[isalist] Re: Virtualising ISA
- From: "Jerry Young" <jerrygyoungii@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:01:41 -0400
Jim,
Then the KB Article 957006 is *extremely* misleading. :(
Here's an excerpt (in full) taken from the Introduction section.
This article discusses the support policy for running Microsoft server
software in the *following supported virtualization environments*:
- Windows Server 2008 with Hyper-V
- Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008
- Supported partners' virtualization software
For more information, click the following article number to view the
article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
944987 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/944987/) Support partners for
non-Microsoft hardware virtualization software
- Server Virtualization Validation Program (SVVP)
For more information, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
http://www.windowsservercatalog.com/svvp/ (
http://www.windowsservercatalog.com/svvp/)
In my interpreted version of this statement into layman terms, I read it as
saying all of the bulleted environments are supported; specifically, any
environment that is part of the Server Virtualization Validation Program.
If you visit that page, VMWare, Inc. is listed as a participating vendor.
If you then visit the Support link from that page, the first sentence
states, "Technical support will be available for customers running a Windows
Server operating system on a validated third-party hypervisor." Since ESX
Server is a hypervisor and participation implies (at this time, based on
language) validation, the support statement does appear to be transitive.
I could not find anything specifically stating that the applications
identified in the KB Article are only currently being supported in Hyper-V
virtualized environments.
If Microsoft is going to withhold support of the applications identified in
the KB Article on other vendor's virtualization environments, then some kind
of language should be used indicating that such support is pending [insert
qualifier].
Just my $0.02 worth.
On 8/26/08, Jim Harrison <Jim@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> http://www.ISAserver.org
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> That KB lists the products that are supported on Hypervisor.
> Greg's questions was specific to VMWare ESX.
>
> This will be a very sticky question and
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/897615/ provides the support limits.
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of Jerry Young
> Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 3:46 AM
> To: isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [isalist] Re: Virtualising ISA
>
> Greg,
>
> ISA Server is supported.
>
> See the following KB Article for the full details on all supported
> virtualized applications from Microsoft.
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957006
>
> On 8/26/08, Greg Mulholland <greg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> http://www.ISAserver.org
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> Jim and/or others
>
> Is there an official standpoint from MS as to supported requirements
> for ISA virtualised in production environments? (specifically ESX)
>
> Cheers
>
> Greg
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