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I have single esxi with dc1 and dc2(win2k3 AD) and was wondering what would be the best way to backup and restore the vm for DRS purposes (I have no budget for backup software) mind you this is a child domain that replicates with parent and child domain...any clue ?
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Hi snusgubbe,
I agree with you but would you rather have what he currently has OR
would you rather place a physical DC along with the VM?
He was clear with regards to his budget which drove me to the cheaper option.
I agree with you but would you rather have what he currently has OR
would you rather place a physical DC along with the VM?
He was clear with regards to his budget which drove me to the cheaper option.
Having two virtual DC's on the same host is a single point of failure. If the VM-host blows away his domain is unavalible.
If the company don't have any demands about uptime, fine. But if the domain is vital to the company, I would move one of the DC's to another box (VM or physical). Squeeze some cash from the management to buy some new HW by telling them that there exist a single point of failure.
Leaving a DC on some HW without RAID and extra PSU can get you into trouble.
A cheap solution can be good for economi as long as things works, but the cheap solution can be very expensive the day the solution goes down.
If the company don't have any demands about uptime, fine. But if the domain is vital to the company, I would move one of the DC's to another box (VM or physical). Squeeze some cash from the management to buy some new HW by telling them that there exist a single point of failure.
Leaving a DC on some HW without RAID and extra PSU can get you into trouble.
A cheap solution can be good for economi as long as things works, but the cheap solution can be very expensive the day the solution goes down.
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agreed and if only I was the decision maker
AD do un-buffered writes and if this cheap PC/disc don't support this you will end up in problemes (corrupt ntds.dit database or USN-rollback) once the "PC-DC" have an accidential/unexcpected powerloss or HW-problems.
I would not create a permanent DC on a PC with no HW redundancy