2008r2 nslookup returns Non-existent domain

active-directorywindows-server-2008-r2

I need to create a self-contained windows LAN on a couple of VMs.

I have a couple of hyper-v VMs running Windows 2008r2 on a Win8 host.

Both VMs are running off the same virtual switch which is attached to the Ethernet port of the host laptop.

Here's what I've done so far:

  • allocated a fixed IP address to VM1
  • promoted VM1 to be a domain controller using dcpromo.
  • set the primary dns of VM2 to IP address of VM1
  • from VM2 joined the domain created on VM1

When I run nslookup from VM2 it is able to resolve to VM1. However, when I try the reverse from VM1 I get the message:"localhost can't find 2008r2server2: Non-existent domain"

Could anyone please help troubleshoot?

Thanks
Rob.

Best Answer

This should probably be a comment but alas, not enough rep... Are you using the nslookup query with the fqdn? If not I would suggest looking at the dns suffix, making sure it's correct.

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