Agreed, we have one physical DC, and it is there solely for the DNS. ESX seems to be a bit twisty about booting in the absence of DNS (at least here, anyways)
2009/3/31 Kurt Buff <[email protected]> > Yes, the FSMO roles are irrelevant to this purpose, so this is not a > requirement, merely a personal preference. > > But, as I pointed out, most Windows shops (not all, just most) have > their DNS AD-integrated and running on their DCs. Thus, it makes sense > to keep one of your DCs physical, because it will also be running DNS. > > On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 21:47, Ken Schaefer <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm not aware of FSMO roles having anything to do with DNS. So why do you > need a physical DC (with or without FSMO roles)? Just keep a physical DNS > server around... > > > > Cheers > > Ken > > > > ________________________________________ > > From: Kurt Buff [[email protected]] > > Sent: Tuesday, 31 March 2009 10:08 AM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: Re: Pros/Cons of putting PDC/2DC on Virtual Server > > > > On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 15:30, Bill Songstad (WCUL) > > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> If my SAN had a major issue, neither my VMs or my physical DC would have > >> anything to doÿÿ All my clients could authenticate, but they wouldnÿÿ™t > >> have anything to access. > >> > >> > >> > >> I really feel like ÿÿ€™m missing an obvious underlying concept here and > that > >> makes me nervous. > > > > VMWare gets quite unhappy when it can't talk to a DNS server. In most > > Windows environments, the DCs are also the DNS servers, therefore > > virtualizing *all* of your DCs, or rather, virtualizing them all on > > the *same* DC, puts that VMWare host at risk. > > > > That's reason enough for me to keep one DC (probably the one with the > > FSMO roles) on its own physical machine. > > > > Kurt > > ~ 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/> ~
