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cosy
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Virtualize Exchange 2007

HI All,

I got 400 mailboxes  to migrate to Windows 2007 Server. How many VM's required and storage?

What is the DR and BCP for exchange?

I got 3 ESX servers. 2 x in main site and 1 x in DR Site. Hp Lefhand P4000 for storage in main site and VSA in DR site.

AS

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weinstein5
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Here are a couple of links that might help - http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/partners/netapp-vmware-exchange-tr-final.pdf and http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/exchange_best_practices.pdf  and for Exchange 2010- http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/exchange-2010-on-vmware-best-practices-guide.pdf

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cosy
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Hi All,

  How do we setup the VM HDD for Exchange?

  C:  OS VMDK

  😧 : SG 1 VMDK

  E: SG2 vmdk

  F: Log VMDK ?

Or what is the best practice? We got RAID 10 in our SAN.

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cosy
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Hi,

How do i setup SG 1 and SG 2? also Databases?

AS

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TomHowarth
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Only you know your data set, and the infomation you require to guide you in your choice is contained in those documents the David posted in his reply

Tom Howarth VCP / VCAP / vExpert
VMware Communities User Moderator
Blog: http://www.planetvm.net
Contributing author on VMware vSphere and Virtual Infrastructure Security: Securing ESX and the Virtual Environment
Contributing author on VCP VMware Certified Professional on VSphere 4 Study Guide: Exam VCP-410
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