If you purchase the Enterprise version of 2k8 R2 I think it comes with 4 virtual licenses. That would allow for:
VM Host on physical machine DC1 on Virtual machine 1 DC2 on Virtual machine 2 Exchange server on Virtual machine 3 File server on Virtual machine 4 The only think I have never done is machine 3. I don't do nor have I ever touched Exchange but I did have a TechNet person tell me that it was a supported configuration but depending on what you have running on the front end of Exchange you would need a really beefy Host to support it but that would be more for someone Exchange orientated than me to say. Jon On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 12:01 PM, Oliver Marshall < oliver.marsh...@g2support.com> wrote: > I'd love to but we dont have enough licenses. > > > > > > -- > > G2 Support > > Network Support : Online Backups : Server Management > > > > Web: www.g2support.com > > Twitter: g2support <http://twitter.com/home?stat...@g2support> > > Newsletter: www.g2support.com/newsletter > > > > *From:* Malcolm Reitz [mailto:malcolm.re...@live.com] > *Sent:* 14 June 2010 16:29 > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Virtualisation structural question > > > > 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 > > Twitter: g2support <http://twitter.com/home?stat...@g2support> > > 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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