Creating the IFM package

To create the IFM package, perform the following actions on a domain controller in a well-connected networking location, running the same version of Windows Server on which you intend to use the IFM package to swiftly promote to a domain controller in a low-bandwidth scenario:

IFM packages to create r ead-only domain controllers can be created on both r ead-only domain controllers and on fully-writable domain controllers. IFM packages to create fully-writable domain controllers can only be created on fully-writable domain controllers.
  1. Open Command Prompt with administrative privileges.
  2. Run the following command to start the NTDS utility in interactive mode:
ntdsutil.exe
  1. Type the following command in interactive mode to select the Active Directory database:
activate instance ntds
  1. Type the following command in interactive mode to enter the IFM creation context:
IFM
  1. Type the following command in interactive mode to create IFM, including the contents of the Active Directory SYSVOL for a read-only domain controller, and place it in the C:\IFM folder:
create RODC C:\IFM
  1. Type the following command in interactive mode to exit the IFM context:
quit
  1. Type the following command in interactive mode to exit the NTDS utility itself:
quit
  1. Close the Command Prompt window.
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