I'm testing a Exchange 2012 VM recovery in a Hyper-V test server. I have this VM, 2 DC and a Exchange server:
- SRVDC1 (pdc, nm, rid)
- SRVDC2
- SRVEX2
As far as I know I need to recover also a Domain Controller to let exchange run, then I choose to recover only SRVDC2 (non-pdc) to simulate a pdc failure. This DC cannot start the AD services, DNS and so on... maybe because it is not syncronized with its pdc. Is there some way to run the non-pdc domain controller alone?
EDIT: I also tried to seize roles from dead DC1 to DC2, but AD services and DNS doesn't start.