He's a bit dramatic, IMO. If you have two DCs hosted on Hyper-V you can always make this work. But it DOES require extra reboots in order to re-establish secure connections to operational domain controllers.
VMware is a bit different since the root host isn't a "domain member". Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -----Original Message----- From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, December 02, 2011 5:21 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Virtualization - Sizing, hard disk config Good point! I know you can get around this with vSphere, but I have no idea with hyper-v - having just looked, yuck! http://www.aidanfinn.com/?p=10263 ________________________________________ From: Ben Scott [[email protected]] Sent: 02 December 2011 9:51 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Virtualization - Sizing, hard disk config On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 4:35 PM, Paul Hutchings <[email protected]> wrote: >> Oh, yes, I was also planning on re-purposing one of our old servers (with >> new OS) >> once everything's moved over to the new box. > > The support issue is mainly a non-issue, Microsoft apparently may ask that > you reproduce > any issue on physical hardware to rule out virtualisation, but their default > stance won't be > "It's a VM go away". The main reason I want a physical DC is to avoid the chicken-and-egg problem of starting the Hyper-V host when the DC is a guest on that host. (And I want to keep the host OS as lean as possible, so no DC there.) We already have the hardware, so that's easy. -- Ben ~ 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 -- MIRA Ltd Watling Street, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, CV10 0TU, England Registered in England and Wales No. 402570 VAT Registration GB 100 1464 84 The contents of this e-mail are confidential and are solely for the use of the intended recipient. If you receive this e-mail in error, please delete it and notify us either by e-mail, telephone or fax. You should not copy, forward or otherwise disclose the content of the e-mail as this is prohibited. ~ 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 ~ 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
