Thanks for the reply Mark. Revisiting this, as I'm now building my lab with CM 2012 RTM currently. I suppose I already know the answer to this, but I can't restore a backup to my lab that was from a different server & domain correct?
I'm trying to figure out how people that have both a lab and production CM environment are transferring configurations between the two with a minimum of effort. I'm assuming that most people are not using the same domain name in production as they are in the lab, but perhaps I'm mistaken on that assumption... ? Thanks Again, Andrew On Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 2:06 PM, Mark Mears <[email protected]> wrote: > Restoring a site backup would be the best alternative to ensure you got > all objects replicated correctly. **** > > ** ** > > Thanks,**** > ------------------------------ > > * * > > *Mark Mears* > > [email protected] <[email protected]%0d>** > > Phone: (757) 945-2651**** > > ** ** > > [image: cid:[email protected]] <http://www.cireson.com/>**** > > ** ** > > [image: cid:[email protected]]<http://twitter.com/teamcireson> > Check out our System Center App Store: www.cireson.com/app-store**** > > ** ** > ------------------------------ > > ** ** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Andrew Berges > *Sent:* Thursday, October 3, 2013 12:47 PM > *To:* SMS Mailing List > *Subject:* [mssms] Creating a replica of production in a lab**** > > ** ** > > Hello All,**** > > With the final version of CM2012 R2 on the verge of release, I'm preparing > to add SP1 and R2 to my current CM2012 production environment.**** > > In the past moving from 2003 to 2007, I built new hardware in the lab and > restored the prod database from backup, (which was far from optimal, given > that the file structure for source locations wasn't the same, all clients > were missing, etc), then ran an in-place upgrade. Pretty much the same for > service pack testing.**** > > With 2007 to 2012, it was a non-issue for the most part as I just migrated > when possible and recreated what couldn't/wouldn't migrate.**** > > But with SP1's tendency to break things, R2 not being out the door yet, > and the previous issues with SP1 being re-released to fix issues, I'm > apprehensive about breaking my environment applying it (especially OSD with > the changes to WinPE and ADK underneath).**** > > So I'm curious: what approach do list members use for replicating their > production CM environment to a lab environment for testing service packs > etc before "pulling the trigger" in prod? Restoring a site backup? > Exporting the objects as MOF's and importing them in the lab? Just use a > "vanilla" stripped-down CM lab environment to test the SP's etc without > regard for your actual prod deployments? Something else entirely?**** > > Thanks in advance,**** > > Andrew**** > > ** ** > >
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