MCSE 70-290 Lab on VMware Workstation 7???

[srijish]

MCSE 70-290 Lab on VMware Workstation 7???

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Host Machine (Laptop):

Processor : AMD Turion64 x2 (2.1 GHz)
Memory : 4 GB
OS : Windows Vista Home Premium (64-bit)
HDD : 250 GB
Virtual Machine environment : VMware Workstation 7
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Two Virtual Machines created with same specifications:

• Windows Server 2003 Enterprise M1
• Windows Server 2003 Enterprise M2

Processor : 1
Memory : 256 MB
Hard Disk : 16 GB (SCSI)
Network Adapter : Custom (VMnet2)
OS : Windows Server 2003 Enterprise
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Details of the custom virtual network adapter "vmnet2" below:

Network : vmnet2
Subnet IP : 192.168.0.0
Subnet Mask : 255.255.255.0

Start IP : 192.168.0.1
End IP : 192.168.255.254
Broadcast IP : 192.168.255.255

Use local DHCP service to distribute IP address to VMs : option disabled

Connect a host virtual adapter to this network : option disabled
Host virtual adapter name: VMware Network Adapter VMnet2
***comment: if I enable the above option it interferes with my wireless network at home which is also set on 192.168.0.0/24
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Server01 details:
Role : DC, DNS, DHCP
IP: 192.168.150.1
DNS: 127.0.0.1

Server02 details:
Role : DC
IP: 192.168.150.2
DNS: 192.168.150.1
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Here are my questions:

Q1. In the Microsoft Training Kit, in Chapter 2 it is asked to create another server "Server02" and make it a member server in the same "contoso.com" domain. Not knowing how to set it up as a member server, I ended up assigning it a DC, DNS and DHCP role similar to the "Server01". Eventually I unassigned the DNS and DHCP role, however I was not able to unassign the DC role. Could someone guide me on how to assign "Server02" as member server.

Q2. From the "Server01" 192.168.150.1 I can ping "Server02" 192.168.150.2, but vice-versa does not work. Any suggestions.


Thanks

[DC Pr0Mo]

1. Demote the server by running DCpromo. This will make it a member server.

2. Check the dns settings of server2, it may be pointing to your router.

[Bluerinse]

Originally Posted by DC Pr0Mo

2. Check the dns settings of server2, it may be pointing to your router.

He is pinging the IP address not the host name or FQDN, so it's not a DNS issue.

I would suspect that ICMP packets are being blocked by a software firewall.

[srijish]

The DNS on "Server02" points to the DNS set on "Server01" 192.168.150.1

Just for some more information below is a brief idea about my home n/w:

I have a DSL connection at home:

Wireless Network Adapter (laptop)
IP : 192.148.0.100
Subnet : 255.255.255.0
DNS : 192.168.0.1

Wireless Router (LAN)
IP : 192.168.0.1
Subnet Mask : 255.255.255.0
DHCP Server : Enabled

Wireless Router (WAN)
IP : 192.168.1.64
Subnet Mask : 255.255.255.0
DNS : 192.168.1.254 (points to DSL modem)
Default Gateway : 192.168.1.254 (points to DSL modem)
DHCP Server : Enabled

[DC Pr0Mo]

Are you ping the ipaddress or name of server02?

Originally Posted by srijish

2. From the "Server01" 192.168.0.1 I can ping "Server02" 192.168.0.2, but vice-versa does not work. Any suggestions.

I take it the above ip address are ment to be 192.168.150.1 and 192.168.150.2

[srijish]

Thank you DC Promo and BlueRinse for all your assistance.
I am sorry, I should have mentioned a few changes that I made to the IP address of Server01 and Server02

Server01 details:
Role : DC, DNS, DHCP
IP: 192.168.0.1
DNS: 127.0.0.1

Server02 details:
Role : DC
IP: 192.168.0.2
DNS: 192.168.0.1

Also I've created a Microsoft Visio Diagram (if it is of any help)
http://i48.tinypic.com/28up7vo.jpg

As I said before, I can ping from Server01-->Server02 using the ipaddress.
See output below:

From Server01
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>ping 192.168.0.2

Pinging 192.168.0.2 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 192.168.0.2: bytes=32 time=7ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.0.2: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.0.2: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.0.2: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Ping statistics for 192.168.0.2:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 7ms, Average = 1ms

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>tracert 192.168.0.2

Tracing route to SERVER02 [192.168.0.2]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms SERVER02 [192.168.0.2]
Trace complete.

From Server02
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>ping 192.168.0.1

Pinging 192.168.0.1 with 32 bytes of data:

Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.

Ping statistics for 192.168.0.1:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss)

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>tracert 192.168.0.1

Tracing route to 192.168.0.1 over a maximum of 30 hops
1 * * * Request timed out.
2 * * * Request timed out.
3 * * * Request timed out.
4 * * * Request timed out.

Q. Please let me know where I am going wrong.

Q. Also, I was thinking of having vmnet2 adapter on a totally new subnet (192.168.2.0/24). This way it would not interfere with the 0.0/24 and 1.0/24 subnets. If so, I'll have to reassign new IP address and DNS in the new subnet. Is this a good idea?

[srijish]

Ok. Latest update is now I can successfully ping between both the servers.

What has changed since the last post:

• Server02 was updated to SP2
• Enabled Windows Firewall
• On the "Advanced" in Windows Firewall the Setting for ICMP was enabled to "Allow incoming echo request"

Previously I could only ping from Server01 --> Server02 (see the ping and tracert o/p in previous post)
Now I can successfully ping from Server02 --> Server01 (o/p below)

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>ping 192.168.0.1

Pinging 192.168.0.1 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=13ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Ping statistics for 192.168.0.1:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 13ms, Average = 3ms

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>tracert 192.168.0.1

Tracing route to 192.168.0.1 over a maximum of 30 hops
1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.0.1
Trace complete.

Thank you DC Promo & Bluerinse for your advices and suggestions. As I move forward with the labs, I might have many more questions for you all.