I agree with Ken. I have my DCs all in ESX without any issues. Recently, I had to shut down my entire network so our Electrician could upgrade the power in the server room. Brought everything back up without issue.
On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 5:26 PM, Ken Schaefer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Huh? > > AD is a multi-master system. If you are rebooting a virtual server host of > some kind, then it means you need /other/ DCs elsewhere (virtualised or > not). > > The non-availability of DCs hosted on a virtual server is exactly the same > issue as if those DCs were physical and not available because you had to > reboot the physical box - which means just about nothing except in larger > (say 25,000+ user) environments. > > This argument is pretty much bogus in my book. > > Microsoft has an excellent whitepaper on running DCs virtualised. Worth > reading as it answers most of questions asked here. > > Cheers > Ken > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, 14 May 2008 3:34 AM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: RE: Me so stupid.. > > > > 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(r) 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> ~ > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ > -- Mike Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
