Instead of installing new servers from scratch, assuming I have identical servers, could not I simply image (clone) one of my current terminal servers?
Technically this is possible BUT it is not recommended. Some companies when dealing with support issues will not support a machine that was built using such method. But yes, it can be done. The easiest way is to simply use a tool like Symantec Ghost to create an image. Make sure you image a server that was preferably removed from the domain and when the image is loaded on the new server, before rebooting the machine to use the image, disconnect it from the network, rename it and use a tool like NewSID (from Sysinternals.com) to change the machine SID. Make sure you change its IP addresses as well. Once you have done that simply connect the machine to the network and join it to the domain. NOTE: the procedure for cloning Citrix servers is quite different due to the IMA architecture.
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