Vista Tutorial - VPC clone the live production environment?

06-01-2009

Hi,

I want to set up a clone to our exisiting live environment - 2 DC + Exchange
+ File servers, etc. I want to use the same domain name, computer names and
IP addresses as the live ones.

I know that I can set up all the VPCs using "Local Only" as network adapter.
However, I need to download updates from Microsoft, etc. Is there a way I
can connect the VPCs to the Internet, but not interferes with the live
infrastructure?

Thanks in advance.

Ramram

06-01-2009

"ramram49" <u52281@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:96f05c94f63e9@xxxxxx

Quote:

> Hi,
>
> I want to set up a clone to our exisiting live environment - 2 DC +
> Exchange
> + File servers, etc. I want to use the same domain name, computer names
> and
> IP addresses as the live ones.
>
> I know that I can set up all the VPCs using "Local Only" as network
> adapter.
> However, I need to download updates from Microsoft, etc. Is there a way I
> can connect the VPCs to the Internet, but not interferes with the live
> infrastructure?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Ramram
>

Yes and no. The simplest way is to set up one vm as a NAT router with
one NIC in Local Only and the other linked to the physical NIC of the host.

You can't connect the host directly to the same LAN as the existing
network if you use the same IP addresses in both networks.

06-01-2009	#1 (permalink)
ramram49 Guest n/a posts	VPC clone the live production environment? Hi, I want to set up a clone to our exisiting live environment - 2 DC + Exchange + File servers, etc. I want to use the same domain name, computer names and IP addresses as the live ones. I know that I can set up all the VPCs using "Local Only" as network adapter. However, I need to download updates from Microsoft, etc. Is there a way I can connect the VPCs to the Internet, but not interferes with the live infrastructure? Thanks in advance. Ramram
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06-01-2009	#2 (permalink)
Bill Grant Guest n/a posts	Re: VPC clone the live production environment? "ramram49" <u52281@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:96f05c94f63e9@xxxxxx Quote: > Hi, > > I want to set up a clone to our exisiting live environment - 2 DC + > Exchange > + File servers, etc. I want to use the same domain name, computer names > and > IP addresses as the live ones. > > I know that I can set up all the VPCs using "Local Only" as network > adapter. > However, I need to download updates from Microsoft, etc. Is there a way I > can connect the VPCs to the Internet, but not interferes with the live > infrastructure? > > Thanks in advance. > > Ramram > Yes and no. The simplest way is to set up one vm as a NAT router with one NIC in Local Only and the other linked to the physical NIC of the host. You can't connect the host directly to the same LAN as the existing network if you use the same IP addresses in both networks.
My System Specs

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