Re: duplicate SID due to ghost image

From: Ryan Sokolowski [Microsoft] (ryansok_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 10/08/04


Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2004 18:32:28 -0700

I echo Scott's encouragement to Sysprep your images prior to capturing them.
This is really the best way to operate.

Additionally, you can use a utility to change the SIDs afterward (if you
choose NOT to sysprep). SysInternals has a great one called NewSID found
here: http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/source/newsid.shtml

-- 
Ryan Sokolowski
MCSE, CCNA, CCDA, BCFP
Microsoft Enterprise Engineering Center
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
"Scott Napolitan [Microsoft]" <scottnap@online.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:OZxD$bJrEHA.2764@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> You are going to have problems with this and I would suggest that you
create
> new Ghost images of machines that have been sysprepped before imaging.  If
> you run sysprep and then shut the machine down and image it from there it
> will boot up into mini-setup manager with a new SID.  Otheriwse you'll
have
> problems getting these machines to join the Domain properly and will
> experience issues with the machine account trusts.
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.
>
> "Nenad" <Nenad@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:537B8E2A-3837-40B3-9A79-94FD3BD6BFC3@microsoft.com...
> > What are major problems that will ocur in my single domain controlled by
> > Windows 2003 SE domain controller due to fact that I have 7 clients
> > prepared
> > replicating first one with Norton Ghost 2003 assume they have same SID
(IP
> > and computer name I change manualy before they rich domain).
> > Domain has interim forest functionality, and 2 BDC (NT4.0).
> > DNS service is active on W2003 server as well as Activ Directory
service.
> > DNS service allow only secure dynamic update.
> > For now XP users experience part time problems using share drives but
only
> > after some time. If they restar they could continue but not for a long
> > period.
> > Could I change SID now, and do you see connection between this SID
> > duplicates and their problems.
> >
>
>


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