>>While I also think that *should* work, what happens if I'm wrong? I wouldn't have any fall back, as the VM won't work due to SID changes during the domain removal/re-join. And while a domain removal/re-join should have no impact on the application ... what if we're wrong, and it does have some freaky weird effect? I have nowhere to go at that point ...
You could do an authoritative restore of that computer object from your AD backups, which would get your SID and computer object password matched back to your VM. ________________________________ From: Mike Leone [[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 7:56 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT - converting a VMware VM back to a physical box On 11/14/2011 7:52 PM, Crawford, Scott wrote: > Your general plan sounds decent and, as other have mentioned, your concerns > could probably be overcome with a pre-sysprep snapshot. But, why not go a > step further and create a copy of the .vmdk file and try the migration with > that while the original sits safely turned off? I thought of that - trying it out on a clone of the production machine. That way, if it fails, I can power the original backup. The problem is the sysprep - if I do this (and that's the recommended way, even by VMware), then even trying the attempts will fubar up the SID, and I won't be able to power on the old machine and have it Just Work, as it's SID won't match the domain SID. Doing the BMR should keep the same SID, which would be restored with the backup, so if it didn't work as a physical machine, I could still power the VM back up. My boss thinks we should do the BMR, and - if we had to - do a Windows repair installation on the physical machine, giving it whatever drivers it wants. And if needed, remove from domain and re-join. While I also think that *should* work, what happens if I'm wrong? I wouldn't have any fall back, as the VM won't work due to SID changes during the domain removal/re-join. And while a domain removal/re-join should have no impact on the application ... what if we're wrong, and it does have some freaky weird effect? I have nowhere to go at that point ... ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
