Yes, you should have a domain controller that hosts your FSMO roles and DNS on physical hardware, however, you can have other domain controllers which are virtual. Also, you can cluster domain controller and make other server virtual. This makes since because if you reboot your Virtual Server and the domain controller is on virtual server then that will cause issues.
Mike Original Message: ----------------- From: David Lum [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 09:51:46 -0700 To: [email protected] Subject: Me so stupid.. I'm reading up on virtualizing domain controllers and found this: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/888794 It says, in part: "We recommend that you locate critical server roles on domain controllers that are installed directly on physical hardware. Critical server roles include the following: * Global catalog servers * Domain Name System (DNS) servers * Operations master roles, also known as flexible single master operations (FSMO)" How do you have a domain controller that doesn't have a FSMO role associated with it? Dave Lum - Systems Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025 "When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot's hands" ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web.com - Microsoft® Exchange solutions from a leading provider - http://link.mail2web.com/Business/Exchange ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
