Sorry if my shorthand was unclear. I'm aware that holding the FSMO roles isn't
the same as being a PDC but by that very token, every DC is NOT just a DC, they
just all have writable copies of the AD data.
Both my DCs are GCs and have DNS in AD. My issue may well be replication or
perhaps I didn't give it enough time. I'll verify with netdiag and the utils
you suggested.
The point of my exercise is developing a disaster recovery plan. I want to use
True Image to make nightly image backups of servers. I can script it to
consolidate the full and differential files and to then convert the image file
into a .vhd file. My idea is to be able to bring a failed server back up as a
virtual machine. This would get the server to a functional state quickly, and
would permit working on the server during business hours, when tech support and
vendors are available.
In my proposed scenario, if the restored server were an AD DC, it could be as
much as 24 hrs out of sync. So I want to verify it can update user records by
one means or another.
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