I would prefer to run the host as VM host only. I would also create 3 VMs - DC, file, Exchange. I don't like to mix file services in to a domain controller as it creates security administration issues.
-Malcolm From: Oliver Marshall [mailto:oliver.marsh...@g2support.com] Sent: Monday, June 14, 2010 06:15 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Virtualisation structural question Hi chaps. Can I kick some thoughts around here and look for some comments? We have a few old servers that we need to upgrade to new versions. Basically we will be upgrading several Windows 2003 servers running file services, AD and Exchange 2003. We will be replacing these with 2008 64bit R2 servers running Exchange 2010. As running Exchange 2010 on a DC isn't recommended (though it appears that it isn't not-supported as such) we are looking at having two servers; one for AD and file roles and one for Exchange roles. Clearly this lends itself to virtualisation quite nicely with both 'servers' running on a parent host. The question is really this: Should the AD/File roles run in a VM or on the parent host itself, with Exchange being a child VM on the parent host ? So this; Physical Host: VM-HOST1 Roles: Hyper-V Host Domain: Workgroup VM Name: AD-1 Role: DC/GC/FILE Host: VM-HOST1 Domain: MYDOMAIN VM Name: EX-1 Roles: Exchange 2010 Host: VM-HOST1 Domain: MYDOMAIN Or this; Physical Host: VM-HOST1 Roles: Hyper-V Host, DC/GC/FILE Domain: MYDOMAIN VM Name: EX-1 Roles: Exchange 2010 Host: VM-HOST1 Domain: MYDOMAIN My feeling is that the former is neater, that is with both the AD server and the Exchange server being VMs on a parent host, than the latter. Any suggestions? How are you chaps structuring things ? Olly Network Support Online Backups Server Management Tel: 0845 307 3443 Email: oliver.marsh...@g2support.com Web: <http://www.g2support.com/> http://www.g2support.com Twitter: <http://twitter.com/home?stat...@g2support> g2support Newsletter: <http://www.g2support.com/newsletter> http://www.g2support.com/newsletter Mail: 2 Roundhill Road, Brighton, Sussex, BN2 3RF G2 Support LLP is registered at Mill House, 103 Holmes Avenue, HOVE BN3 7LE. Our registered company number is OC316341. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
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