sutaible vmware product for exchange server 2007 practical

[sunil470763]

dear all,

i have a good hardware configuration pc . and i want to do a practical of exchange server 2007 on vmware . can i do it. if so please tell me on which vmware product i can run (ads,dns and exchange server ) as a virtual machine . please help me .

thanks in advance

sunil kumar

[AndreTheGiant]

You can run each product as a VM.

I suggest to use 1 VM for DC+DNS, 1 VM for CAS, HUB, Transport role, 1 VM for Edge role, and (if needed) 1 VM for client.

In a lab Exchange could be or 64 bit or also 32 bit.

Andre

[sunil470763]

dear sir,

it means i require 4 machine to run a exchange practical lab. and i want to know one more thing that , which version we should use(like as vmware workstation ,vmware vspare, vmware server , etc) for the perticular application.

[AndreTheGiant]

If you want to test the Edge Role you need a different VM.

I suggest to use a different VM for DC/DNS cause you can have trouble in a shared environment.

The client VM could also be your PC.

Andre

[azn2kew]

You can almost run all of your Exchange 2007 in two VMs, 1 VM that runs both AD, DNS, CAS/HUB/Mailboxes role and you can optionally use Unified Messaging if you have PBX systems in place which I assume not. You could use Edge Transport on a different VM but can be configured on the HUB itself which its an optional components you really don't have to have to test out Exchange 2007. You can use VMware Server 2.0 on your PC and its free or VMware Workstation 6.5 which I like more due to many features that is convenient in a lab environment. You can also configured Exchange 2007 cluster services with local iSCSI shared disks as well. You need at least 3-4GB of RAM to test this out effectively.

http://communities.vmware.com/thread/219986?tstart=0

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Stefan Nguyen

VMware vExpert 2009

iGeek Systems Inc.

VMware, Citrix, Microsoft Consultant

[ajaipathak · Accepted solution]

U can use VMware worksation 6.5 for hosting exchange setup.but there are some issues founfd while installing exchange 2007 on Vmware products especially while installing on child domain.

Also microsoft does not give any kind support if it's application is hosted on Vmware product.:(