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Not sure if I should post this here but I'll see how far I get then maybe post in the VM section hopefully not interrupting the wrong forum here.
I have a good working AD schema with an empty root and two child domains in NY... we have a separate DR site that has a few Windows servers, an ESX VC environment with more Windows servers.. right now there is a trust between my AD structure in NY and this separate DR site so that technicians can rdp to certain servers and the ESX V.Center using the VI client and RDP.
Well.... I would like to create a proper domain at the DR and virtualize it. Has anyone here attempting making a VM out of the 2 top FSMO forest role DC and separately the domain wide role DCs also VM's and perhaps redeployed them somewhere else without any issues?
I suppose what I need is to VM my current domain controllers in NY and use the templates to create another domain structure at the other DR site then issuing a one way trust from the new Trusting domain (the DR site) to the trusted site (Our current AD site in NY).
If anyone has done this please let me know of pros and cons.... or would it be easier to create an ISO of a Windows 2003 server CD and just start clean.. I would need to join all the VM's and small amount of physical servers at the DR site to the new Domain regardless..
any opinions on this topic would be GREATLY appreciated.
blade
Not sure if I should post this here but I'll see how far I get then maybe post in the VM section hopefully not interrupting the wrong forum here.
I have a good working AD schema with an empty root and two child domains in NY... we have a separate DR site that has a few Windows servers, an ESX VC environment with more Windows servers.. right now there is a trust between my AD structure in NY and this separate DR site so that technicians can rdp to certain servers and the ESX V.Center using the VI client and RDP.
Well.... I would like to create a proper domain at the DR and virtualize it. Has anyone here attempting making a VM out of the 2 top FSMO forest role DC and separately the domain wide role DCs also VM's and perhaps redeployed them somewhere else without any issues?
I suppose what I need is to VM my current domain controllers in NY and use the templates to create another domain structure at the other DR site then issuing a one way trust from the new Trusting domain (the DR site) to the trusted site (Our current AD site in NY).
If anyone has done this please let me know of pros and cons.... or would it be easier to create an ISO of a Windows 2003 server CD and just start clean.. I would need to join all the VM's and small amount of physical servers at the DR site to the new Domain regardless..
any opinions on this topic would be GREATLY appreciated.
blade
