By and large I treat VM's the same as physical ones, with the added convenience of being able to snapshot them and easily move to new hardware. I'm a fan of deploy new vs. updating existing. In 15 years of being an admin I can count on one hand how many server OS upgrades I've done to a given machine, most of the time it's build/deploy new and take over the old machine name and IP. I have never "replaced" a DC yet though, but that time is a comin'.
David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764 -----Original Message----- From: Bob Anderson [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, April 09, 2010 7:21 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Updating Virtual servers What is the best way to update the Operating system on Virtual Servers we have 2 Windows 2003 Servers that are DCs along with a Physical 2003 DC that we would like to upgrade to either 2008 or 2008 R2 and I am not sure about the best way to go about it. Does anyone have any ideas or cautions that I should be aware of Thanks in advance Bob Anderson IT Manager Kent Sporting Goods Inc. 433 Park Ave. S New London OH 44851 419-929-7021 x315 Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. ~ 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/> ~
