Restoring AD in test lab

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Is there a way to restore the system state and active
directory from a production server to a test server in a
test lab to have a test network that is almost exactly
like your production network?

I've restored the sysstate, and it works, however it
changes the IP addresses to the prod network IP
addresses, and I change this back to what it was in the
test lab, and encounter a bunch of problems like GC not
found when running dcdiag, plus tons of errors in the
event logs. help?

thanks!
 
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gene said:
Is there a way to restore the system state and active
directory from a production server to a test server in a
test lab to have a test network that is almost exactly
like your production network?

I've restored the sysstate, and it works, however it
changes the IP addresses to the prod network IP
addresses, and I change this back to what it was in the
test lab, and encounter a bunch of problems like GC not
found when running dcdiag, plus tons of errors in the
event logs. help?

thanks!
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If it already worked, that's great. Just change the IPs as you stated, then
go thru the zone and delete the old references, including looking under the
_msdcs.gc SRV. You'll see the old one in there. THen once you've done that,
do this:
ipconfig /flushdns
ipconfig /registerdns
net stop netlogon
net start netlogon

And you should be good to go. Let us know if this helped.


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Ace

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Ace Fekay, MCSE 2000, MCSE+I, MCSA, MCT, MVP
Microsoft Windows MVP - Active Directory
 
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