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Hi Experts,

I would ask for complete guidance. I have server [just hardware] 4 QUAD with 4TB storage.
I would make 4 virtual WIN 2008 R2 servers [one will run Exchange 2003] on this one. What are the steps ?

I was thinking about using WMWARE but not sure if that's the right way. I need to do virtual backups etc.

Please propose most efficient way.

Thanks.

Lee W, MVP

Why use VMWare when Hyper-V is included in 2008 R2?

You cannot run Exchange 2003 - it's not compatible with Server 2008 R2.

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Leew,

VMWARE is not free and does anybody knows the price tag ?

Good point but is HYPER-V Free ? I think its up to 32GB free right ? Not sure 32gb of space or memory :)))

Yes I would stick to something free but manageable and with normal GUI where you can do copies, backups etc.

I will look today into suggested virtualbox and other options. I would remond you I am into windows environment and will not use any linux, unix, bsd OSes.

Any suggestions ?

Thanks.

fpoyavo

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P.S. I forgot to add a few things.

1. It will be high availability redundent environment with heavy load balancing
2. There will be need to make sure VM can be transparently replaced by its backup on the fly

Is VirtualBox or any other except VMWARE can be used in real enterprise solution ?
Is there proven record of that where you may have multiple hosts using VirtualBox or qume or anything except VMWARE ?

Andrew Hancock (VMware vExpert PRO / EE Fellow/British Beekeeper)

VMware Hypervisor is FREE, 1 cpu per server and 32GB of RAM, if you need more purchase VMware vSphere Essentials at $500.

Desktop Hypervisors are not suitable when you can use VMware ESXi or Hyper-V for FREE.

Check my EE Articles for FREE Backup

VMware ESX/ESXi Backup Guide

Mware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi 4.1) [FREE]
https://www.vmware.com/tryvmware/index.php?p=free-esxi&lp=1

VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi 5.0) [FREE]
https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/info/slug/datacenter_cloud_infrastructure/vmware_vsphere_hypervisor_esxi/5_0

Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 with Service Pack 1 (SP1) [FREE]
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/dd776191.aspx

Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2012 [FREE]
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/hyper-v-server/default.aspx

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