Hi,
I have a windows 8.1 PC on a server 2008 R2 domain (all real/physical machines)
I'm trying to set up a "test lab" on my PC and I've created an internal network switch and a few VMs including a 2008 R2 Server Domain Controller with DHCP, DNS and “Active Directory Domain Services” with a new test domain.
I created an internal virtual network switch as I was worried if I choose external then the virtual DC could mess things up for my real domain (e.g. DNS or DHCP)
However I would now like my VMs to be able to access resources e.g. network shares on the physical domain. Internet would also be nice but not essential.
Is this possible with an internal switch?
If not i.e. I need to use external switch are there any gotchas I need to be aware of?
E.g. one problem I had initially was internet access on my real windows 8.1 machine stopped working. I found that it was trying to use the DNS from the virtual network (from vEthernet (Internal)). I fixed this by manually editing TCP/IP props to set DNS 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4.
Thanks