DC Promotion from Media
An ingenious mechanism in Windows Server 2012 that allows for the creation of a DC directly from media such as a burnt CD/DVD, USB drives, or tape. The upshot of this technique is that it is now possible to remotely build a DC or GC server across a slow WAN link by shipping the media to the remote site ahead of time, effectively eliminating the common practice of building a DC in the central site and then shipping it to a remote site after the fact.
The concept behind the media-based GC/DC replication is straightforward. A current, running DC backs up the directory through a normal backup process. The backup files are then copied to a backup media, such as a CD/DVD, USB drive, or tape, and shipped off to the remote destination. ...
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