When performing an Active Directory Object Merge (Tool), the following error may be seen in the logs:
"ERROR: [7439-1-125-8007054B] Unable to open object 'CN=FirstName LastName,OU=OU_Name,DC=domain,DC=com'
ADsOpen/GetObject(LDAP://CN=FirstName LastName,OU=OU_Name,DC=domain,DC=com):
[8007054B] The specified domain either does not exist or could not be contacted."
DNS is not properly configured to accept ping requests against the domain -"domain.com" as noted in the error message. (8007054B (1355 decimal) is a Microsoft returned error for "The specified domain either does not exist or could not be contacted".