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making an AD test domain
Name: noband Date: March 12, 2007 at 09:13:43 Pacific OS: Win 2003 std CPU/Ram: 1.8/1GB Product: HP
Comment:
I want to make a test domain that matches my production. Is it as easy as promoting my test box to a DC, allowing replication, and unplug from live net/plug into test net? I imagine I will have to capture FSMO roles?
Name: heropsycho2177 Date: March 12, 2007 at 10:58:08 Pacific
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Is this going to run in the same physical network?
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Response Number 2
Name: noband Date: March 12, 2007 at 12:20:41 Pacific
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Nope - totally separate
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Response Number 3
Name: heropsycho2177 Date: March 12, 2007 at 12:27:17 Pacific
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Why not make a complete system state backup of your FMSO role holder, or the one that has the most of them, and restore it on the test server in the isolated network?
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Response Number 4
Name: suncoast Date: March 13, 2007 at 07:16:39 Pacific
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I think the best thing to do is download virtual pc or virtual server 05 for FREE and create a virtual network. You can do anything you want and its totally isolated.
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Response Number 5
Name: heropsycho2177 Date: March 13, 2007 at 07:38:25 Pacific
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"You can do anything you want and its totally isolated."
IF you set the networking for the VM to be "Local only", yes. If the network adapter for the virtual machine is set to the physical adapter, then it is NOT isolated if that adapter has network connectivity to the production network.
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