If you simply want:
Same users\groups Same OU structure Same GPO's I highly suggest you look at GPMC (group policy mgmt console) scripts... CreateEnvironmentFromXML.wsf CreateXMLFromEnvironment.wsf -steve ----- Original Message ----- From: "Glenn Corbett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 7:59 AM Subject: [ActiveDir] Non DR migration of AD > All, > > We are in the process of constructing a Lab to mimic the production AD > system as closely as possible. Doing a full DR into this environment is > certainly an option, however we have been looking into simply migrating the > AD "structure" and using this as a test bed to cleanup AD (OU's, objects, > permissions, policies etc). > > Is anyone aware of tools or procedures to get the major AD configuration > components into a lab using an approach that can be scripted / automated ? > (we may want to do this every few months or so). For example, we have used > LDIFDE to extract the OU structure, users and groups and re-imported these > into the test lab. By and large this has worked very well (took some > tweaking of the LDIFDE commands to resolve some constraint violations etc), > however items such as OU security and policies is causing a bit more of a > headache. > > Any thoughts ? > > TIA > > Glenn > > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm > List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
