Vista - Re: Hyper-V Host - Domain or Workgroup?

07-25-2009

Doesn't really matter because you can just log on using the Local
Administrator account even if you only have one DC and it dies.
Just create a second DC on a Guest VM and you are pretty well bulletproof.
For real cunning stunt create 2 (or more) DCs as virtual machines then
demote your physical server and remove it from the domain.
I have been doing all sorts of wacky things like this and seriously a VM DC
is waaaay easier to restore than a physical one.
Just shut one down and copy the *.vhd to tape/disk/DVD whatever...
So easy it should be illegal.

"FroggEye" <contact@newsgroup> wrote in message
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>I have had discussions with others about this and am up in the air as there
> are valid points for both. Some say the host should be run in a workgroup
> as
> if the domain controller goes down you cannot log into the host. While
> others say if you have several domain controllers (more than one) then add
> it
> to the domain. I would like to use P2V but you can only do that if your
> host
> is in a trusted domain vs. a perimiter network.
>
> So my question, is there a best practice for domain or workgroup for the
> host machine?

07-25-2009	#1 (permalink)
Steve Buckley n/a posts	Re: Hyper-V Host - Domain or Workgroup? Doesn't really matter because you can just log on using the Local Administrator account even if you only have one DC and it dies. Just create a second DC on a Guest VM and you are pretty well bulletproof. For real cunning stunt create 2 (or more) DCs as virtual machines then demote your physical server and remove it from the domain. I have been doing all sorts of wacky things like this and seriously a VM DC is waaaay easier to restore than a physical one. Just shut one down and copy the *.vhd to tape/disk/DVD whatever... So easy it should be illegal. "FroggEye" <contact@newsgroup> wrote in message news:167ABF27-F54D-490E-8F1D-70A967D0651E@newsgroup Quote: >I have had discussions with others about this and am up in the air as there > are valid points for both. Some say the host should be run in a workgroup > as > if the domain controller goes down you cannot log into the host. While > others say if you have several domain controllers (more than one) then add > it > to the domain. I would like to use P2V but you can only do that if your > host > is in a trusted domain vs. a perimiter network. > > So my question, is there a best practice for domain or workgroup for the > host machine?
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