RE: [ActiveDir] Lab Refresh Process

[Myrick, Todd (NIH/CIT)]

Title: Message

How about using MIIS, or a migration product that allows you to copy SID's and GUIDs?

 

Todd

-----Original Message-----
From: Roger Seielstad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 11:21 AM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Lab Refresh Process

I was trying to think of a way in which I can get the SIDS & GUIDs without the swing server, but I can't think of another way.

 

 

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Roger D. Seielstad - MTS MCSE MS-MVP
Sr. Systems Administrator
Inovis Inc.

-----Original Message-----
From: Myrick, Todd (NIH/CIT) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 10:48 AM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Lab Refresh Process

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 Process

I'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.