I have seen it used in medium and large companies for frontend\bridgehead servers, but I personally would steer clear of backend\mailbox servers being hosted on VM (and if you are going to do it be sure to use ESX, not GSX) due to the critical nature of those boxes (and support issues).
I have used ESX version of VMware to host frontends and bridgeheads in prodution with no issues or problems. There is the issue of support and its a grey line with Microsoft depending on your relationship with them. Normally PSS won't touch Exchange hosted on a VM with a 10 foot pole, but if you have a TAM you may be able to twist their arm into giving limited support (that is ...give you 5 minutes to take a peek and at the first sign of wierdness they may bail and point the finger at VMware). Overall from what I have seen it works best for the light-weight Exchange boxes that are expendable (not MB servers). -Steve > Our engineering guys (who have no email experience at all) are trying to > make the argument that we should move our Exchange environment to > Vmware. I know that Vmware is good for test labs, but has anyone run it > in production? Their website says that it works with Exchange, but they > want to sell their product. Please let me know if you have any horror > stories or fairy tales about that configuration. > > Thanks. > > Tara=20 _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
