Does the description at bottom sound like SQL Server might be external to the image, a separate box? Or could it be part of the image but the MOSS box can’t see or find it? I’ve found that if the VM’s network card was configured to use the NIC on the host machine then moving the VM to another host can cause the virtual network card to no longer work. Do you think a MOSS box without a working NIC could have trouble finding another server? Do the phrases “ I’ve been given a virtual server… this doesn’t seem this is the normal way of doing things “ mean that there are doubts about using a VM? Would it help to know that someone else has used a VM successfully?
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matt Lynch Sent: Tuesday, 11 December 2007 8:42 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [OzMOSS] Virtual Server Image Out of curiosity, Do you think any of that is going to have an affect on a configuration error? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff Headley Sent: Tuesday, 11 December 2007 9:04 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [OzMOSS] Virtual Server Image Using a virtual image as a MOSS dev environment is common and offers some advantages. Are you using a Microsoft VM image (vmc/vmd) or VMware? Are all your servers (SQL & MOSS) in the image? If not, you probably won’t easily connect to a required server not in the image. If they are, you may want to check what network cards the VM thinks it has, since moving it from one host to another might change these settings if actual (physical) network cards were being used. If that’s all fine consider checking your IIS settings for name resolution issues. If the image is incomplete or unusable you might choose to create a new VM that has all the necessary servers, then ask for a backup from the original configuration and restore that into your VM. This works as easily for VMs as it does for actual deployments. As long as your VM has a minimal load (not too many users at once) and enough RAM it can make a great dev platform. In addition you can put it on a server that gets backed up every night (to take away your worries) you can either remote into it or just go in through your browser and use your local copy of SharePoint Designer. Jeff From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of STRINGFELLOW Mike (Con) Sent: Tuesday, 11 December 2007 7:11 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [OzMOSS] Virtual Server Image I’ve been given a virtual server, an image of another developers MOSS server, as my dev platform. Are there any tricks to get this working? Running Central Admin points to the original boxes hostname and fails, and running the config wizard dies with db connection errors. Accessing the sites also give DB connection errors. It looks as if it is trying to connect to the remote box’s DBs (no connection string info in the logs unfortunately), or doesn’t have permissions for connections to my Virtual Server’s DBs. I haven’t found any info on the web, so this doesn’t seem this is the normal way of doing things - so I might be re-installing? Any help would be appreciated! Make the switch to the world's best email. Get the new Yahoo!7 Mail now. ------------------------------------------------------------------- OzMOSS.com - to unsubscribe from this list, send a message back to the list with 'unsubscribe' as the subject. Powered by mailenable.com - List managed by www.readify.net ------------------------------------------------------------------- OzMOSS.com - to unsubscribe from this list, send a message back to the list with 'unsubscribe' as the subject. Powered by mailenable.com - List managed by www.readify.net Make the switch to the world's best email. Get the new Yahoo!7 Mail now. www.yahoo7.com.au/worldsbestemail ------------------------------------------------------------------- OzMOSS.com - to unsubscribe from this list, send a message back to the list with 'unsubscribe' as the subject. Powered by mailenable.com - List managed by www.readify.net
