I had to do this. I installed VMWare Workstation on my laptop (Lenovo W530, 32gb RAM, 2x480gb SSD) and built a server that I promoted to a DC in my home lab. Allowed it to replicate and voila! Instant domain on my laptop.
So I just installed a SQL box and the product boxes all pointing to the single SQL box. With the SSD works GREAT!! When I get back home I crank it up and let it replicate again to sync, but I have a full domain environment that I carry around with me. Thanks, ________________________________ Mark Mears [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]%0d> Phone: (757) 945-2651 [cid:[email protected]]<http://www.cireson.com/> [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 Stephen Owen Sent: Friday, October 18, 2013 9:44 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [mssms] Cloning from production 2007 Environment into Test lab Hi All, To test a software product from 1E for one of my clients, we need to pretty much clone our production database into a separated test lab for a limited time. Has anyone ever done something like this before and can share their thoughts? What really goes into this? I'm assuming I'll need to: * Build a copy of our current production or clone the VMs into a separated test network (including one Domain Controller) * Install SCCM 2007 * Either perform a SQL import of the database, or run the Site Recovery wizard and import the data that way I understand this is a newbish question, but it is a scenario I've not run into before now. Thanks! Stephen Owen
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