Converting Second Domain Controller from Physical to VM
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@wirestyle22 said in Converting Secondary Domain from Physical to VM:
@coliver said in Converting Secondary Domain from Physical to VM:
@wirestyle22 said in Converting Secondary Domain from Physical to VM:
Is there a way for me to verify this secondary domain is functioning as intended?
Try binding to it.
I worded this wrong. Sorry.
This is a secondary DC. I didn't think you could specify the domain controller, it's just round robin. How do I verify that it's working.
Second DC, not secondary. Haven't been secondary DCs ever in Active Directory. That terminology is mistakenly brought over from the PDC/BDC days of Windows NT and the SAM system that pre-dates AD. Once AD replaced SAM, there was no more secondary concepts.
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@scottalanmiller said in Converting Secondary Domain from Physical to VM:
@wirestyle22 said in Converting Secondary Domain from Physical to VM:
@coliver said in Converting Secondary Domain from Physical to VM:
@wirestyle22 said in Converting Secondary Domain from Physical to VM:
Is there a way for me to verify this secondary domain is functioning as intended?
Try binding to it.
I worded this wrong. Sorry.
This is a secondary DC. I didn't think you could specify the domain controller, it's just round robin. How do I verify that it's working.
Second DC, not secondary. Haven't been secondary DCs ever in Active Directory. That terminology is mistakenly brought over from the PDC/BDC days of Windows NT and the SAM system that pre-dates AD. Once AD replaced SAM, there was no more secondary concepts.
non FSMO DC?
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@wirestyle22 said in Converting Secondary Domain from Physical to VM:
@scottalanmiller said in Converting Secondary Domain from Physical to VM:
@wirestyle22 said in Converting Secondary Domain from Physical to VM:
@coliver said in Converting Secondary Domain from Physical to VM:
@wirestyle22 said in Converting Secondary Domain from Physical to VM:
Is there a way for me to verify this secondary domain is functioning as intended?
Try binding to it.
I worded this wrong. Sorry.
This is a secondary DC. I didn't think you could specify the domain controller, it's just round robin. How do I verify that it's working.
Second DC, not secondary. Haven't been secondary DCs ever in Active Directory. That terminology is mistakenly brought over from the PDC/BDC days of Windows NT and the SAM system that pre-dates AD. Once AD replaced SAM, there was no more secondary concepts.
non FSMO DC?
Think of it as a "Member DC" rather than a "Solo DC". What matters is that it is not alone.
FSMO roles do matter, but only in that post DC setup they should be moved over.
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Wait. Sorry this is a second DC in your current domain or a secondary domain?
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@coliver said in Converting Second Domain Controller from Physical to VM:
Wait. Sorry this is a second DC in your current domain or a secondary domain?
Second DC. Sorry, I wrote it wrong.
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Another question I have is: Does the hypervisor need to be syncing with the time server or is that only important for the VM's?
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@wirestyle22 said in Converting Second Domain Controller from Physical to VM:
@coliver said in Converting Second Domain Controller from Physical to VM:
Wait. Sorry this is a second DC in your current domain or a secondary domain?
Second DC. Sorry I wrote it wrong.
No problem. If that's the case you can use powershell to test against it. You'll also want to take a look at repadmin to make sure that replication is going through correctly.
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@wirestyle22 said in Converting Second Domain Controller from Physical to VM:
Another question I have is: Does the hypervisor need to be syncing with the time server or is that only important for the VM's?
It's less important but it's generally a good idea to have everything sync to the same time server.
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@coliver said in Converting Second Domain Controller from Physical to VM:
@wirestyle22 said in Converting Second Domain Controller from Physical to VM:
Another question I have is: Does the hypervisor need to be syncing with the time server or is that only important for the VM's?
It's less important but it's generally a good idea to have everything sync to the same time server.
I disable time sync to the Hypervisor always. It is never anything but trouble.
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@scottalanmiller said in Converting Second Domain Controller from Physical to VM:
@wirestyle22 said in Converting Secondary Domain from Physical to VM:
@coliver said in Converting Secondary Domain from Physical to VM:
@wirestyle22 said in Converting Secondary Domain from Physical to VM:
Is there a way for me to verify this secondary domain is functioning as intended?
Try binding to it.
I worded this wrong. Sorry.
This is a secondary DC. I didn't think you could specify the domain controller, it's just round robin. How do I verify that it's working.
Second DC, not secondary. Haven't been secondary DCs ever in Active Directory. That terminology is mistakenly brought over from the PDC/BDC days of Windows NT and the SAM system that pre-dates AD. Once AD replaced SAM, there was no more secondary concepts.
