I have a SP2007 Prod Farm using four Win2008r1 servers. I need to replace one that has some OS corruption.
My server engineer won't build another r1 server, only r2. I want the farm as consisten as possible.
Can we clone a good, existing Prod Farm Server, create a new virtual server, rename the box with sysprep and then join it back to the farm as a new server?
what else on the server needs to be renamed?
Do I need to run STSADM renameserver on it before joining it to the farm?
Will it conflict with the existing source server when it is joined to the farm or pose any issues to the farm?