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So your virtual machine is Server 2008 running on ESXi and your physical workstation is XP?<br />
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Can you ping the ESXi host? &nbsp;On the 2008 VM see if Windows Firewall is running. &nbsp;If it is then either allow an exception for ICMP or turn it off. &nbsp;Then see if you can ping it. &nbsp;On your XP client make sure the DNS settings are correctly pointing to a valid DNS server in your internal active directory network.
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So your virtual machine is Server 2008 running on ESXi and your physical workstation is XP?

Can you ping the ESXi host?  On the 2008 VM see if Windows Firewall is running.  If it is then either allow an exception for ICMP or turn it off.  Then see if you can ping it.  On your XP client make sure the DNS settings are correctly pointing to a valid DNS server in your internal active directory network.

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Hi,<br />
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I connect to my virtual DC using an XP client using Vpshere and ESXI 5.<br />
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I want to add the physical client to the &nbsp;virtual domain. Whenever i try it says no DC exists. <br />
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They are on the same subnet but cannot ping each other.
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Hi,

I connect to my virtual DC using an XP client using Vpshere and ESXI 5.

I want to add the physical client to the  virtual domain. Whenever i try it says no DC exists. 

They are on the same subnet but cannot ping each other.

VMWARE - Joining a physical client to a virtual domain.

Virtualization is the act of creating a virtual (rather than actual) version of something, including (but not limited to) a virtual computer hardware platform, operating system (OS), storage device, or computer network resources. Virtualization is usually the creation of a system that executes separate from the underlying hardware resources, or the creation of an entire desktop for systems located elsewhere, similar to thin clients.