Re: "Time" Reseting the date on DR Domain controllers for a point
From: Mark J S (S_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 08/12/04
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Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 00:03:02 -0700
Guys
Thank you for your kind response. The information you have given is very
useful.
Cheers
Mark
"Steve" wrote:
> Mark, Paul
> Excerpt for the very end of the link I posted earlier
>
> "Microsoft recommends that you perform the testing of important time and
> date transitions in a lab environment with servers that you can rebuild as
> required. In addition, Microsoft recommends that you do not transition test
> environments, for which the time and dates have been advanced to the future
> or rolled back, to production environments."
>
> "Advancing or rolling back the system time is not a productive method by
> which to resolve Active Directory or FRS replication problems. The
> purposeful alteration of system time adds additional complexity to often
> difficult troubleshooting scenarios. Microsoft does not support Windows
> domain controller scenarios in which you are using this method of problem
> resolution."
>
> Is the statement they make, so I would check first that this will not affect
> MS support of your environment in this instance.
> Perhaps someone from MS could comment here and advise.
>
> rgds
> Steve
>
>
>
>
> "Paul McGuire" <paulmcguire@_no_spam_hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:eaUW5fBgEHA.3292@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > All you should have to do is stop the windows time service. Then change
> the
> > time to what you need it to be. Set the service to manual so that when
> you
> > reboot the time will not sync.
> >
> > HTh
> >
> > Paul McGuire
> >
> >
> > "Mark J S" <Mark J S@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:4D0F1B12-8787-4467-BDCD-FAF7E1470B1D@microsoft.com...
> > > Hi guys
> > >
> > > My company would like to test our DR site by replicating a disaster that
> > > happend mid week e.g. Wednesday. This would mean me restoring data as at
> > > Wednesday during the test that will be performed at a weekend.
> > >
> > > But the systems must believe it is in fact Wednesday. No problems for
> the
> > > restore but when the apps launch they will use the system date on the
> > > servers. So for this I must reset the date on the servers to be
> Wednesday
> > > for
> > > the apps to work properly with the data that has been restored. The apps
> > > then
> > > have to process the restore the day believing the day is Wednesday to
> > > finish
> > > processing.
> > >
> > > I have recently consolidated our DR W2k domain into our production W2k
> > > domain. Our production servers are in one W2k site (and different
> physical
> > > building) and our DR servers are in another site and building. I know
> that
> > > the W2k servers will pick up the time from the DC's so for this to work
> > > properly I must reset the date on the DC's.
> > >
> > > There I hit the problem (or so I think).... I know if DC's are running
> on
> > > different dates and times to each other all hell breaks loose and AD
> > > replication fails leading to all sorts of problems.
> > >
> > > Am I right in saying that there is no easy way to perform this test
> > > without
> > > having to break the WAN link to the DR site and isolate the domain
> > > controllers at the DR site?Surely doing this I have to transfer the FSMO
> > > roles to the DR site first? I would not like to reset the date back on a
> > > DC
> > > in a DR site and then potentially make changes to user accounts then
> have
> > > to
> > > reset the date forward to normality and attempt to resync with the
> > > production
> > > servers.
> > >
> > > I am thinking this is far too much hassle and potentially dangerous to
> my
> > > production environment.
> > >
> > > Has any one had to do the same? Am I making a mountain out of a mole
> hill
> > >
> > > Cheers all....
> >
> >
>
>
>
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