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Any Way to image a "live" 2k Domain Controller?

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2canSAM

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Looking to create an image from a live 2k Server that is acting as a Domain controller. Is there anyway to create an image while the machine is running. I am need to pull this image into a VM to test Active Directory Migration Tool.
 
Acronis True Image Server + Universal Restore option (you will need UR to load the image on disparate hardware, which your VM will most likely be). Works great. Licensing for this sort of thing is a sticky subject in the MS world though, pershaps someone more familiar with 2k Server's EULA can inform us whether this is 100% legal.
 
I don't know about legalities, but that's not how I would do it. Set up a new VM running Windows 2000 and promote to a DC on the current domain. Allow everything to replicate. Then remove the VM DC from the network, seize the FSMO roles and metadata cleanup the other (phsyical DC). You now have an exact copy of your domain.

The key in both scenarios is to NEVER EVER rejoin the VM DC to the production network. Also, if you are thinking about using images to backup DCs, forget it. It is completely unsupported and a wonderful way to completely fubar your domain.
 
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