Do you have another W2K8 system or a Vista system to manage your server core? If I couldn't run Hyper-V manager from my Vista laptop, I probably would want to be able to TS into the W2K8 box to see it.
-troy -----Original Message----- From: David Lum [mailto:david....@nwea.org] Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 7:02 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: To server core or not to server core... Customer bought a new Dell PowerEdge, and it came with 2008 Server w/ Hyper-V. The plan is to virtualize (P2V) their SBS 2003 Server onto this box. I installed System Center Virtual Machine Manager and did a test VM of a couple machines and it was fast (2K3 R2 Server with 9GB), easy, and everything was easier than I had expected. I'm ready for the final preparations for production and my question is this: The OEM install is full Server 2008 - should I blow away this install and go to Server Core, install Hyper-V and re-load everything from scratch, or am I not really going to gain much benefit (I'm thinking reduction of surface area/attach as much as anything) vs the current base 2K8 install? David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
