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OCS 2007 R2 is now officially supported for virtualization of certain roles

cdepaepe — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:04:00 GMT

We are pleased to announce official support for server virtualization for Office Communications Server 2007 R2.

We are introducing support for both a fully distributed virtualized topology across several hypervisors and for a single server virtualized topology. These topologies are supported on Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V and any Server Virtualization Validation Program (SVVP) certified partner solution (http://www.windowsservercatalog.com/svvp.aspx?svvppage=svvp.htm).

Presence, Instant Messaging (including remote access, federation, and Public IM Connectivity) and Group Chat workloads are supported. The following server roles can be deployed:

· Front-End Servers

· Back-End SQL Server 2008 64 bits

· Group Chat Channel Servers

· Group Chat Compliance Servers

· Edge Access Servers

The virtual machines must be running on Windows Server 2008 64 bits. Archiving Server and Monitoring Server (CDR Only) can be connected to a virtualized Enterprise pool, but they must run on a physical server.

The fully virtualized distributed topology has been tested to handle up to 40,000 users, including 10,000 group chat users.

Virtualization of the other workloads is not supported because of possible quality issues with real-time media. Specifically, voice, video, live meeting and desktop sharing workloads cannot be part of the virtualized deployment. Therefore audio/video/web conferencing servers, audio/video/web edge conferencing servers, dial-in conferencing, Communicator Web Access, enterprise voice, or Remote Call Control may not be deployed as part of the virtualized pool. If any one of these workloads is required, a new pool with physical servers must be deployed for those users. For more information about support for client virtualization technologies, please refer to the official support statement at: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951152.

In order to plan both their physical and virtualized topologies, customers can use Microsoft® Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Capacity Planning Tool, which can simulate user load for the available workloads. This will help customers validating the hypervisor load and scalability before going to production.

Along with this announcement, a whitepaper detailing the tested architecture, performance, use of the Capacity Planning Tool, and a methodology to select a successful architecture can be found at: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0a45d921-3b48-44e4-b42b-19704a2b81b0

SC DPM 2010 RC is out !!!

cdepaepe — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:58:00 GMT

SC DPM 2010 RC is out, if you want to download it and test it on Hyper-V go here http://connect.microsoft.com/site840/Downloads/DownloadDetails.aspx?DownloadID=26452

An interesting article on SC DPM 2010 to backup Hyper-V here http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=c9d141cf-c839-4728-af52-928f61bebdca

Hyper-V R2/ Xenserver 5.5 : vSphere 4 product comparison

cdepaepe — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:48:00 GMT

Go to the Media section to find an interesting article about this topic

Virtualization news #6

Benoit — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 13:32:16 GMT

The FIRST System Center Virtual Machine Manager book is now available (http://bit.ly/7RqpSl)
The Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool v2.1 has now been released! (http://bit.ly/4BipLS)
Hyper-V Technical Information and Resources on TechNet (http://bit.ly/87teL3)
VIDEO: Hyper-V Virtual Disk Overview (http://bit.ly/51UGOZ)
Windows Server 2008 R2 Feature Components Poster (http://bit.ly/5MfaLx)
Microsoft’s Windows 7 Download Tool Re-Posted (works very well with Windows Server 2008 R2 and Hyper-V server R2) (http://bit.ly/7pTzYX)
PDC session : Mark Russinovich - Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Kernel Changes (http://bit.ly/56Dw54)
Do you want to script RDS for VDI (http://bit.ly/5xwveT)
(French) Administrez Windows Server 2008 R2 en mode Server Core avec SConfig et Core Configurator 2.0 (http://bit.ly/7QuxzQ)
Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization (MED-V) Administration Video Series now available for download (http://bit.ly/7W02cB)
Core Configurator for Windows Server 2008 R2 available (http://bit.ly/8WifE7)
Why Hyper-V cannot boot off of SCSI disks (and why you should not care) (http://bit.ly/7yI9hf)
five free Windows Server 2008 R2 training sessions (http://bit.ly/75v6Om)
How To : Adding a Node To A VMM Managed Hyper-V Cluster (http://bit.ly/67Anrh)
Hyper-V Monitor Gadget Now Available (http://bit.ly/5Hrpjn)

Benoît KRINGS [MVUG Belgium]

Virtualization News

Benoit — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:11:15 GMT

A Hyper-V update rollup package is available for Windows Server 2008 R2 http://bit.ly/6XZqwD
MVUG UK Article on MED-V Architectural Design Restrictions http://bit.ly/57tvNf
MDOP: Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization (MED-V) article on www.labo-microsoft.com (French) http://bit.ly/7sEhug
Whitepaper : Running Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 (OCS) in a Virtualized Topology version 1.2 http://bit.ly/4XA501
Hyper-V pass-through disk performance vs. fixed size VHD files and dynamic VHD files in Windows Server 2008 R2 http://bit.ly/67baRN
Fabricem blog's : 1er pas avec SCVMM 2008 R2 - Mise en oeuvre de PRO – Installation et Configuration (French) http://bit.ly/4KOHMl
MVUG UK Blog Post : Guest Operating System Support - Comparing MED-V with XP Mode on Windows 7 http://bit.ly/4FmUf8
Virtual PC guy's Blog : Hyper-V and Domain Controllers – Demo Tips and Tricks http://bit.ly/4NISPR
HP has released "Implementing Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V and Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2". : http://bit.ly/7UIv47
Deploying Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 on USB Flash Drive http://bit.ly/8ZfoHC
Announcing App-V 4.6 RC and integration with Office 2010 Beta! http://bit.ly/5JZWj0

Benoît KRINGS [MVUG Belgium]