Last week I upgraded my lab to vSphere 5.5, during the install I entered the hostname to configure domain authentication but I received this error:
Error: Invalid hostname. FQDN is required for joining a domain
Solution:
Goto Network > Address > Hostname
Add the domain information in the hostname box, sample:
After this change I was able to configure AD authentication:
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Today I was playing with automatic installation of VMware Tools by using Active Directory Group Policy and Security Groups on my Windows 2008 test environment.
What did I do to realize the automated installation:
– Create a Security Group in AD called: “SW_VMware Tools 64-Bit”
– Create in Group Policy Management a new GPO called “SW_VMware Tools 64-Bit”
– Computer Configuration > Software Settings > Software Installation> New > package
– Select from shared location (in my case: \\VMPROS-DC01\Software Deployment\ ) “VMware Tools64.msi”
– In the security tab: VMware Tools 64-Bit need read rights
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Today I started with upgrading my production Windows 2008 PDC’s to the R2 release. After mounting the Windows 2008 R2 DVD I received two warnings:
– You must have 15 GB of free space (it’s VMware.. so what’s the problem?)
– Prepare a Windows Server 2003 Forest Schema for a Domain Controller that runs Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2
To do step 2 you need to do a few things:
– Mount Windows Server 2008 R2 cd-rom
– Start CMD with Administrator rights (run as Administrator)
– Type: D:\Support\adprep\adprep /forestprep [Enter]
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Sander Daems is founder and author of this blog and working as a Lead (Sr.) Consultant by UNICA ICT Solutions. Sander has over 15 years experience in IT, primary focus: virtualization and modern worksplace.
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