The fastest way to deploy multiple computers with identical configurations especially when those computers
are running the virtual last environment such as Microsoft hyper v is to clone those computers clone
and corpus the virtual hard drive of the computers and change minor configurations such as computer
name sound IP addresses to be unique.
Then the computers are immediately operational.
This process also referred to as provision and computers is a central technology of private clouds.
Prior to Windows Server 2012 you could clone domain members but you are not able to clone domain controllers
in Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server 2012.
You can clone domain controllers.
The follow is to narrow benefit from virtual domain controller cloning unit to rapidly deploy additional
domain controllers in a new domain unit to quickly restore business continue to during disaster recovery.
You can restore HDD capacity by using clone and to quickly deploy domain controllers.
You can optimize private cloud deployments you can leverage the flexible provision and domain controllers
to accommodate the increased scale requirements.
You can quickly meet increased capacity needs and branch offices.
You can do this either by clone an existing domain controllers in branch offices or by cloning them
in the data center and then transferring them to branches by using hyperbole clone and domain controllers
requires the following a hyper wiser that supports virtual machine generation identifier such as hyper
v in Windows Server 2012 or later you'll need domain controller assess guest operate and systems based
on Windows Server 2012 or later you'll need a domain controller that you want to clone or source a domain
controller that must run a virtual machine guest on the supported hypervisor.
You also need a PDA emulator that runs on Windows Server 2012 or later.
It's possible to clone domain controllers run on Windows Server 2012 when earlier versions of domain
controllers exist in your environment.
However the domain controller that holds the PDC emulator feeds morale needs to support the clone and
process the PDA emulator must be on line when the virtual domain controller clone starter for the first
time.
Now to help ensure that Ada DNS administrators authorize clone and virtualize domain controllers a member
of the domain admins group needs to prepare a computer for clone in hyper v administrator or Sara enabled
to clone a domain controller without Ada s administrators and similarly added Yes administrators are
unable to clone a domain controller without hyper v administrators.