] The DNS entries for this DC are not registered correctly on DNS se
rver '192.168.249.2'. Please wait for 30 minutes for DNS server replication.


Redir and Browser test . . . . . . : Passed
List of NetBt transports currently bound to the Redir
NetBT_Tcpip_{C8FC1FEC-A1AC-4CC7-A42F-CB29CD495ED2}
NetBT_Tcpip_{7F84C442-A6CD-4F57-80BC-4F662973FB56}
The redir is bound to 2 NetBt transports.

List of NetBt transports currently bound to the browser
NetBT_Tcpip_{C8FC1FEC-A1AC-4CC7-A42F-CB29CD495ED2}
NetBT_Tcpip_{7F84C442-A6CD-4F57-80BC-4F662973FB56}
The browser is bound to 2 NetBt transports.


DC discovery test. . . . . . . . . : Passed


DC list test . . . . . . . . . . . : Passed


Trust relationship test. . . . . . : Skipped


Kerberos test. . . . . . . . . . . : Passed


LDAP test. . . . . . . . . . . . . : Passed


Bindings test. . . . . . . . . . . : Passed


WAN configuration test . . . . . . : Skipped
No active remote access connections.


Modem diagnostics test . . . . . . : Passed

IP Security test . . . . . . . . . : Skipped

Note: run "netsh ipsec dynamic show /?" for more detailed information


The command completed successfully


On the XP Side ipconfig
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 3:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.100
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : localdomain
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.249.130
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.249.2


--------netdiag log entry-------
01/05 19:11:07 NetpValidateName: checking to see if 'us.mydomain.com' is valid as type 3 name
01/05 19:11:11 NetpCheckDomainNameIsValid for us.mydomain.com returned 0x54b
01/05 19:11:11 NetpCheckDomainNameIsValid [ Exists ] for 'us.mydomain.com' returned 0x54b



I'm a SW guy but am new to DCs and DNS issues. Please help.

Thanks.

 

I would check that the XP "box" uses the DC as it's dns server.

 

amdace is definitely right. In a virtual environment, that needs to be the IP address of the server instance, not the host PC.