Creating a Test AD on an existing network
Hello, I currently have a Primary Domain Controller with Active Directory running on Windows Server 2008. I would like to create a test AD server on the same network which testers and developers can...
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What about setting up a new forest with it's own AD on a virtual server, or a new domain?
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New forest, new AD, etc. This way, they can run whatever queries they want and not touch live.
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Is it as simple as having a separate Windows Server, adding AD on it with a new domain? I am not "fluent" in this area of domains, forests etc, so I do not know how it will affect the primary network...
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It won't affect it at all. There are no issues with having multiple domain controllers for different domains and forests on the same network. however, remember that machines can only be a member of a...
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Thanks For all the feed back. May have some Qs later when I set this up, but this is good!
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One potential issue. You can only have one DHCP server per network. You may also want to consider putting this new environment on another physical or virtual lan or not using DHCP for the is AD...
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Chad.w wrote: One potential issue. You can only have one DHCP server per network. You may also want to consider putting this new environment on another physical or virtual lan or not using DHCP for...
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I'd set this up in a virtual network. If your devs have sufficient power, they could easilyi run 2-3 VMs on their workstatons. Alternatively, provision a new Hyper-V server and provision the new vms...
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Gary D Williams wrote: It won't affect it at all. There are no issues with having multiple domain controllers for different domains and forests on the same network. however, remember that machines can...
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True enough but by 'zero impact' I meant that having two active directories with different forests will not cause an impact on either AD forest. I wasn't thinking about the additional non-zero amount...
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I agree with tfl on this. We run ours on ESX and keep it isolated from the production network.
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Bill Kindle wrote: Chad.w wrote: One potential issue. You can only have one DHCP server per network. You may also want to consider putting this new environment on another physical or virtual lan or...
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You could also create a subdomain example: test.primarydomain.com. It works in our environment because I am able to allocate domain resources from the root domain or other child domains without...
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Jason7612 wrote: Bill Kindle wrote: Chad.w wrote: One potential issue. You can only have one DHCP server per network. You may also want to consider putting this new environment on another physical or...
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Bill Kindle wrote: Should have said this would work if you have some VLANs setup. Agreed, that would work perfectly.
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Some great ideas in this thread thus far. You can go as detailed as you need when creating your test network. Spin up some servers, put in their own vlan, etc. But keep in mind however you build it...
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Good stuff here. As far as just creating a new domain and AD on the existing network, would following this document be best or is there something more exact than this that I can do - http:/ Opens a...
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Dewboy: This document is how to set up an additional domain controller. As I understand your requirements, you need a separate domain for testing. Thus you would essentially start fresh. You can...
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Thanks for all the input. I simply created a new forest, domain etc with dcpromo and it works very.
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