Restore AD to test Environment

Trying to restore two domain controllers to a test environment.
I am unable to get the domain controllers to sync. One of the server is our FSMO roll holder. I recieve an errror when running the command netdom query fsmo
How do I get the servers to start replicating to each other. Each server shows the domain is unavailable. DNS is not functioning on either server.

Hi,
According to your description, you have restored 2 Domain Controllers in your test environment, right? Would you please tell us how did you restore them?
In addition, please check the DNS settings on both DCs, make sure that they both point to the primary DC as preferred DNS server.
You can try to ping each DC to test the network connectivity.
If there is no network connectivity issue, you can force replication between DCs through AD Sites and Services:
Force Replication Between Domain Controllers
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc816926(v=WS.10).aspx
Best Regards,
Amy

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