We use Unitrends for our backup and I could restore it as a virtual machine. And upgrade our Exchange version in the process? Exchange environment - version Brand Representative for Unitrends. We have a number of customers who use the P2V migration to virtualize, so this is absolutely a viable option.
If this is your first migration of an application server, or even if it's not, and you just want an additional set of eyes on the process, please contact our support team. They will be happy to walk you through the process. The nice thing about P2V is that if it doesn't go well, you delete the VM and power the physical back on.
It would be much cheaper and easier to P2V than to migrate. It should be the first thing you try. Do you have cluster of Hyper-V servers or single host? Overall, there's no problem in virtualizing Exchange. Just make sure to shutdown all Exchange services prior to starting the conversion process. Validate your clients are up-to-date on OS and Office updates to connect to a new Exchange.
For migration of the mailboxes to a new version you would need to install the latest Exchange SP3, followed by RU Utilize Exchange Deployment Assistant. Thanks for all the great feedback everyone! I'm glad to know that some have done a P2V with no problems. Intisar, when you say clustering, please elaborate. Are you referring to clustering as to how it was implemented back in the days of Exch ? Hello their ,,, I know you r all professionals and all and my question may sound abit stupid but i really need to know how to preform clustering in exchange ??
With Exchange SP1 or later deployed: Exchange server virtual machines including Exchange Mailbox virtual machines that are part of a DAG , may be combined with host-based failover clustering and migration technology, as long as the virtual machines are configured such that they will not save and restore state on disk when moved, or taken offline.
All failover activity must result in a cold boot when the virtual machine is activated on the target node. All planned migration must either result in shutdown and cold boot, or an online migration that makes use of a technology like Hyper-V Live Migration. In addition, reservation of memory removes VM swapfiles from datastores and hence, its space is usable for adding more VMs.
Overhead can be: swapfiles, VMs logs or snapshots. Jumbo Frames reduces network overhead and increases Throughput. No performance difference between these two types of disks. This issue is mitigated in vSphere 5. Connect each physical NIC to a different physical switch for max. Network separation is either physical or virtual using VLANs. Create your Golden Template for every tier of your VMs. This reduces the time required for deploying or scaling your Exchange environment as well as preserve consistency of configuration throughout your environment.
Ofcourse, one of them is vSphere Advanced Data Protection. Check the following link. Security: 1- All security procedures done for securing physical Exchange environments should be done in virtual environment, like: Role-based Access Policy.
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