Re: Does anyone know if MNS cluster support a Virtual Server created in ESX VMware as a node of existing MNS cluster?

Although it would be outside support boundaries from Microsoft, and outside
the HCL/Catalog, you might want to check your VMWare support contract.
VMWare will, in certain setups/situations, support your setup (/w
limitations)
Check with VMWare to be sure.

Bottom line, with clustering you do want to have a proper support structure
to fall back on. If this doesn't come from Microsoft and it doesn't come
from VMWare, than you should seriously reconsider.

rgds,
Edwin.



"Jeff Hughes [Microsoft]" <jeffhugh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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From a support perspective, mixing and matching nodes where your fifth
node
is a VMWare server will put your cluster outside our support boundaries.
--
Jeff Hughes, MCSE
Support Escalation Engineer
Microsoft Enterprise Platforms Support (Server Core/Cluster)
<juortega77@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hello to all,

I have a MNS cluster composed with four nodes (working as a File
server). The servers are running in Windows server 2003 Enterprise
edition with SP1. I know how works MNS cluster and I know that in a
MNS cluster composed by four nodes, only one node can fail. I am
thinking the possibility to add a virtual machine installed with same
operating system created in ESX VMware to save me the cost of the
hardware that a new server. Obiusly this node won´t see any virtual
disk but will be add in the existing MNS cluster such as 5 node and at
this form, can fail two nodes in the cluster at the same time.

Could you please let me know If I can add a Virtual Server created in
ESX VMware as a existing MNS cluster? Deas snyone know if MNS cluster
support Virtual Servers such as cluster node?

Thanks in advanced

Kind Regards
Juan



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