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Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 10:42 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Cc: mdo...@temple.edu
Subject: Advice: Using VMware ESX to practice upgrading a domain
I know a number of folks on this mailing list use VMware, so I thought I would
ask this here.
I have a VMware ESX cluster, and want
>I have a VMware ESX cluster, and want to practice the steps for upgrading
>my domain from AD 2000 to AD 2003 (then, AD2008 later). I can recall doing
>something similar 3 years back with the regular VMware Server, but that
>was on a physically isolated network. Here, I want to do it on the
>produc
Sherry Abercrombie wrote on 08/27/2009 12:21:49 PM:
> VLans
I thought you would be. I suppose I could set up a special VLAN on our
main switch. I usually don't handle the VLAN configurations (altho I have
set them up once or twice), my co-worker does. I suppose I could set it up
that way ...
VLans
On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 11:09 AM, wrote:
> Sherry Abercrombie 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 migr
Sherry Abercrombie 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
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.
You will find t
I know a number of folks on this mailing list use VMware, so I thought I
would ask this here.
I have a VMware ESX cluster, and want to practice the steps for upgrading
my domain from AD 2000 to AD 2003 (then, AD2008 later). I can recall doing
something similar 3 years back with the regular VMwa
