Interesting, Mr Garage Door Opener. Perhaps some rewording is needed to make this and these other docs consistent? Or am I reading into this?
"The following operations are not supported: ...2. Starting an Active Directory domain controller whose operating system resides in a virtualized hosting environment such as Microsoft Virtual PC, Microsoft Virtual Server 2005, or EMC VMWARE " http://www.support.microsoft.com/kb/897614/ http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=64db845d-f7a3-4 209-8ed2-e261a117fc6b&displaylang=en I'm just so confused. ;) -ajm "Chief, Cook, and Bottle-Washer" -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brett Shirley Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 6:30 AM To: [email protected] Cc: Joseph L. Casale Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Imaging NT5+ DCs == Bad (was: best practice?) "That is soo not right." (Mean Girls movie reference, at Halloween party) You should take a look at this: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=885875 I sincerely hope you don't have USN rollback or divergent replicas, but I think it is likely if you are actually imaging dcpromo'd DCs. Just curious, for imaging what are you using? Ghost? Are you just restoring images? Are you using the images to build additional DCs for load? In Win2k3 SP1 and a hot fix post Win2k SP4, will in fact stop DCs from replicating if it detects such a condition (but it is not always guaranteed it will be able to detect the condition), to attempt to contain the damage. Also note, b/c I'm not sure the KB is clear about divergent replicas ... just because things are replicating currently, or there are no apparent current USN rollbacks ... does NOT mean you weren't once in the past afflicted with USN rollback, and now you've gotten past it, and instead are simply aflicted with divergent replicas (worse than USN rollback in ways). You might try to use (_I thinK_) dsastat to run through all the objects on your DCs in a pair-wise fashion to find differences. Cheers, Brett Shirley [msft] Building 7 Garage Door Operator, so what do I know ... This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. On Tue, 3 May 2005, Joseph L. Casale wrote: > Errr, I do it always, always, ALWAYS, and it works? AD has mechanisms > built in to get it back up to par... > jlc > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brett Shirley > Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 7:08 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] best practice? > > Never, ever, EVER image a Win2k or Win2k3 Domain Controller ... or > ADAM server. I don't know about memebers, just adding knowledge about > DCs, as I don't think I've ever mentioned it here before. > > Cheers, > -Brett Shirley [msft] > > as is, caveat emtpor, status quo, etc > > > > On Tue, 3 May 2005, John Shukovsky Jr wrote: > > > Hello all, > > > > Question, you want to re-image pc's that are domain members. You > > want > to immediately rejoin domain using same name. Site is single W2k DC/GC > on 3 hour replication cycle with fsmo holders. > > > > Should you remove from domain, image and rejoin or just image rejoin > and reset computer account? Would either of these ways work given site > setup? > > > > Any input appreciated. > > > > John Shukovsky Jr > > Network Administrator > > NJ Department of Human Services > > 609-861-6031 > > > > > > This E-mail, including any attachments, may be intended solely for > > the > > > personal and confidential use of the sender and recipient(s) named > > above. This message may include advisory, consultative and/or > > deliberative material and, as such, would be privileged and > > confidential and not a public document. Any Information in this > > e-mail > > > identifying a client of the Department of Human Services is > > confidential. If you have received this e-mail in error, you must > > not review, transmit, convert to hard copy, copy, use or disseminate > > this e-mail or any attachments to it and you must delete this > > message. You > are requested to notify the sender by return e-mail. > > > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx > List archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx > List archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
