VLans On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 11:09 AM, <michael.le...@pha.phila.gov> wrote:
> Sherry Abercrombie <saber...@gmail.com> wrote on 08/27/2009 11:59:24 AM: > > > Yup, build yourself a test domain in VMWare, different ip and subnet > > address range for it. Set it up like your domain is in production, > > snapshot your servers before doing any migrations or upgrades, then > > practice all you want. Revert back to the snapshot and start all > > over again. > > That's pretty much my plan, yeah ... > > > You will find that there will be many benefits of having a test > > domain. Mine was originally setup to practice the migration from > > Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2007, so I've got OWA & ActiveSync > > working, plus other applications that interact with Exchange, test > > workstations with users & mailboxes etc. That's still in progress, > > but in the midst of all that, we got a couple of new Cisco ASA > > boxes, all the configuration & switching over was done to the test > > domain first, all the bugs got worked out before we went to > > production with it. > > I'm confused here. When you set up your test domain, with different IP > addresses from the production domain, did you do it as I mentioned? > vSwitch, but with no physical NICs bound to that switch? If so, how did > the VMs communicate with the Ciscos? There should have been no way for any > device that was not part of the vSwitch to talk to any device on the > vSwitch, and with no physical NICs to transmit over, how did the Ciscos > talk to the test domain? > > > Basically a miniature version of my production domain that I can > > test with any time something new comes up that I don't want to risk > > blowing up production with > > Oh, I plan to. :-) Our Group Policies are a spaghetti mess of horribleness > and redundency, and I plan on cleaning them up - first by testing in the > virtual domain, then copying to production. > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > -- Sherry Abercrombie "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." Arthur C. Clarke Sent from Newark, TX, United States ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
