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Thank you much, that was my initial plan but I was concerned that DNS would fight with me unless I changed the ip, however this worked fine. Again thanks!
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Thank you much, that was my initial plan but I was concerned that DNS would fight with me unless I changed the ip, however this worked fine. Again thanks!

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I created a new VMware server from a template, the template was on the domain and had been used for a prior server. That prior server is a current production server. When the new server came up and was renamed Active Directory lost the previous computername. Is there a way to restore the computername of a production server to Active Directory as assigning a new IP is not viable at this time?
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I created a new VMware server from a template, the template was on the domain and had been used for a prior server. That prior server is a current production server. When the new server came up and was renamed Active Directory lost the previous computername. Is there a way to restore the computername of a production server to Active Directory as assigning a new IP is not viable at this time?

Lost computername from AD, how can I recover or restore?

Active Directory (AD) is a Microsoft brand for identity-related capabilities. In the on-premises world, Windows Server AD provides a set of identity capabilities and services, and is hugely popular (88% of Fortune 1000 and 95% of enterprises use AD). This topic includes all things Active Directory including DNS, Group Policy, DFS, troubleshooting, ADFS, and all other topics under the Microsoft AD and identity umbrella.

Active Directory

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