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Restore DC not visible on network

Hi,

I lost my vCentre so had to restore the main DC onto one of my physical W2k12 server and use latest VM Workstation Player to spin up the box. Im able to log into the VM but Im not able to ping anything outside of the box, not even the box the VM Player is running on.

IP address on the VM has been checked and it looks correct, any ideas why it cannot get out to the network?

Thanks
SycamoreIT

Sajid Shaik M

did you configured the virtual switch and proper ip settings on the interface of virtual and on the domain ,
is the switch configured to comunicate external ?

is the firewall on the domain desabled ?

check the above

all the best

Andrew Hancock (VMware vExpert PRO / EE Fellow/British Beekeeper)

You lost a Domain Controller and vCenter Server ?

David Whyte

ASKER

Yes, vCentre was running the DC. Cost of replacing the vCentre hardware (motherboard dead) is not acceptable by management so looking at other ways to bring just the DC back online so my clients can authenticate when logging in.

Andrew Hancock (VMware vExpert PRO / EE Fellow/British Beekeeper)

Ah, okay you mean vCenter Server and your Datacenter object in the Inventory.

Build and use the vCenter Appliance, and host it on the ESXi host.

No additional hardware required, and have a virtual machine. vCenter Server is only a managment server and does not affect running VMs, if down or not powered up.

Mr Tortu(r)e

Hi,

I lost my vCentre so had to restore the main DC

As told by past comments if you lost your vCenter server it does not affect your running VM on ESX hosts.

Yes, vCentre was running the DC

I am assuming you were running Domain Controller (active directory) on the same physical machine which already add vCenter role... Well this is a non supported and risky configuration.
As for DC don't you have another DC on your network (physical or virtual, it does not matter) ?

As told by Andrew if you don't want to repair your physical machine, and even if..., you should better go for the vCSA (vcenter server appliance), the pre-packaged Liux VM from VMware.

David Whyte

ASKER

Ok, thanks for your comments but I dont think I can achieve that.

My server which was the host (HP DL380) has gone so I have no capacity on any other machines/host to setup what has been advised above. I have a Veeam backup of the DC and I have restored that to a small server which has just enough grunt to run the DC VM. Ive download the VM Player and have fired up the DC and it runs up and I can log into it but I just cannot see if from any other network device.

SO this pre-package Linux VM from VMWare, sounds like I need a box to install that onto? I dont have any knowledge of this product nor any Linux skills either so I went for the VM Player process.

Ta
SycamoreIT

Andrew Hancock (VMware vExpert PRO / EE Fellow/British Beekeeper)

why do you need vCenter server then ?

you mean you have no host hardware ?

David Whyte

ASKER

Yes I have no host hardware Andrew. Ive just got veaam backup of the DC. Ive restored that to a windows box and install the VM Player and fired up the restore VM but for some reason its not visible on the network despite the IP etc being correct. Im not able to ping the DC from a client nor can I ping anything from the DC.

Mr Tortu(r)e

maybe you mean you've lost your ESX server instead of vCenter server.... that could be why we don't understand the situation you're in.

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David Whyte

ASKER

That's the one, thank you Andrew - I can now see/connect to the DC

David Whyte

ASKER

Great support - thanks.

Andrew Hancock (VMware vExpert PRO / EE Fellow/British Beekeeper)

Not a problem