I agree with Michael on that the Host is only the Host nothing else. Why else would you put VM's in place. I know the State price on licensing of Server Standard and even on my very constricted budget I can the one of those through. Move those rolls to a seperate VM and then go back and see if you still have the problem.
Jon On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 7:06 PM, Michael B. Smith < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would open a case with Symantec. > > > > DPM does this with no problems. > > > > (And, just in general, I prefer to leave my hosts ONLY running guests. I > think it minimizes the support headaches and simplifies the debugging of > same. But that's just me…) > > > > Regards, > > > > Michael B. Smith, MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP > > My blog: > http://TheEssentialExchange.com/blogs/michael<http://theessentialexchange.com/blogs/michael> > > Link with me at: http://www.linkedin.com/in/theessentialexchange > > > > *From:* John Hornbuckle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Wednesday, September 24, 2008 7:00 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Troubleshooting Server 2008 Reboots > > > > Yeah, it's Backup Exec 12. I'm not backing up the VM file—I've got a BE > Remote Agent installed on the VM, and am connecting to that to backup. > > > > > > > > > > *From:* Bob Fronk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Wednesday, September 24, 2008 6:33 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Troubleshooting Server 2008 Reboots > > > > Are you using Backupexec to copy that VM? > > > > I have a Windows 2003 server with MSVS hosting a BES server (has some > Exchange parts), and it the entire host server blue screens every time I try > to backup with Backup Exec. It has something to do with VSS, but I have not > been able to figure it out. The BSOD says something about "VOLSNAP" (not at > the office so I don't have the exact error I wrote down). > > > > Symantec has a few KBs on backing up Exchange VMs, and if I recall > correctly, it says you have to shut the VM down before backing up the VM. > > > > Bob Fronk > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > *From:* John Hornbuckle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Wednesday, September 24, 2008 5:58 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Troubleshooting Server 2008 Reboots > > > > I've got a 64-bit Server 2008 machine running Hyper-V. It's also a DNS > server, a DC, and a Backup Exec server. Its function as a backup server is > new—I've only been doing that for about two days. > > > > Twice today, while backing up one of the VMs to a NAS system, this server > has rebooted. I've backed up the other VMs with no problems, but this one VM > (our Exchange VM, incidentally) seems to cause a problem. > > > > I'm really not sure how to troubleshoot a spontaneous reboot with Server > 2008. The event logs show nothing (other than an entry after the reboot > saying that the shutdown was unexpected). The reliability monitor shows > nothing—no crash or anything. It's basically like what would happen if I > just unplugged a server's power. > > > > Power problems are unlikely, though, as this server has dual power > supplies, and each is connected to a separate UPS. > > > > Any pointers? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
