Before I begin, I'm aware of all the issues that can arise from installing VMWare server on a DC. I did it anyway for a learning experience.
I'm trying to run a linux distro on my DC so I need to virtualise rather than run another box. My domain is pretty small so I'm not worried about load issues but the virtual network adapters VMware creates are affecting my DNS and generating all sorts of errors.
I'm not 100% sure but it looks like VMware requires the virtual adapters to work properly so there's no way of avoiding that issue. However, I might be able to disable the connections from registering with DNS.
edit:
VS creates a series of virtual network adapters which register as actual NICs in Windows. Since the machine is a DC, it will register these into DNS and may cause confusion when trying to resolve the server's name. I'm aware of the problem but am desperately trying to avoid having to migrate the DC/exchange to a virtual machine to get everything working in the one box. Therefore, I'm after some possible solutions to this problem.