Is possible to restore windows 2008R2 DC windows server backup to Hyper-V guest OS ?
I would like to make test environment for DC.
I got the below suggestion here.
You have many options
1.As you mentioned, you could add a new DC and perform cleanup. No impact. Make sure to follow the correct procedure. This would be my preference.
2.Backup and Restore
3.P2V conversion.
4.Disk2VHD
5.Paul has a nice article
http://blogs.dirteam.com/blogs/paulbergson/archive/2012/07/03/create-a-test-domain-old-style.aspx
Regarding #1 method,
I found the below related article.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc816907%28WS.10%29.aspx
If I do the above Clean Up Server Metadata for newly added DC to production AD,
there is no more thing to do in production environment and no negative impact for production environment ?