tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11222552.post7609093305814777475..comments2023-06-27T02:23:56.854-07:00Comments on Jackson's Identity Management & Active Directory Reality Tour Travelblog: Active Directory DC Virtualization?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00014140177974348471noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11222552.post-79363768280197320162007-09-12T07:45:00.000-07:002007-09-12T07:45:00.000-07:00Yes - for latent spare Domain Controllers (one rep...Yes - for latent spare Domain Controllers (one replicating at midnight and another at noon). Technically these servers are not providing production AD services to clients but are part of a production domain.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11222552.post-25778762400837894232007-09-03T16:23:00.000-07:002007-09-03T16:23:00.000-07:00Customers I visit are willing to put in --some-- D...Customers I visit are willing to put in --some-- DCs in a virtualized environment, but no one is willing to commit all of their DCs to virtualization. Every client interested in this is still saying "we'll keep a few physical boxes around."dimikagihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17704442495858075454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11222552.post-55320275451400653342007-08-15T11:05:00.000-07:002007-08-15T11:05:00.000-07:00Running Active Directory and Exchange Server 2003 ...Running Active Directory and Exchange Server 2003 on VMServer and ESX Server. I still maintain atleast one Physical machine running Active Directory. Managing backups using standard NTBackup and Symantec Backup Exec. Starting transition for Exchange Server 2003 to Exchange Server 2007.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11222552.post-43519373136407992912007-08-14T17:30:00.000-07:002007-08-14T17:30:00.000-07:00We have some production domain controllers running...We have some production domain controllers running on ESX servers.<BR/><BR/>We don't manage them any differently than we manage production servers. We don't make copies of the VMWare files and we use standard backup software.<BR/><BR/>We make sure that we have physical boxes for Exchange and will be looking at 64 bit domain controllers for Exchange.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08467455282616708352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11222552.post-78772905155098933972007-08-14T14:26:00.000-07:002007-08-14T14:26:00.000-07:00Thanks! Again, would love to ask some basic "resea...Thanks! Again, would love to ask some basic "research" questions if you'd be open to it!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00014140177974348471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11222552.post-29190405158166959192007-08-14T14:24:00.000-07:002007-08-14T14:24:00.000-07:00I'm running virtualized DC's too, no problem.I'm running virtualized DC's too, no problem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11222552.post-18506319948880100022007-08-14T13:46:00.000-07:002007-08-14T13:46:00.000-07:00Wow, awesome. Well, if you'd be willing to answer ...Wow, awesome. Well, if you'd be willing to answer a few questions I'd love to hook up with you! <BR/><BR/>Jackson.Shaw@GMail.com<BR/><BR/>Thanks!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00014140177974348471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11222552.post-58647275451924216642007-08-14T13:40:00.000-07:002007-08-14T13:40:00.000-07:00Fortune 500 company here... running DC's on VMware...Fortune 500 company here... running DC's on VMware esx.. absolutely!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com