Re: URGENT: How to move 2003 Server to new machine?

I don't get what you siad about the DC. If it's running as a DC, then it
seems you said this VM approach isn't as helpful? Or is it? Can you say more
about backing up a VM DC? Thanks.

"Phillip Windell" wrote:

Run the Server in a VM.
You will Backup the VM Files when you run backups on the VM "host" (the
physical machine).

If the VM "host" dies you can restore the VMs to any other hardware and they
will continue to run just fine.

There is also no more need to backup the server in question (although you
can still do that), you just backup the VM files on the physical machine
instead.With DCs you will still want to backup the "old fashion way" and
backup the system state because DCs have to be restored differently than
other servers do. The VM Files are kind of like having Ghost Images of the
HDs of the machine except that it runs right from the Image file directly as
if they were a real hard drive.

The Virtual environment will even read a CD or DVD "ISO" file directly as if
it was actually a real CD or DVD,...so you can keep ISO images of important
CDs/DVDs on a large Hard Drive and read them directly from the stored ISO
file instead figuring out where you stored the physical disk and digging it
out everytime you need it.

Download and get familiar with your choice of VirtualPC or Virtual Server.
What I am saying makes perfect sense once you realise how they work.

Virtualization is where the future is going,...that is why MS included the
Virtualization in Server 2008 and also why Licensing of Server 2003R2
Enterpirse Edition allows the running of additional copies of the OS in VMs
without buying additional Licensing. The days of fighting with OS
installations and failed hardware the "old fashioned way" are slowly going
away.

For example,..I have two Domains with 2 DCs with 2 ISA Servers one Exchange
Server, one SQL Server, and two XP Clients (these are all separate
"machines") running on a single piece of hardware (a laptop no less). I
have moved the whole thing from one piece of hardware to another about 3
times already with not even a hiccup from any of the servers running in the
Virtual Environment. I back it up by just copying the Virtual Hard Drive
files to a large external usb hard drive. It is only a test lab of
course,..I am not advocating loading it down that heavey in a production
environment, but it illustrates the flexability.

It would be interesting to see how many others here use virtualization in a
production environment and how elaborate they get with it.

--
Phillip Windell
www.wandtv.com

The views expressed, are my own and not those of my employer, or Microsoft,
or anyone else associated with me, including my cats.
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"jim" <jim@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:48A316B9.70208@xxxxxxxxxxx
Phillip Windell wrote:
"Bill Grant" <not.available@online> wrote in message
news:O7YKPQN$IHA.4616@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
It is called Hyper-V , Phil!

Ok.

Have you used it? Is it just a re-packaged Virtual Server with a little
fresh makeup on its face or is it a completely new product?

And how does it relate to migrating a server to new hardware?





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