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Why would you run sysprep on Dev01? &nbsp;<br />
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If you want to create a new machine from the Dev01 server, clone it, sysprep the clone and that would be that<br />
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How to clone in Hyper-V - <a href="http://hypervoria.com/hyper-v/how-to-clone-a-virtual-machine-in-hyper-v.aspx" rel="ugc">http://hypervoria.com/hyper-v/how-to-clone-a-virtual-machine-in-hyper-v.aspx</a>
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Why would you run sysprep on Dev01?  

If you want to create a new machine from the Dev01 server, clone it, sysprep the clone and that would be that

How to clone in Hyper-V - http://hypervoria.com/hyper-v/how-to-clone-a-virtual-machine-in-hyper-v.aspx [http://hypervoria.com/hyper-v/how-to-clone-a-virtual-machine-in-hyper-v.aspx]

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Basically, sysprep takes out any identifying information like SID's, machine names ,and some machine settings.
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Basically, sysprep takes out any identifying information like SID's, machine names ,and some machine settings.

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Hi<br />
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I would like to use sysprep to duplicate a virtual machine (server 2003) that I have running in Hyper-V.<br />
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The machine has quite a lot of configuration including IIS etc. It is currently called (Dev01), I would like to make a copy of it calling it (Dev02) but I need to ensure the Dev01 virtual machine is completely intact and not destroyed in anyway.<br />
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If I run sysprep, will this cause a problem or rephrased, what do I expect to happen to Dev01 once I run Sysprep.<br />
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Regards<br />
Anthony
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Hi

I would like to use sysprep to duplicate a virtual machine (server 2003) that I have running in Hyper-V.

The machine has quite a lot of configuration including IIS etc. It is currently called (Dev01), I would like to make a copy of it calling it (Dev02) but I need to ensure the Dev01 virtual machine is completely intact and not destroyed in anyway.

If I run sysprep, will this cause a problem or rephrased, what do I expect to happen to Dev01 once I run Sysprep.

Regards
Anthony

How destructive is sysprep to the original machine

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).

Windows Server 2003

Operating systems perform basic tasks, such as recognizing input from the keyboard, sending output to the display screen, keeping track of files and directories on the disk, and controlling peripheral devices such as disk drives and printers. For large systems, the operating system makes sure that different programs and users running at the same time do not interfere with each other. The operating system is also responsible for security, ensuring that unauthorized users do not access the system. Operating systems provide a software platform on top of which other programs, called application programs, can run.

Operating Systems

Microsoft Virtual Server was a virtualization solution that facilitated the creation of virtual machines on the Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows Server 2003 operating systems. Virtual machines are created and managed through a web-based interface that relies on Internet Information Services (IIS) or through a Windows client application tool called VMRCplus. Features included Linux guest operating system support, Virtual Disk Precompactor, symmetric multiprocessing (SMP), x64 host operating system support, the ability to mount virtual hard drives on the host machine and additional operating systems support, including Windows Vista, and a volume shadow copy writer.