RE: [ActiveDir] Virtual Domain Controllers

[Steve Linehan]

Title: Virtual Domain Controllers

Actually the official support statement can be found here and it is not quite as restrictive especially if you are a Premier customer:

 

897615 Support policy for Microsoft software running in non-Microsoft hardware
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=897615

 

As far as running Domain Controllers in Virtual environments I would recommend reading the following white paper on the subject:

 

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=64db845d-f7a3-4209-8ed2-e261a117fc6b&displaylang=en

 

Thanks,

 

-Steve

 

 

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Seely Jonathan J
Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 6:11 PM
To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org
Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Virtual Domain Controllers

Thanks, Al.

 

Given all the rants, er, discussions, about single purpose servers (thanks, Joe), I'd like to not do that.  The sites (~18 of them) range in size from 20 to 200 users.  Consistency is good, so whatever solution we come up with I plan to do the same thing in each remote office.

 

This change to VM is more about hardware reduction in outlying offices rather than specific cost savings measures (though of course, those are always appreciated up the chain).  If there are reasons to not go with VMs on DCs (e.g. if memory usage in the VM environment can cause AD corruption), I need to know that.  Hearing that the configuration is not 'officially' supported is not a show stopper if many people are successfully doing it and feel it should be supported by MS. 

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 3:36 PM
To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org
Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Virtual Domain Controllers

Could you just do the file/print on the DC?  In a small environment you could probably get away with it.

Al Maurer
Service Manager, Naming and Authentication Services
IT | Information Technology
Agilent Technologies
(719) 590-2639; Telnet 590-2639
http://activedirectory.it.agilent.com
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Seely Jonathan J
Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 12:54 PM
To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org
Subject: [ActiveDir] Virtual Domain Controllers

Hi All,

I have a question about running DCs on GSX server.  I understand that MS does not support this configuration, but I've heard that many people are running DCs in this fashion.  Can anyone give some advice in this arena?  The idea here is to do VM for a file/print, and another one for a DC in our remote sites.  Currently, we've got different hardware for each box, but we're trying to consolidate a bit out there.

Thank you.

JJ Seely
Systems Administrator
Oregon Department of Justice
Division of Child Support
(503) 378-4500 x22277
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