Vista - Hyper v on SBS 2008

Hi,

I'm new to the Hyper-V thing so bear with me please (and thank you).

My scenario:
I have an SBS 2008 Server. It runs a quad core Xeon 2Ghz, hyper-v, 8GB ram,
raid 5 - 500gb hdds - 2 x Gbit NICs (intel, if it helps). NIC 1 is the
primary card which is the IP that email etc comes in to, DHCP and DNS for
the network. NIC2 is not used. This server is a GC and domain controller.

SBS2008 is the primary OS.

I want to install two additional servers.

My first question: Will installing Hyper-V stop the DHCP, DNS and GC/DC from
working efficently and stop computers on the network from being able to
locate this server?

When I install Hyper-V - it asks me to select a Network card and suggests I
keep one free for remote admin. Well, duh.

My second question: selecting the second NIC - will that ensure that the
Hyper-V will only use this network card and then not cause issues with the
DHCP/DNS/Email/etc?

Finally...

The eventual outcome will be:

Physical Box: SBS2008/email/DHCP/DNS
---- (via NIC2)
---- VM1: Win2008 with a OCS server, SQL 2008 server.
---- VM2: Win2008 with a third party PBX Voip Software - this will be
runnign on the soft phones.

Does this scenario work? Would there be a recommended 'other way'?

Many thanks in advance for any help,

Dominic

SBS 2008 is not supported as the parent for child hyper-v installs.

"Dominic" <dominic@newsgroup-conlon.co.uk> wrote in message
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that helps for part A then:

If I wanted to install a hyper-v, is SBS supported as a virtual server and
if so, what is the recommended way of going about it?

thanks,
Dominic
"SteveB" <newsgroup@newsgroup> wrote in message
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Do you have SBS 2008 Premium? The Premium edition has a second Server 2008
Standard license which can be used for the parent partition. You would
install the second server with the Hyper-V role. You could then run SBS 2008
in one child and a second instance of the Server 2008 Standard in another
child partition. As long as Hyper-V is the only role installed on the parent
partition the Server 2008 Standard license allows another install of the
same license in a child partition. You could install other child partitions
for other OS' depending on the resources of the parent. Your drive
configuration and the amount of RAM are not optimal for running SBS in a
child partition. In my tests SBS in a child partition needs at least 8 GB
RAM and two spindles, one for the OS and one for the data.

As you have surmised it's not a good idea to use SBS 2008 as a host for
virtual machines. You will run into networking problems. Virtual machines
work best when there are multiple NICs installed in the host. SBS 2008 only
supports one NIC.

--
Kerry Brown
MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration
http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/


"Dominic" <dominic@newsgroup-conlon.co.uk> wrote in message
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Yes, it's supported. There are limitations - no USB removable disk support
in Hyper-V, so SBS Backup can't see USB disks. And no FAX modem support in
Hyper-V. (both of these have workarounds, see www.fabulatech.com or other
equivalent.)

For SBS 2008, you really should be posting in one of the SBS newsgroups. The
official one for SBS 2008 is a connect based newsgroup:
news://connectnews.microsoft.com/mic...s.server.sbs08. You
don't need a connect account to read the NG, but you do need one to post.

Ultimately, there's not a whole lot different about running SBS as a child,
with the caveats about USB and COM limitations. But do NOT try to run it as
a parent. It doesn't work, and can't be made to work correctly, and isn't
supported.

--
Charlie.
http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel


"Dominic" <dominic@newsgroup-conlon.co.uk> wrote in message
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Thank you very much for all this advise. I'm going to give this a go
tonight.

Charlie - thank you also - I've taken what you've written on board also -
please don't think I've ignored you!

Best wishes,
Dominic


"Kerry Brown" <kerry@newsgroup-tems.c*a*m> wrote in message
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