Domain Join Issues

It will sit spinning for 20 minutes before finally starting but will shut back down after 2 minutes.

Domain join issues. I installed vcsa and added the two host to my datacenter and cluster. Ensure the vm is connected to the same or a peered virtual network as the managed domain. When i try to domain join the esxi hosts it takes a very long time and then fails when i try to domain join the esxi host i get.

Geekn aug 9 18 at 17 26. First i would check to ensure that your domain controllers time is not far off from ntp time and if you need to fix ntp issues on your domain see this article. When you type the domain name make sure you type the dns domain name rather than the netbios name.

An attempt to resolve the dns name of a dc in the domain joined has failed. Restart the computer that you are trying to join to the domain to make sure that there are no latent connections to any of the domain servers. Welcome to please restart etc.

Then the the trouble begins. Under domain name on one occasion it was blank another domain. If not the vm can t find and connect to the domain in order to join.

It didn t work but i m going to wait 20 minutes like the article mentioned. Connectivity issues for domain join. Please verify this client is configured to reach a dns server that can resolve dns names in the target domain.

Review the following troubleshooting steps to locate and resolve the issue. The error may be transient. When you type the domain name make sure that you type the dns name and not the netbios name.