windows server having SID issue on production server while clone

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-          Production server clone

Step 1: Take the backup or image copy if the source machine.
Step 2: convert the source machine from domain to workgroup
               (Note: 1. Before convert into workgroup just take the information of SID’s
                            2. After convert into workgroup try to find the SID’s )
Step 3: proceed with clone request
Step 4: Once the clone VM got deployed.
                Task 1: Update the IP Details and change the hostname to new hostname
                Task 2: Reboot the machine
                Task 3: join the machine to domain
                Task 4: Reboot the machine
Step 5: Check the SID’s and you find the  different.

Command’s:
psgetsid “host name” – for local server
psgetsid “system” – for local system
psgetsid “administrator” – it will show SID details when it got connected to domain
psgetsid “hostname$” - – it will show SID details when it got connected to domain for local server


Note: No need to run sysprep for this.

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