I believe the same goes for HyperV as well. As for specific to BB, we do all activations wirelessly.
-----Original Message----- From: Jason Morris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 8:54 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: vmserver or esxi ESX doesn't handle USB at all. I've had a BES server with 70 users running in ESX3.0 for the past 8 months with no problems. None of our Blackberry's touch it physically, it's all done via service books. Highly recommend virtualizing BES. Good luck! Jason -----Original Message----- From: Ralph Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 10:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: vmserver or esxi A couple of years ago my CEO dropped in on me and said "Look, my husband just bought me a Blackberry for my birthday. I need it set up with my Exchange account, and I need it now because I am going to Europe in two days." We had no other Blackberry users and no spare servers around, so I set up a BES using VMware server in Win2003, which at the time was free with one CAL. Anyway, the reason I mention this is that I've had it running there ever since, but I only have a few users. The one problem I do have is getting the BES to recognize a Blackberry device plugged in to a USB port. Sometimes it works, sometimes not. Sometimes it blue screens the virtual BES. Don't know if this is just a glitch in my setup, but I'm guessing ESXi handles USB devices better than VMware server. > -----Original Message----- > From: wjh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 10:49 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: vmserver or esxi > > I have a Blackberry server running on ancient hardware. It has about > 100 users on it. I'm thinking I will P to V it, rather than do a knife > edge cutover. Would you consider just using VMserver or would you use > ESXi? The new box will be a DL360 (single processor) with 15k scsi > drives and 2 gigs of RAM. It will do nothing but host the BB server. > > Thanks for any input. > > bill > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ Confidentiality Notice: ---------------------------------- This communication, including any attachments, may contain confidential information and is intended only for the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. Any review, dissemination, or copying of this communication by anyone other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email, delete and destroy all copies of the original message. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- The pages accompanying this email transmission contain information from MJMC, Inc., which is confidential and/or privileged. The information is to be for the use of the individual or entity named on this cover sheet. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you received this transmission in error, please immediately notify us by telephone so that we can arrange for the retrieval of the original document. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