Quoted for truth. Glad you pointed this out. That terminology needs to die so no one gets confused.
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@Son-of-Jor-El said in Converting Second Domain Controller from Physical to VM:
@scottalanmiller said in Converting Second Domain Controller from Physical to VM:
@wirestyle22 said in Converting Secondary Domain from Physical to VM:
@coliver said in Converting Secondary Domain from Physical to VM:
@wirestyle22 said in Converting Secondary Domain from Physical to VM:
Is there a way for me to verify this secondary domain is functioning as intended?
Try binding to it.
I worded this wrong. Sorry.
This is a secondary DC. I didn't think you could specify the domain controller, it's just round robin. How do I verify that it's working.
Second DC, not secondary. Haven't been secondary DCs ever in Active Directory. That terminology is mistakenly brought over from the PDC/BDC days of Windows NT and the SAM system that pre-dates AD. Once AD replaced SAM, there was no more secondary concepts.
Quoted for truth. Glad you pointed this out. That terminology needs to die so no one gets confused.
He's corrected me at least ten times and I still keep doing it. Trying to get it out of my head completely.
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I'm most likely going to need to create another thread this weekend. Going to make a from scratch domain + domain controller as if we were just establishing a business.
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I learned this the hard way to never ever do again. When the DB on a particular DC is effed and then randomly does weird crap like lets say deleting users....
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@wirestyle22 said in Converting Second Domain Controller from Physical to VM:
I'm most likely going to need to create another thread this weekend. Going to make a from scratch domain + domain controller as if we were just establishing a business.
Why?
Starting from scratch will mean the users will have to join a new domain, meaning their user profile will be changed on the desktops. You know how users fear change... -
@Texkonc said in Converting Second Domain Controller from Physical to VM:
@wirestyle22 said in Converting Second Domain Controller from Physical to VM:
I'm most likely going to need to create another thread this weekend. Going to make a from scratch domain + domain controller as if we were just establishing a business.
Why?
Starting from scratch will mean the users will have to join a new domain, meaning their user profile will be changed on the desktops. You know how users fear change...I'll be doing it at home (weekend). Sorry. I have a test environment at my place.
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@wirestyle22 said in Converting Second Domain Controller from Physical to VM:
I'm most likely going to need to create another thread this weekend. Going to make a from scratch domain + domain controller as if we were just establishing a business.
Very good thing to have done and know how to do. You should do it with Windows 2008 R2, 2016 and Linux to see what you have now, what current is like and what the alternative approach is.
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@Texkonc said in Converting Second Domain Controller from Physical to VM:
@wirestyle22 said in Converting Second Domain Controller from Physical to VM:
I'm most likely going to need to create another thread this weekend. Going to make a from scratch domain + domain controller as if we were just establishing a business.
Why?
Starting from scratch will mean the users will have to join a new domain, meaning their user profile will be changed on the desktops. You know how users fear change...I think that he means at home for educational purposes.
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@wirestyle22 said in Converting Second Domain Controller from Physical to VM:
@Texkonc said in Converting Second Domain Controller from Physical to VM:
@wirestyle22 said in Converting Second Domain Controller from Physical to VM:
I'm most likely going to need to create another thread this weekend. Going to make a from scratch domain + domain controller as if we were just establishing a business.
Why?
Starting from scratch will mean the users will have to join a new domain, meaning their user profile will be changed on the desktops. You know how users fear change...I'll be doing it at home (weekend). Sorry. I have a test environment at my place.
This falls under "one of those tasks you should definitely have on your home lab list" if you want to work in Windows, SMB or desktop administration arenas. A lot of people who work with AD at work will run AD at home full time. I've had AD (or its predecessor) for my home machines since 1997 or 1998. I've never run stand alone machines at home.
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@scottalanmiller said in Converting Second Domain Controller from Physical to VM:
@wirestyle22 said in Converting Second Domain Controller from Physical to VM:
@Texkonc said in Converting Second Domain Controller from Physical to VM:
@wirestyle22 said in Converting Second Domain Controller from Physical to VM:
I'm most likely going to need to create another thread this weekend. Going to make a from scratch domain + domain controller as if we were just establishing a business.
Why?
Starting from scratch will mean the users will have to join a new domain, meaning their user profile will be changed on the desktops. You know how users fear change...I'll be doing it at home (weekend). Sorry. I have a test environment at my place.
This falls under "one of those tasks you should definitely have on your home lab list" if you want to work in Windows, SMB or desktop administration arenas. A lot of people who work with AD at work will run AD at home full time. I've had AD (or its predecessor) for my home machines since 1997 or 1998. I've never run stand alone machines at home.
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