Heck, install Virtual Server on your physical DC and you'll have a place for virtual failover server *if* you need for disaster recovery, otherwise keep VS turned off and out of the way.
Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' -----Original Message----- From: John Aldrich [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 9:02 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Upgrading from 2003R2 to 2008R2 (or later) Sounds like a very sound argument for at least one physical DC. I think I'll consider keeping the two I have physical and perhaps adding a virtual DC. -----Original Message----- From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, March 26, 2010 3:49 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: re: Upgrading from 2003R2 to 2008R2 (or later) In regards to having DCs virtualized. We have 15 DCs and only 2 of them are physical (PDCe and another GC). When we bring down the data center for a recovery exercise or a scheduled power outage, we need to have AD come up first since other things are authenticating against it. This makes it much quicker then waiting for the VMWare environment to come online. Another benefit is that if there is an issue with the back end storage where the VMWare LUNS reside, we have something to authenticate against until it comes back. YMMV ~ 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/> ~
