++ ATOT official NEF thread part IV ++

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

yay!

 

[sdifox]

ni

 

[sdifox]

I would snapshot a vm DC before I decom it. just in case shit happens.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

physical to vm
patch

vm to physical :biggrin:

Way too much work and time involved in that.

 

[sdifox]

and I have had to call on snapshot before and it worked like a charm.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

no, sharepoint is no where as complex as AD. fuck up AD and your domain dies :biggrin:. Yet the fucking thing is running on jet engine. Pisses me off.

AD under the hood is complex but the server topology and data storage is a cinch compared to Sharepoint. If I fuck up my AD, I do an authoritative restore of the AD DB and seize the FSMO roles and then NTDSUTIL the old server references out of AD. Trust me, I've done it -- it is easy.

If I fuck up Sharepoint -- well, there are so many new and exciting ways you could screw it up that it isn't even funny. To Microsoft's credit that did a much better job with patches on 2010 but it still has a way to go.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

nerd

 

[sdifox]

AD under the hood is complex but the server topology and data storage is a cinch compared to Sharepoint. If I fuck up my AD, I do an authoritative restore of the AD DB and seize the FSMO roles and then NTDSUTIL the old server references out of AD. Trust me, I've done it -- it is easy.

If I fuck up Sharepoint -- well, there are so many new and exciting ways you could screw it up that it isn't even funny. To Microsoft's credit that did a much better job with patches on 2010 but it still has a way to go.

lulz, did I mention I work in an outsource environment?

It is a miracle that I have domain admin rights.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

I would snapshot a vm DC before I decom it. just in case shit happens.

If you properly decom a DC, there is literally no reason to snapshot it unless it is the only DC and you're testing a migration or something.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

nerp

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

ninnty

 

[IndyColtsFan]

lulz, did I mention I work in an outsource environment?

Dude, don't get me started on that. I haven't even STARTED the SP 2010 project at our outsourced environment yet. I yelled at them last week and haven't heard a peep since.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

neds

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

nerffin

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

noppin

 

[sdifox]

If you properly decom a DC, there is literally no reason to snapshot it unless it is the only DC and you're testing a migration or something.

call me paranoid. I would rather flashback to snapshot than authoritative restore

 

[sdifox]

replication off of course

 

[IndyColtsFan]

call me paranoid. I would rather flashback to snapshot than authoritative restore

Yeah, if you only have a single DC, snapshots are the way to go. It's when you get into multiple DCs that it becomes potentially problematic.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

doin it!

 

[sdifox]

Dude, don't get me started on that. I haven't even STARTED the SP 2010 project at our outsourced environment yet. I yelled at them last week and haven't heard a peep since.

the place I work at is fully outsourced. they don't own anything...

 

[IndyColtsFan]

the place I work at is fully outsourced. they don't own anything...

My condolences.

 

[eldorado99]

ned

 

[sdifox]

My condolences.

1.50 a month per gb per month...

 

[IndyColtsFan]

Isengard looks tempting.....

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

neef