Mehdi,

Usually the redbooks give a great representation of reality, but like you
discovered yourself, Microsoft disagrees on some things.
It is not required that give the recovery server the same name, as long as
you specify the proper servername when restoring. We do it like this almost
all the time. You have to be carefull with restoring a server while the
originating server is still live. Make sure you unplug the network-cable
after the restore, but before the boot sequence is initiated when you do a
reboot. You will have duplicate servers and duplicate ip addresses on the
network if you don't. When rebooted, rename the server and change the IP
address if applicable, and plug the network. Now you should have a clone of
the originating server, but using a different servername.

The problem with giving the recovery server the same name is even worse if
you decide to put it in the same nt-domain. You have to remove the computer
entry from the domain, after the restore is complete, and re-join the domain
after the reboot, resulting in an additional reboot. This is because the SID
of the recovery computer will be different that the original SID of the
originating server. This of course is not smart if the original server is
still live.


Ilja G. Coolen


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