Also, the documentation for Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/library/BookofSP1/658a175c-486a-42ee-b3da-9b56de3d187c.mspx states:
Support for running domain controllers in
virtual machines
On a single physical server that is running Windows
Server 2003 and Microsoft Virtual Server 2005, you can install multiple Windows
Server 2003 or Windows 2000 Server domain controllers in separate virtual machines. This platform is well suited for test environments. By using virtual
machines, you can effectively host multiple domains, multiple domain controllers
for the same domain, or even multiple forests on one physical server that is
running a single operating system. Windows Server 2003 SP1 also provides
protection against directory corruption that can result from improper backup and
restoration of domain controller images. For more information about running domain controllers in virtual machines, see "Running Domain Controllers in Virtual Server 2005" on the Microsoft Web
site at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=38330
That document referenced is the same one that Phil
mentioned.
Regards,
Mark.
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Phil Renouf
Sent: 06 October 2005 16:04
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] AD Restore Problem
That article might not have been caught yet, support for DC's in Virtual
Server is a relatively new thing, but it is supported.
That doesn't help SBS much though since Exchange is not yet supported in
Virtual Server.
Phil
On 10/6/05, Susan
Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
<stupid question alert>
Okay so unless you are insane SBS.. images of your DCs are ixnay. What
does Sun, Linux, Mac or any other competing Server OS do in their world
to ensure the Kingdom easily and quickly comes back up? <yeah I know
they don't have AD but they have to have some competing glue, right?>
What have they done if anything?
How to detect and recover from a USN rollback in Windows Server 2003:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=875495
That KB is interesting as it clearly indicates that having a DC in a
Virtual Server environment is not supported... yet we SBSers have gotten
word that once Exchange 2003 sp2 supports Vserver all of the parts of
the 'standard' box will be supported in a virtual environment.
Brett Shirley wrote:
>If you have any replicas of those servers, when you restore those VMWare
>images, you will have corrupted your forest during restore.
>
>-BrettSh [msft]
>
>This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
>rights.
>
>
>On Thu, 6 Oct 2005, Carroll Frank USGR wrote:
>
>
>
>>I am working my way down the VMWare path also for my ultimate DR "ace in
>>the hole". The environment is a TLD with 4 child domains. I am planning
>>on running a single VMWare server that has virtual DCs for all 5
>>domains. I am going to peel off a dedicated site/vlan and put the
>>physical VMWare server and all of the DC virt servers in that site. None
>>of the virtual DCs are going to be GCs. The reason for the dedicated
>>site is so I can keep people from using them for validation in
>>production.
>>
>>Once I have them running, I plan to use the VM scripting to gracefully
>>shut them down once a day and then shoot the image file of the shutdown
>>DC off to tape, which then goes off-site. After the backup completes I
>>then restart the virtual servers.
>>
>>This plays into the different hardware scenario since I can use VMWare
>>to abstract the hardware.
>>
>>Of course, this whole process is the backup to the normal system state
>>backup of all my backbone DCs.
>>
>>FWIW - Frank
>>
>>________________________________
>>
>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>[mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Coleman, Hunter
>>Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 5:37 PM
>>To: [email protected]
>>Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] AD Restore Problem
>>
>>
>>You will still need to abandon the snapshot/image approach. Go to
>>http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ and search for
>>"usn rollback". You can get the same information by searching
>>support.microsoft.com, but without the colorful and enlightening
>>commentary that the list provides.
>>
>>Hunter
>>
>>
>>
>
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