This ID is saved in AD Computer Object attributes of the VM as “msDS-GenerationId Attribute” and that helps the AD to keep track of the VM version and if the VM is restored or reverted from different version. It changes only when the VM is either imported, deployed from a template or a copy, hot/cold cloned, hot/cold snapshot-ed, restored from a backup or replicated to another VM. When it’s power on for first time, a new ID is generated by VM BIOS and exposed using a special generator driver on Windows 2012 by default.
These features are:ġ-) VM Generation ID (Virtualization Safeguard): An ID that’s generated and add to any Windows 2012 VM when being deployed on a supported hypervisor (vSphere 5.0 U2 and later). effort and to leverage all of Virtualization advantages and features. Luckily, some of these are only for helping virtualizing Domain Controllers (DC’s) with min. Being here since 1990’s, AD DS has been through a great development till reached this version on Windows 2012 with many new features. It’s the authentication and authorization center of any IT Infrastructure. Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) is the core of our IT Infrastructure nowadays.
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