Can you clarify where you were mounting the volumes? Host or guest? I'm very curious as to which works better, and if you can effectively mount iscsi volumes in the vm.
--Durf On 3/12/08, Joseph L. Casale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Until I simplified my setup at home (noise...) I had ESX using iSCSI mounted > remote vmfs stores with Exchange also storing db's on iSCSI mounted volumes. > Worked well for over a year without a single issue. > jlc > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Scot Parsons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:06 AM > > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > > Subject: RE: Exchange 2007 and Virtual Server > > > > I've been running Exchange 2007 on VMWare with databases and logs on our > SAN. > > I've been live for two months, and so far, everything is running great. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: William Lefkovics [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:02 PM > > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > > Subject: RE: Exchange 2007 and Virtual Server > > > > Lots of people are putting Exchange 2007 on VMWare. ESX is VMWare ESX > > Server. > > http://www.vmware.com/landing_pages/exchange_solution.html > > > > 16,000 Mailboxes on one server with VMWare > > http://blogs.vmware.com/vmtn/2008/03/16000-exchange.html > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Matteson, John H Jr USA Mr USA 25th SigBN (ITT) > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 7:09 AM > > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > > Subject: RE: Exchange 2007 and Virtual Server > > > > Thanks for the info. I was looking at a mostly high side Dell Optiplex > tower > > or a precision workstation as the basis. By the time I get home I should > > have a full TechNet DVD set waiting for me. Letting it blow up and rebuild > > on a regular basis will give me some experience in virtual disaster > recovery > > as well. > > > > I am very much of the old school training, one server one > > application/service. Virtual machines are a whole new area for me to wrap > my > > head around. > > > > Anyone know of a good list I can subscribe to that's centered around MS > > virtual server? > > > > Please define ESX for me? > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > John H. Matteson, Jr. > > Systems Administrator/ITT Systems > > FOB Orgun-E > > Afghanistan > > DSN - 318 431 8001 > > VoSIP - (308) 431 - 0000 > > Iridium - 717.633.3823 > > Roshain - 079 - 736 - 3832 > > > > "A man who thinks of himself as belonging to a particular national group > in > > America has not yet become an American. And the man who goes among you to > > trade upon your nationality is no worthy son to live under the Stars and > > Stripes." Woodrow Wilson > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 6:25 PM > > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > > Subject: RE: Exchange 2007 and Virtual Server > > > > I run about a 8-12 vm ESX server with a win2k3r2 dc and exchange 2007 on a > > win2k3r2 64 bit server. My dc has 512meg ram and my exchange server has > > ~1.5gb. > > This is all off a core 2 duo 1.8 GHz (slow) and I think 6gig ram. There > are > > a few other vm's running windows, CentOS and FreeBSD on it... > > > > It runs reliably. > > > > > > ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ > > ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~ > > > > ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ > > ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~ > > ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ > ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~ > -- -------------- Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day. Give a fish a man, and he'll eat for weeks! ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~
