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how to transfer production environment to virtual lab
Hello,
I have a question regarding cloning DC and reproducing environment in the test lab.
So we have one forest with root domain (same name as forest name) root.domain.com and second domain domain2.domain.com. Do we need to clone DC that has FSMO roles which is located in the root.domain or we need to clone both DCs for each domain? Also, all our data is actually is in the second domain domain2.domain.com. If we clone just the second domain, is it possible? or we need also to clone the FSMO DC for the root?
Thank you so much
I have a question regarding cloning DC and reproducing environment in the test lab.
So we have one forest with root domain (same name as forest name) root.domain.com and second domain domain2.domain.com. Do we need to clone DC that has FSMO roles which is located in the root.domain or we need to clone both DCs for each domain? Also, all our data is actually is in the second domain domain2.domain.com. If we clone just the second domain, is it possible? or we need also to clone the FSMO DC for the root?
Thank you so much
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Ok. THank you so much, Andrew! The lab we have is running VMWare workstation and the prod environment is using esxi. So, do we need to clone the FSMO DC as well as DC for each domain?
For the Virtual Machine Network interface, do you mean adjust the virtual machine network interface under Virtual Network Editor? Any issues with compatibilities from moving VMs from esxi into VMware workstation test lab.
If you could please list the steps for importing and configuring VMs from prod servers clone into VMware workstation. What network adapter would be best suited for this - HOST, NAT, etc
Do we need to disconnect the laptop that is running VMware workstation from the production domain or not?
For the Virtual Machine Network interface, do you mean adjust the virtual machine network interface under Virtual Network Editor? Any issues with compatibilities from moving VMs from esxi into VMware workstation test lab.
If you could please list the steps for importing and configuring VMs from prod servers clone into VMware workstation. What network adapter would be best suited for this - HOST, NAT, etc
Do we need to disconnect the laptop that is running VMware workstation from the production domain or not?
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Thank you very much! Excellent answer!
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