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AD and Exchange on VMWare ESXi 4.0 Update 1 (free edition)

I'm planning to implement AD (Win2008Std) and Exchange (2007 Std) over VMWare ESXi 4.0 Update1. I appreciate a lot your expert comments about considerations i must have.

If there is any issues with Win2008, i have no problem to work on Win2003Std

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JohnLo

ive done it on multiple esxi 4.0 u1.

Only thing to make sure of is storage and backups. IMHO

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albertofresnillo

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Your guess is correct, i will handle 25 users, so it won't be a lot of load on VMWare Server.
Im planning to backup to disk across the network, at midnight, where is not people working. I think i will use the physical DC to store Exchange database backups and pass tape drive from there.

jakethecatuk

Good idea for the physical backup and backup DC.

Sounds like you've got everything covered. Only other thing I will say is have a good poke around ESXi, mess around with it, make sure you are familiar with how it works before you deploy your live servers as it will save you pain in the future.

bntech

make sure your time is setup correctly.

jakethecatuk

not quite sure what bntech means by that post...so I'm going to guess.

ESXi is notorious for time drift. Make sure you configure the NTP service on it correctly. Also, make sure you DON'T sync the time on your virtual machines with the ESXi host.