On Mon, 2 Nov 2009, CW wrote:
So, I can't run a "System State" restore in Win2k, because it will bomb
(registry is changed since this has been repair installed to make work
on a VM) tried that with a copy of a VHD.
The machine name it has (SERVER1) is the same as the physical machine
name, etc.. in all purposes it's a clone.
Has anyone tried to just manually copy only the NTDS folder from one to
another assuming machine names and IDs are the same? This technically
should work in this goofy circumstance in win2k, but I can't find anyone
who has tried such a feat..
I never tried copying the NTDS folder, but you could always make a copy of
the VM and give it a try.
I think the best solution is to (if possible) remove active directory from
the virtual machine, connect to the domain as a member server, install
active directory as another domain controller, let it sync, then move the
FSMO roles over and eventually demote the old server.
Christopher Fisk
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