Depends on what
you want to accomplish. Initially we had full production simulation of our
multi-domain AD forest. Today we simulate most of the deployments using a
few servers. I do more work, using VMware.
As to how to keep
them synced, if having the same SIDS and GUID is important, try joining and
removing a DC to the forest, then standing up a separate forest with the rotated
DC.
Todd
-----Original Message-----
From: Roger Seielstad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 10:42 AM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: [ActiveDir] Lab Refresh ProcessI'm looking for info on how (and if) you are doing lab refreshes from your production forest.
My current test forest is, well, premigration (18 months old) at this point, and I'm staring down the barrel of a year or so of AD related projects, and I'd like to rebuild the lab environment from scratch.
Roger
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Roger D. Seielstad - MTS MCSE MS-MVP
Sr. Systems Administrator
Inovis Inc.
