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Exchange and VMwareI have test environment with W2K3 as a host and Exchange 2003 server
installed on the machine. Due the budget limitation I've been asked to install VMware server and W2K3 as a gust to test internal application. Does anyone did something like this and will VMware server brake Exchange functionality Thanks "John Strow" <John.St***@hotmail.com> wrote in message Lots of people run Exchange in VMWare. It's a good platform for testing.news:OOvIMeKIIHA.4732@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > > > I have test environment with W2K3 as a host and Exchange 2003 server > installed on the machine. Due the budget limitation I've been asked to > install VMware server and W2K3 as a gust to test internal application. > Does anyone did something like this and will VMware server brake Exchange > functionality > > Thanks Lee. -- _______________________________________ Outlook Web Access for PDA, OWA For WAP: www.leederbyshire.com ________________________________________ That is not question I was asking. Question was: can I install vmware server
on box that already running exchange (exchange do not run in vmware environment)? Show quote "Lee Derbyshire [MVP]" <email a@t leederbyshire d.0.t c.0.m> wrote in message news:uGdjw9KIIHA.748@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > "John Strow" <John.St***@hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:OOvIMeKIIHA.4732@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >> >> >> I have test environment with W2K3 as a host and Exchange 2003 server >> installed on the machine. Due the budget limitation I've been asked to >> install VMware server and W2K3 as a gust to test internal application. >> Does anyone did something like this and will VMware server brake Exchange >> functionality >> >> Thanks > > Lots of people run Exchange in VMWare. It's a good platform for testing. > > Lee. > > -- > _______________________________________ > > Outlook Web Access for PDA, OWA For WAP: > www.leederbyshire.com > ________________________________________ > Oh, right. Well I don't think it will actually break Exchange, but it will
certainly affect its performance, since running a virtual server will consume quite a lot of server memory. Show quote "John Strow" <John.St***@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:uSt$G9LIIHA.5352@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > That is not question I was asking. Question was: can I install vmware > server on box that already running exchange (exchange do not run in vmware > environment)? > > > "Lee Derbyshire [MVP]" <email a@t leederbyshire d.0.t c.0.m> wrote in > message news:uGdjw9KIIHA.748@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >> "John Strow" <John.St***@hotmail.com> wrote in message >> news:OOvIMeKIIHA.4732@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >>> >>> >>> I have test environment with W2K3 as a host and Exchange 2003 server >>> installed on the machine. Due the budget limitation I've been asked to >>> install VMware server and W2K3 as a gust to test internal application. >>> Does anyone did something like this and will VMware server brake >>> Exchange functionality >>> >>> Thanks >> >> Lots of people run Exchange in VMWare. It's a good platform for testing. >> >> Lee. >> >> -- >> _______________________________________ >> >> Outlook Web Access for PDA, OWA For WAP: >> www.leederbyshire.com >> ________________________________________ >> > > On Tue, 6 Nov 2007 22:25:31 -0000, "Lee Derbyshire [MVP]" <email a@t
leederbyshire d.0.t c.0.m> wrote: >Oh, right. Well I don't think it will actually break Exchange, but it will Yeah, it'll install and operate. It'll run like a dog depending on>certainly affect its performance, since running a virtual server will >consume quite a lot of server memory. > what you do inside the virtuals but your lab won't get too busy so you'll be fine.  |
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