Put the BB server on VM makes it easy to clone, failover, Snapshot etc etc.
Z Edward E. Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: 401-639-3505 MCSE, MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network + -----Original Message----- From: wjh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 12:18 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: vmserver or esxi Knife edge cutover is BB's term for moving a BES from hardware to other hardware. I haven't done it, but their instructions seem convoluted and the tasks quite laborious. I think that they call it knife-edge cutover because they do not allow you to ever have more than one server live with the same SRP identifier...or they shut you down and your BB's stop working. Kim Longenbaugh wrote: > I may be missing something, but if all the server is going to do is host > the BB, why virtualize it at all? Unless what you mean by a "knife > edge cutover" is the process of moving the server OS to new hardware... > > -----Original Message----- > From: wjh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 9:49 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/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
