...@butlerschein.com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 3:09 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: P2v - from a physical Dell server to a VMware virtual server
Every virtualized Exchange horror story i've heard of has been the result of
poorly planned storage or virtural resources (over committment).
I've
From: Leedy, Andy [mailto:ale...@butlerschein.com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 3:09 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: P2v - from a physical Dell server to a VMware virtual server
Every virtualized Exchange horror story i've heard of has been the result
of poorly planned storage
Not really assuming you take the proper precautions; dismounting databases,
stopping services, having a good backup standing by. You also need to
remember to remove any old OEM software left behind that is used to monitor
hardware, drivers, etc. Those use up resources that you probably won't
[mailto:afontana...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 3:01 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: Re: P2v - from a physical Dell server to a VMware virtual server
Not really assuming you take the proper precautions; dismounting databases,
stopping services, having a good backup standing
: RE: P2v - from a physical Dell server to a VMware virtual server
Every virtualized Exchange horror story i've heard of has been the result of
poorly planned storage or virtural resources (over committment).
I've always been afraid to virtualize Exchange due to the high I/O, CPU, and
memory
How many users per mb server? How big are the mb's?
From: Leedy, Andy [mailto:ale...@butlerschein.com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 1:22 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: P2v - from a physical Dell server to a VMware virtual server
Our 2007 MB servers are running with 32GB of RAM
in determining your hardware
needs if you go to virtualization.
Chris
From: Leedy, Andy [mailto:ale...@butlerschein.com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 3:22 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: [MALWARE FREE]RE: P2v - from a physical Dell server to a VMware
virtual server
Our 2007 MB servers
~1000, largest is just under 2GB.
From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:jcas...@activenetwerx.com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 3:45 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: P2v - from a physical Dell server to a VMware virtual server
How many users per mb server? How big are the mb's?
From
You may also have issues with activation if you had an OEM server license.
I had this issue witha small business server I was playing with only to
find out that it was an OEM license on the server, even though the tag had
been removed by the previous admin.
On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 7:36 PM,
