RE: Lab creation question...
- From: "Periyasamy, Raj" <Raj.Periyasamy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "[ExchangeList]" <exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 09:21:47 -0500
Chris,
Here is the Microsoft KB link
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;237677m for
using LDIFDE.
What I did was I exported separate LDF files for User objects, DLs, and
OUs. While importing, do the OU first, then Users and finally DLs. Refer
the syntax of LDIFDE to define your filters while exporting. One thing I
remember is, you have to remove the password field from the user object
before importing. Also, if your lab environment has a different DNS name
for the AD domain, before importing, search and rename all occurrences
of the domain name to the lab environment domain name.
HTH
Regards,
Raj
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From: Chris Wall [mailto:Chris.Wall@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, February 18, 2005 9:10 AM
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Raj,
Thanks for the input... I have not done any research yet on using
the LDIFDE, so I will look into this.
Replicating the exact structure for OUs, Users, etc. is my main goal.
Do you have a rough 'outline' of the steps you use to perform this task?
If not, no worries. I have planned for my entire day today to try and
resolve this one issue.
Thanks again for everyone's responses.
Chris Wall
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From: Periyasamy, Raj [mailto:Raj.Periyasamy@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, February 18, 2005 9:01 AM
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Chris,
If you are talking about creating an exact replica of your OUs, User
objects, DLs etc in a test environment, the best option is to use LDIFDE
and do an export and then import into your test lab. This is what I do
when I have to simulate a lab for our production environment. I use
LDIFDE specifically because once imported into the lab environment, I
can make any changes to the object using the same LDIFDE file. This is
not possible with CSVDE, with CSVDE you can only create new objects, not
modify existing objects.
HTH
Regards,
Raj
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From: Chris Wall [mailto:Chris.Wall@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
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All,
I have been searching for the past 3 hours and can not find much on
building a test lab from a production 2003 AD environment. I have
located the following link:
http://briandesmond.com/blog/archive/2003/11/25/251.aspx
In NT4 I could just build a BDC and promote it to PDC off the wire
and go from there... I can not believe that Microsoft doesn't have a
post regarding best practices for doing this with an AD environment.
I do not expect someone to tell me how to do this - just looking for
references on the web that can support the steps listed in the site I
have provided.
Regards,
Chris
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