Re: Creating a test Domain/Forest (need Help Please)
From: ptwilliams (ptw2001_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 02/15/05
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Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 07:34:12 -0000
If you take this approach, here's the KB to help clean up afterwards:
-- http://support.microsoft.com/?id=216498
Other options could be:
Image an existing DC using something like Ghost or PQDI.
Restore from backup (always a good one as you get to test a bit of DR work
too ;-)
Setup a DC and Exchange, and then export and import using LDIFDE.
Create a new domain and use a script to populate it with random names, etc.
In several of these instances, it would be very unwise to have the test
domain on the same network as the real one, or put the test box back into
production. Ensure you have a separate, self contained environment, and
that the test boxes are destroyed after use ;-)
-- Paul Williams http://www.msresource.net/ http://forums.msresource.net/ "Mark Gamache" <mark.gamache@css-security.com> wrote in message news:OX4BIVvEFHA.732@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl... Don is right on. You may want to install AD integrated DNS on the server too. Here's a link that you may want. http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/WindowsServ/2003/standard/proddocs/en-us/Default.asp?url=/resources/documentation/windowsserv/2003/standard/proddocs/en-us/sag_ADrespondFSMOfailures.asp If your one server will be the only one in your dev environment, then you should seize all roles, not just FSMO. Also, make sure that you have fully replicated before pulling the DC offline. You will also want to make sure to pull the DC out of your prod environment lest you get replication errors. Cheers, -- Mark Gamache Certified Security Solutions http://www.css-security.com "Don Wilwol" <donwilwol@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:uO7vtGvEFHA.2052@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl... > You can build a second DC on your network, move it to the test lab, seize > the fsmo roles, you then have an exact copy of your production AD. Once > you move it though, it should NEVER touch the real network again. > > You will then need to set up the exchange server. You can use exmerge to > copy the mailboxes in production, and restore them in test. If you have > the possibility of using your normal backup/restore procedure in your lab > environment, you could use that instead for the mailbox restore to the > test lab. > > -- > Hope it helps........... > > dw > > Don Wilwol > Blog - http://spaces.msn.com/members/wilwol/ > Web - http://capital.net/~wilwol/dw.htm > DonWilwol@yahoo.com > > "Mike Adams" <MikeAdams@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:EE978FFB-B6BF-4107-9D9B-B8CF8CC1F165@microsoft.com... >>I want to create a Test domain that has all my user accounts. Does anyone >> know how to do this? >> >> My plan is to build a new win2K Domain/Forest and use the AD migration >> tools to do this. Will this work? I need to keep my user accounts >> intact on >> my production domain. >> >> Then add an exchange server and migrate the mailboxes. Upgrade Exchange >> 2000 >> to 2003. Upgrade the OS then to win2k3. >> Thanks >> Mike > >
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