Didn't know about ESX not doing USB. I'm oh for three trying to activate devices wirelessly - they have all got stuck on "Waiting for services" - but since I've only had 3 users in 2 years it's not a big deal for me.
> -----Original Message----- > From: wjh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 12:20 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: vmserver or esxi > > yeah, we haven't had to physically attach a Blackberry in years. The > wireless activation works great. > > Sherry Abercrombie wrote: > > Wireless activation is da bomb. As long at the user is in a > location that is receiving a good signal. We usually have to take the > device to a different location near a window, or outside so that it is > receiving full strength signal, away from all the metal beams in the > building etc that drops signal strength. Quirky, but it only seems to > matter with the wireless activation, once that is setup, phone and email > reception works just fine. > > > On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 11:08 AM, Martin Blackstone > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I believe the same goes for HyperV as well. > > As for specific to BB, we do all activations wirelessly. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jason Morris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 8:54 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: RE: vmserver or esxi > > ESX doesn't handle USB at all. > > I've had a BES server with 70 users running in ESX3.0 for the > past 8 > months with no problems. None of our Blackberry's touch it > physically, > it's all done via service books. > > Highly recommend virtualizing BES. > Good luck! > Jason > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ralph Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 10:50 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: RE: vmserver or esxi > > A couple of years ago my CEO dropped in on me and said "Look, > my husband > just bought me a Blackberry for my birthday. I need it set up > with my > Exchange account, and I need it now because I am going to > Europe in two > days." > > We had no other Blackberry users and no spare servers around, > so I set > up a BES using VMware server in Win2003, which at the time was > free with > one CAL. Anyway, the reason I mention this is that I've had > it running > there ever since, but I only have a few users. > > The one problem I do have is getting the BES to recognize a > Blackberry > device plugged in to a USB port. Sometimes it works, > sometimes not. > Sometimes it blue screens the virtual BES. > > Don't know if this is just a glitch in my setup, but I'm > guessing ESXi > handles USB devices better than VMware server. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: wjh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 10:49 AM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: vmserver or esxi > > > > I have a Blackberry server running on ancient hardware. It > has about > > 100 users on it. I'm thinking I will P to V it, rather than > do a > knife > > edge cutover. Would you consider just using VMserver or > would you use > > ESXi? The new box will be a DL360 (single processor) with > 15k scsi > > drives and 2 gigs of RAM. It will do nothing but host the > BB server. > > > > Thanks for any input. > > > > bill > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource > hog! ~ > > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE- > Enterprise/> ~ > > Confidentiality Notice: > > ---------------------------------- > > > > This communication, including any attachments, may contain > confidential > information and is intended only for the individual or entity > to whom it > is addressed. Any review, dissemination, or copying of this > communication by anyone other than the intended recipient is > strictly > prohibited. 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