On the options tab for the VM, under Guest OS on the right hand side does it say the right one? Do you have other Win2k3 R2 servers on that host? What are you using for the host?
That's an older build of ESX, are you looking at updating to a newer Update rev? DAMIEN SOLODOW Systems Engineer 317.217.6881 (office) 317.217.6851 (fax) HARRISON COLLEGE -----Original Message----- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 9:53 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: The arrrgghhhness of it all... 32-bit VM ESX 3.5.0 Update 2 110268 13 Aug 2008 Flexible adapter Don't know what you mean by 'guest OS set correctly' Kurt On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 18:24, Damien Solodow <damien.solo...@harrison.edu> wrote: > Few questions: > Windows x86 or x64? > What update or build of ESX are you using? > Which virtual nic are you using? > Is the guest OS set correctly on the VM? > -------------------------- > Sent using BlackBerry > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 08:14 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> > Subject: The arrrgghhhness of it all... > > I'm trying to install Win2k3 R2 SP2 in an ESX3.5 VM, from scratch. > It's blowing up on it big time, and I am really unhappy with it right > now. > > Sitrep: > > Install Disk1 (Win2k3 R2 SP2), reboot, then Disk2, then install the > VMWare tools, reboot, then join doimain - no problem. > > Install first round of 90+ patches from the MSFT site, minus IE8 and > the malicious software removal tool, and plus a few optional goodies, > such as .NET framework updates, reboot - no problem > > Install the second round of 43 updates, and no more DNS name > resolution. Error in the event log 11167 Dnsapi - I've looked at that, > and several other eventlog entries that probably stem from that. (17 > W32tm, 1010 MsGina, 1053 Userenv in particular) > > I've scratched the machine twice and started over, and it's the same > each time. I can resolve NetBIOS names, but it barks on any FQDN. > "Ping request could not find host ad.example.com. Please check the > name and try again." > > EventID.net isn't much help, as I've tried everything on there I can > see, and it doesn't resolve the issue. > > Anyone run into this? It's terribly weird... > > Kurt > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
