Copying Domain data between isolated domains

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From: AdvancedUser (AdvancedUser_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 04/06/04


Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2004 05:37:00 -0700

I have built a test domain for trying out all of my
domain migration tasks and implementation of Exchange
2003. I did this by taking a DC from the live domain,
then isolating it, and adding new DCs to this test
domain. I then removed the original DC and put it back on
the live domain as a member server.

So now, I have done most of my tests on the test network,
but I want to get the latest domain database from the
live domain into the test domain. This is so that I can
do my last tests on the test domain before I migrate the
live domain.

What would be the best way to get the data over? We are
Windows 2003 native mode everywhere. The test domain has
12 servers, so I am not keen on starting all over!



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