Re: Virtual SBS2003 R2 Test Machine Hosted by WXP X64 SP2

Yes, I use Virtual Server for this exact scenario on XP x64. For a test environment, it's fine.

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"SuperGumby [SBS MVP]" <not@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23IOlVEXHHHA.4636@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
it should eventually but you might try going to Microsoft Update just get to the point where you scan for updates, but I'm not sure what will happen with the beta.

re making the server available before logon, you would need to use Virtual Server which can be told to run a vm at startup. VS is not supported for production use under XP but it does work quite well.

"Gary J. Dikkema" <gary_d-no-spam-@xxxxxxx> wrote in message news:e3Kub0WHHHA.4636@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
And... the WXP X64 host doesn't get registered with WSUS...

Darn!

"Gary J. Dikkema" <gary_d-no-spam-@xxxxxxx> wrote in message news:eArrEZWHHHA.3292@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Finally...

I have the following virtual guest machines running... WXP X86, WS2k3 T/S and my SBS2003 R2 PE box.

Everything runs well... so today I decided to add the host WXP X64 SP2 (Beta) to the R2 domain.

After doing that and rebooting when I try and log into the domain it says the domain is not available. Which sort of makes sense as the R2 box being a virtual machine won't come alive until after the Host is running and starts it.

Just wondering if there's a way around this...perhaps auto starting R2 so that it's running when I log into the Host? Is such a thing possible? For now I log in the WXP X64 SP2 local machine and everything runs as before... and the X64 box is a member machine on the domain.

Thanks in advance...

Oh...

FYI, connecting to the domain using RWW and the T/S box is quick.... considering all this is happening within a 2 GB memory environment. Please keep in mind this is a Test box for proof of principle. If I can sort out the remaining quirks I have a prod X64 box with 4 Gigs of ram to drop all this onto... personally, I think this is a good DRP method... images are supposedly transportable across hosts... supposedly! <VBG>







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