Re: How can I clone a copy of active directory from a domain controller to a new installed windows 2003 ?

Thx for your quick response.
I have searched Google and find that LDIFDE is a tool to export and import
Directory Objects. But does it mean that before using LDIFDE to import , I
have to setup an active directory first ?

On the other hands, "use backup and restore" means I backup the system data
on my production environment and then restore it on development environment
?


"Al Mulnick" <amulnick_No_SPAM@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> That depends on your needs and your network setup.
> You can use LDIFDE to clone accounts and groups and such. You could use
> backup and restore to do this as long as the target is and will never see
> the production network.
> I'm personally a fan of using virtualization to introduce a new DC, shut
> it down, and copy it to a separate isolated network where it can be
> cleaned up and will exactly mirror the production environment. Then just
> turn the virtual machine back on and it continues to work as advertised.
>
> I prefer this method as it is an exact copy vs bits and piece. Backup and
> restore work as well, although again, I prefer to restore to a virtual
> environment for portability and ease of restoration. It's just that a lot
> of the backup services out there would require my VM to be on the same
> network as production and I'm not interested in that.
>
>
> Al
>
>
> "Tony Cheng" <sdasd@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>I have an existing active directory for my production environment. And now
>>I want to setup a development environment with the same setting as
>>production environment. I want to copy the active directory on production
>>environment and create a clone on development environment.
>>
>> How can I achrieve this ? Backup and restore system data would be ok ?
>> the development environment is a fresh-installed windows 2003 .
>>
>> Thx so much
>>
>> Tony
>>
>
>


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