Here are some things to consider that might help: - Make sure the virtual DCs are split across separate hosts - Make sure the host servers have very little policy applied to them - Add one, small, physical DC - If it's a lab or home environment, have the host server play DC as well.
* * *ASB* *http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* *Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market… * On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 8:09 PM, Crawford, Scott <[email protected]>wrote: > “However, there are ways to handle this”**** > > Such as?**** > > ** ** > > My plan is to migrate from ESX3.5 to Hyper-V and I **planned** on joining > the hosts to the virualized domain.**** > > ** ** > > *From:* Michael B. Smith [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, August 23, 2011 6:37 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: [Microsoft support] Is it me...**** > > ** ** > > IMHO – the only issue is that you need to have more than one DC and they > need to be hosted on more than one physical server.**** > > ** ** > > THE MAJOR CHALLENGE is that, in the case of a “datacenter reboot” or > “datacenter shutdown” followed by a “datacenter power-up”, restoring service > can be a bit challenging. However, there are ways to handle this.**** > > ** ** > > Regards,**** > > ** ** > > Michael B. Smith**** > > Consultant and Exchange MVP**** > > http://TheEssentialExchange.com**** > > ** ** > > *From:* Jon Harris [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, August 23, 2011 7:33 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: [Microsoft support] Is it me...**** > > ** ** > > That was why I never made a Hyper-V host a member of any domain if it would > host a DC. Just plain bad news.**** > > **** > > Jon**** > > On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 7:19 PM, David Lum <[email protected]> wrote:**** > > ..or is there no 24x7 pay per incident number for support on Microsoft > Servers? I keep getting to this page (2008 R2) and choosing “Virtualization” > and “Other” I get support times of 6a-6pm. > > https://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?st=1&as=1&iid=1059&iguid=d535992c-b4dd-49a7-b4a8-2b14e5649525_1_1&x=10&y=17&c1=508&sd=gn&c=SMC&ln=en-us&prid=13020&gsaid=582847 > **** > > **** > > I had a situation the other night where I thought I was going to have to > call them because I uh…have a Hyper-V host that’s a domain member and it was > requiring connection to a DC to start a guest VM, and the guest VM was the > DC it needed to talk to!**** > > **** > > Invoking some DR steps I got back in business, but still…do you need to > have some kind of support contract to have them available 24x7?**** > > *David Lum* > Systems Engineer // NWEATM > Office 503.548.5229 //* *Cell (voice/text) 503.267.9764**** > > **** > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
