Microsoft strictly recommends using Sysprep with the /generalize switch instead. Final Verdict
Set next_id of node1 → node2, node2 → node3, etc. newsid v4 10 link
In databases or distributed systems, you might have foreign keys. Example: A document version chain where each record has previous_version_uuid and next_version_uuid , forming a 10-node linked list. node2 → node3