I have setup something similar at the previous job using 2008 Enterprise. I never needed SCVMM but then I would never have gotten SC at all if it was not for the killer price. Check out Rod Trents myITForum.com it is a very good site for all things System Center.
Only caveats I can say is make sure the server has enough RAM/Drive/Processors to do the work you want it to do. Hyper-V may not have all the tools but for the price it is hard to beat. Backups are a dream better than they use to be but that is just my $0.02. Jon On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 11:55 PM, James Hill <[email protected]>wrote: > We have a number of remote locations with their own server running Server > 2008 Std/2008 Std R2. The server has a number of roles including DC, > File/Print, SCCM Secondary and it also has VMWARE server running on it with > a Ubuntu VM with MYSQL running in that. Although they run with no issues I > don’t like how complicated it is. > > > > What I would like to do is install Hyper-V and then run the 08 R2 in a VM > and run Ubuntu in a separate VM. I know that Ubuntu isn’t supported but we > can live with that for now. > > > > The other benefit I am looking for is being able to backup the site > server. By the looks of it you really need SCVMM to do this easily. Does > anyone have experience with SCVMM and how it handles backup? Ultimately it > would be nice to take a nightly or weekly backup to either place in storage > on the local LAN or even an attached USB harddrive. I like the idea of > having it stored on site as it would expedite restore time in case of a > server failure. > > > > Any suggestions are welcome. > > > > Thanks, > > > > James. > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
