Or even better, stand up a new forest and import the data you need for testing. The strategy of cloning into a VM and hopefully isolating it permanently has a way of not always going well.
The umove guys used to be the solution for converting PDCs and BDCs to member servers. Guess they found a new gig. First time I've seen their name in relation to AD. Thanks, Brian Desmond [email protected] c - 312.731.3132 -----Original Message----- From: Jonathan Link [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2011 3:04 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Tool to clone/move/copy/backup Active Directory Or add a DC. Physically or virtually remove it cleanup the removal in your production. In test lab seize fsmo roles. On Sunday, June 19, 2011, Joseph L. Casale <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Use one of many uncountable free imaging wares to take an image and restore > it into a vm? > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2011 7:02 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Tool to clone/move/copy/backup Active Directory > > > > > > I'm in process of making replica of my production servers to lab so I can > test upgrading some applications. > > > > > > I've come across tool called > UMove http://utools.com/UMove <http://utools.com/UMove.> which seems to make > it easy to copy Active Directory to a virtual machine. > > > > > > Is anyone using this tool or tested it? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Shazad > > > > > ~ 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 > > > ~ 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
