Its been a year since I revisited this with them, but in our case we questioned how far they would support certain apps such as SQL, a Domain Controller and so on. It could just be they wanted to leave themselves an out.
Kevin Willenborg Lead Directory Services AIT (AEGON Information Technology) Phone (319) 355-6597 Nextel (319) 533-7851 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not. CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE The documents accompanying this transmission contain information belonging to the Sender which is legally privileged and confidential. The information is intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, dissemination, distribution, copying, or the taking of any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately. -----Original Message----- From: James Wells [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 3:33 PM To: Active Directory Admin Issues Subject: Re: Microsoft SCCM 2007 Running In Virtual Just so there's some clarification - what was the source on Microsoft not supporting SCCM or SC-anything on a virtual machine? Some of the supportability statements are hard to read and even harder to support...but generally, if you DO have a Premier Support agreement, you AREN'T asked to duplicate on physical hardware except as a last resort... --James On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 3:25 PM, Willenborg, Kevin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OK - not a direct answer on the question - but wanted to warn people > who use ESX VMware of this critical alert > http://www.virtualization.info/2008/08/vmware-mistake-shuts-down-thous > ands-of.html > > > Back to the topic - anything heavy I/O or SQL related I make it a rule > of thumb to not put on VMware. Our TAM response was If you do end up > going that route and you do have issues and ask for assistance, > Microsoft will ask you to duplicate your problem on hardware setup. > IMO, its not worth doing production SCCM on it but if your just > kicking the tires and doing a test area (separate forest) would think VM is > cheap option. > > > Kevin Willenborg > Lead Directory Services > AIT (AEGON Information Technology) > Phone (319) 355-6597 > Nextel (319) 533-7851 > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going > to know whether you did it or not. > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE > The documents accompanying this transmission contain information > belonging to the Sender which is legally privileged and confidential. > The information is intended only for the use of the individual or > entity named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended > recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, dissemination, > distribution, copying, or the taking of any action in reliance on the > contents of this information is strictly prohibited. If you have > received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately. > > > ________________________________ > From: Weber, Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 3:16 PM > To: Active Directory Admin Issues > Subject: Microsoft SCCM 2007 Running In Virtual > > Quick question: Is anyone out there running SCCM 2007 on virtual > servers running within ESX (VMware) or within Hyper-V? Technically, > Microsoft will only support SCCM if it's on it's own physical server - > but I just want validation that someone out there is running it within a > virtual space. > > > > Thanks. > > > > Scott Weber > > Manager - Technical Services > > Information Technology > > Milton CAT > > 508-482-5779 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > www.miltoncat.com > > > > > > ________________________________ > > ~ NEW: CounterSpy Enterprise: Centralized Antispyware - #1 in eWEEK Test! ~ > ~ ~ > > ~ NEW: CounterSpy Enterprise: Centralized Antispyware - #1 in eWEEK Test! ~ > ~ ~ ~ NEW: CounterSpy Enterprise: Centralized Antispyware - #1 in eWEEK Test! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/product.cfm?id=400> ~ ~ NEW: CounterSpy Enterprise: Centralized Antispyware - #1 in eWEEK Test! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/product.cfm?id=400> ~
