On Sun, 18 Jan 2009 09:57:17 +1100, "Bill Grant"
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>"Mike Porcellana" <MikePorcellana@xxxxxx> wrote in
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>> Will give it a try later today...THANK YOU very much!!
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> I would just add one proviso to what Bo has said. If you are running a
>domain, it is not a good idea to use the dc as a router. (This is a general
>rule, not restricted to virtual machines. The only exception is sbs server
>which is designed to run like that).
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> Since you have ample memory I would run a separate machine as a RRAS
>router between the virtual network and the physical network. Thanks for the pointer on the router. I have seen it before but
forgot. I have not built an AD domain myself yet so all my "knowledge"
is theoretical from reading this ng.
So the test system needs basically 3 virtual machines minimum.
The router guest can be running on very low memory since it does not
do much, though, so resources should not be an issue.
I have a virtual server guest running W2003 as an inbound VPN router
for my (physical) network and it is running just fine on 256 Mb RAM.
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Bo Berglund (Sweden)