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IS-IT--Management
One of my domain controllers is an old physical box with Server 2003 only functioning as the second instance of the active directory. My other DC is a VM with all my Network Shares and File Server, Print Server, etc. I have another VMware host in a separate building serving as a DR site where my replica jobs go to and wanted to get rid of the old 2003K DC and create a new VM on the DR site host. My questions are:
1. Is it O.K. to have both DC's in a virtual environment?
2. Can I just create a new VM from one of the backups of the other VM and assign it the same IP of the old 2003 DC and use a new product key for 2008R2?
3. Not interested in P2V because we want to get off 2003.
Thanks for any answers.
1. Is it O.K. to have both DC's in a virtual environment?
2. Can I just create a new VM from one of the backups of the other VM and assign it the same IP of the old 2003 DC and use a new product key for 2008R2?
3. Not interested in P2V because we want to get off 2003.
Thanks for any answers.