I have a single domain with five domain controllers. All are running Server 2008 R2 Enterprise. Our forest and domain functional levels are at Server 2008 R2. The FSMO role holder is running on VMware ESXi v5.1.
I use Windows Server Backup to take a daily full server backup to a volume on the server. I also use StorageCraft ShadowProtect to take an image based backup of all volumes, with the exception of the volume containing the Windows Server Backup.
I am working on testing the restore in an isolated network. After restoring the server, setting the static ip address, subnet mask, gateway, and dns servers, Network Location Awareness identifies the network as a 'Public Network' instead of the expected 'Domain Network'. This breaks AD, DNS, etc. Occasionally, it will switch over to 'Domain Network' and things appear to work properly. If the server is rebooted, it always goes back to 'Public Network'. At this point, it is the only server in the isolated network. The other DCs have not been restore and are in different AD sites. I see the same behavior when restoring with Windows Server Backup and ShadowProtect.
Any suggestions as to why this is happening? I am hoping to not only test our disaster recovery plan, but to also test upgrading the domain to 2012 level.
Thanks!
