Joining domain issue

Question

I am getting this error when trying to join domain from W11 VM:

I looked at C:\Windows\debug\NetSetup.log :

04/22/2024 09:16:33:767 NetpValidateName: checking to see if 'HOMEDOMAIN' is valid as type 3 name

04/22/2024 09:16:33:832 NetpCheckDomainNameIsValid [ Exists ] for 'HOMEDOMAIN' returned 0x0

04/22/2024 09:16:33:832 NetpValidateName: name 'HOMEDOMAIN' is valid for type 3

04/22/2024 09:16:33:832 NetpDsGetDcName: trying to find DC in domain 'HOMEDOMAIN', flags: 0x40001010

04/22/2024 09:16:48:837 NetpDsGetDcName: failed to find a DC having account 'W11-1$': 0x525, last error is 0x0

04/22/2024 09:17:03:835 NetpDsGetDcName: failed to find a DC in the specified domain: 0x54b, last error is 0x0

After googling a bit I tried following:

1. Ping DC IP - can ping no problem
2. Ran nltest /dsgetdc:homedomain. successfully located DC from W11 VM:

       DC: \\2016-DC 
   

   Address: \192.168.81.14 Dom Guid: aac6eeeb-16aa-4f81-a9b4-2908e24737c0 Dom Name: HOMEDOMAIN

Forest Name: homedomain.local

Dc Site Name: Default-First-Site-Name

Our Site Name: Default-First-Site-Name

    Flags: GC DS LDAP KDC TIMESERV WRITABLE DNS\_FOREST CLOSE\_SITE FULL\_SECRET WS DS\_8 DS\_9 DS\_10 KEYLIST 

The command completed successfully

So why does it say not find DC? Any ideas? Thanks

Answer 1

Hi waer01,

Thank you for posting in the Microsoft Community Forums.

I looked at the specific error code in the error report you copied below, and found a related reference that talks about the specific error. Your reported error can be found in the article, and you can follow the suggestions within the article to try and resolve the issue.

Active Directory domain join troubleshooting guidance - Windows Server | Microsoft Learn

Best regards

Neuvi Jiang