Hello,
My questions revolve around preserving Active Directory domain information after restoring a recovery point using Restore Anywhere or converting a recovery point to a Virtual Disk.
I notice that if a restore is performed using Restore Anywhere that post-restore it performs something similar to sysprep and forces you to rejoin the domain (even if you choose to preserve the domain trust token information). If you convert a recovery point to a virtual disk it doesn't even give you the option to rejoin the domain when it performs the sysprep on the first boot of the virtual disk.
This is a problem for me because I would like to test my Active Directory and Exchange 2003 environments in a virtual lab but with Exchange being so dependent on Active Directory and the domain I would prefer for the domain information to be preserved instead of removed.
Does anyone know of a way to override this behavior perhaps by editing the disk or virtual disk post-restore but before the initial boot?
Many thanks!