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How to join a windows 2008 server into a local AD domain

Greetings,
I need help with instructions on how to join a Windows 2008 server to my local AD domain.
In my home lab I have a Windows 2008 R2 server that is configured as an AD 2008 Domain Controller.
I have a second server (Windows 2008 SP2), which I need to join into my DEVLAB AD domain.
When I attempt to do that via Control Panel -> Change Name -> Member Of: DEVLAB I get the following error: An attempt to resolve DNS name of a DC in the domain being joined has failed. Please, verify this client is configured to reach a DNS server that can resolve DNS names in the target domain.

I also have the following Lmhosts information:

Lmhosts:

192.168.1.47 DEVLAB-SRV1 #PRE #DOM:DEVLAB
192.168.1.47 "DEVLAB \0x1b" #PRE
# 102.54.94.123 popular #PRE #source server
# 102.54.94.117 localsrv #PRE #needed for the include
#
#BEGIN_ALTERNATE
#INCLUDE \\localsrv\public\lmhosts
# #INCLUDE \\rhino\public\lmhosts
#END_ALTERNATE

nbtstat -c:

Local Area Connection:
Node IpAddress: [192.168.1.74] Scope Id: []

NetBIOS Remote Cache Name Table

Name Type Host Address Life [sec]
------------------------------------------------------------
DEVLAB <1C> GROUP 192.168.1.47 -1
DEVLAB <1B> UNIQUE 192.168.1.47 -1
DEVLAB-SRV1 <03> UNIQUE 192.168.1.47 -1
DEVLAB-SRV1 <00> UNIQUE 192.168.1.47 -1
DEVLAB-SRV1 <20> UNIQUE 192.168.1.47 -1

So, I was hoping that if I can not resolve the DC in DNS (my DC is a local machne - 192.168.1.47), that I could use the Lmhosts file. For some reason that option is not being used - as you can see in the error message, it still attempting to resolve the DC in DNS.
I would be OK with iether solution - DNS or Lmhosts.

-Eugene

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eugene_goldberg

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ok,
my hosts file now looks like this:

127.0.0.1 localhost
::1 localhost
192.168.1.47 devlab-srv1

but the server that I'm trying to join in is still trying to use the DNS
how do I force it to use the local hosts file as a first priority?

eugene_goldberg

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what worked for me at the end is to learn the proper format of the DNS SRV record, required for the AD.
Once I had that done, I was able to join the domain.

eugene_goldberg

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eugene_goldberg

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seem to work fine