Patrick,
There is no direct answer with me but let me tell you my view
Are you going with MSCS?
How many users? You have? Based on this answer I can explain you.
If it is a small amount of users and you are not having MSCS, without thinking any you can go-ahead and install your exchange in Vmware.
If you have 1000ʼs of users and if youʼre planning to go with MSCS personally I suggest you to go with Physical boxes.
Even if you have Exchange 2007 for - HUB, CAS, UM, Edge you can go with VM servers, but for mailbox cluster nodes in Exchange 2007 also I suggest to go with Physical servers.
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From: exchangelist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:exchangelist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Patrick
Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 7:00 PM
To: exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ExchangeList] Re: Exchange and virtualization
Thanks. So it would be recommended to install both on physical boxes? I have seen the document on MS not supporting VMware
From: " Kamuni, Prabhakar " <Prabhakar.Kamuni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 1:15:24 PM
Subject: [ExchangeList] Re: Exchange and virtualization
Patrick,
There is no harm running Exchange in ESX/Vmware environment
Only thing since it is high I/O operations application Microsoft will not suggest to Install SQl/Exchange in Vmware Environment.
Note: If you have any problem with Exchange, Microsoft PSS will not support you J
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From: exchangelist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:exchangelist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Patrick
Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 6:12 PM
To: exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ExchangeList] Exchange and virtualization
Hi Guys,
We have an exchange 2003 server in a VMware environment. I am sure I have read somewhere that it is not adviceable to run either Exchange or Sql on VM's. Anyone got any documentaion / whitepaper to back that up, or have I got it wrong.
Thanks
Patrick