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ZJORZ

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09/09/2005 1:02 AM
Funny how this topic comes up now and then... I may even be worth creating a KB article on this issue or is that useless? Windows 2000/2003 DCs should NEVER, NEVER, NEVER be imaged for backup/restore purposes! Imaging is NOT AD aware backup/restore solution and thus not MS approoved! A W2K3 pre-SP1 hotfix, a W2K post-SP4 hotfix and W2K3 SP1 will stop DCs replicating by disabling replication when USN rollback is detected. As I know the detection is not guaranteed, but when it detects it does that to prevent further damage. The same problem CAN occur when DCs are used in a virtual environment and snapshots are used for example Be very carefull with this! Read more at: MS-KBQ875495_How to detect and recover from a USN rollback in Windows Server 2003 MS-KBQ885875_How to detect and recover from a USN rollback in Windows 2000 Server If you don't pay attention to this mail or to mail from others about this and still want to do it... Well, be sure you get enough coffee, painkillers (for the headache you will get from it), dust off your ABBA collection ;-) and afterwards possibly search for a new job or be ready to get yelled at. Cheers Jorge -----Original Message----- From: ActiveDir-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ActiveDir-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tom Kern Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 23:03 To: activedirectory Subject: [ActiveDir] cloning DC's I know i read this thread before but i can't seem to find it. we are creating a new forest root and the IBM consultants here created the first root dc and now they want to clone it using Disk Image and sysprep to create the other DC's in the root. I think i heard this is a bad idea. Am I right? I can't seem to find any article on this but I do remember this being spoken of on the list and I don't remeber what the conculsion was. thanks List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ This e-mail and any attachment is for authorised use by the intended recipient(s) only. It may contain proprietary material, confidential information and/or be subject to legal privilege. It should not be copied, disclosed to, retained or used by, any other party. If you are not an intended recipient then please promptly delete this e-mail and any attachment and all copies and inform the sender. Thank you. List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/

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