Hi adam

I will be doing this soon too. Can i check with you if the source server is still in working condition after the P2V?

Regards
eksim

There is an issue when P2V'ing a DC (Windows 2000 and Windows 2003). It affects the AD's Update Sequence number and can halt DFS replication. I know that PlateSpin PowerConvert and Ghost causes this issue but I'm not too sure if VMware P2V is smart enough to reset the AD "up-to-dateness vector." Check this out as the event log does not always indicate an issue!

For more information, see the following Microsoft articles:

Windows 2000: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/885875/

Windows 2003: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/875495/

These MS articles were posted in June 2006 and also affects VM's on Microsoft Virtual Server.

I hope this helps!

VMadmin

In our case we have some directory synchronization software that is a pain to reinstall. Obviously, P2V'ing DC's isn't somthing that many people will have to do since, as you pointed out, it is much easier to install another DC from scratch and move Single Master of Operations Roles as needed.