[Samba] Moving DC1 to a Virtual Machine

Sketch smblist at rednsx.org
Mon Jan 26 08:55:45 MST 2015


On Mon, 26 Jan 2015, Paul Littlefield wrote:

> So, I will...
>
> * P2V my Gentoo DC1 exactly as is.
> * P2V my Ubuntu DC2 exactly as it.
>
> ...and be done with it.
>
> That sound OK?

Either that, or just create a new VM on your OS of choice and join it to 
the existing domain as a new DC.  Claim all the FSMO roles, and shut your 
old DC down.  It will have a new name and IP, but it will work fine.  That 
is one nice thing about AD DCs, they are pretty much interchangeable.


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