Environment: Netbackup Enterprise Server 7.0.0+a VMware related hotfix, W2k8 64 Standard

                    ESX version 4.1 running stand-alone (no Vsphere)

During a recent DR exercise we found that we were getting the error listed in:

http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?pag...

and could only fix it by restoring the DNS/Domain Controller VM from another type of backup, configuring the network card, and boucing the netbackup services to pick up the changes.

I did forget about (and thus didn't try) the Master Server setting for "reverse name lookup" but I'm also getting the impression from the error logs that I saw (no longer have access to the systems, they were provided as part of the DR test) that ESX also requires DNS to authenticate....

So..if you are starting with only a netbackup server and and ESX server, is there a way to restore a VM to ESX without DNS?

Or is this a "key inside the vault" situration and I need to think about restoring to a hard server or some other DNS option?  And no, Wk28 Standard doesn't provide the ability to install local DNS unless I promote the server to DC which will never happen......