DC Restore to Test Environment

[ITGURU]

I want to duplicate our AD in a test environment. I've run a full backup using wbadmin -allcritical and can restore it another server no issues. However after changing the DHCP IP to the servers proper IP and rebooting I still cannot access AD Users and computer or anything AD related.

 

DNS is working OK - lists everything, and an NSLOOKUP works for the DC and any other DNS entries.

I've tried flushdns, registerdns eeven rebo

 

If I right click in AD users and computers and choose select domain it shows but doesn't load and get 'could not locate the domain' - or the server is not operational

 

What other steps are required as this should be a bare metal restore. All FSMO roles were on this server.

 

If I choose connect to another domain controller and type the server name in, it will show was Online but no other fields populate and still cannot access AD.

[ITGURU]

How does everyone restore their AD envionment to a test environment and get AD working correctly?

 

I followed this and changed the registry entry then everything started working but still some DCDIAG errors present.

 

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/947022/the-netlogon-share-is-not-present-after-you-install-active-directory-d

Edited December 12, 2017 by ITGURU

[Guest Guest]

Is this physical or virtual? If virtual I’d just take a copy of a virtual DC VHD and create a VM using it in your test environment