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From: Kerry Brown on 9 May 2010 11:49

"Leythos" <spam999free(a)rrohio.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.2650878bc12b741298a33b(a)us.news.astraweb.com...
> In article <#U9RRev7KHA.720(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl>, kerry(a)kdbNOSPAMsys-
> tems.c*a*m says...
>> > There has to be more to it than just SATA performance. I have a single
>> > Quad Core x64 server class motherboard with a single 1TB RAID 1 and run
>> > SBS 2008, Win 2008, Win 2003, XP SP3 and Vista as children all at the
>> > same time on that single hardware 1TB RAID-1.
>> >
>>
>> There probably is more to it but that was the advice I got back from MS.
>> I
>> could replicate the problem about 50% of the time. The server was dual
>> quad
>> core Opteron with 16GB RAM, 10GB allocated to the SBS 2008 vm during the
>> install. I had one other vm running, a server 2003 vm with 1GB RAM for
>> use
>> as a router for the SBS test install. Stopping the other vm allowed SBS
>> 2008
>> to install every time. I was doing multiple installs testing various
>> migration scenarios. MS indicated it wasn't a RAM or CPU problem but most
>> likely disk I/O. Once SBS 2008 was installed I was able to run other
>> vhd's
>> off of the same disk no problem.
>>
>
> I was using an Asus Server motherboard with 8GB ram on it, so I had less
> ram then your test. I used the on-board RAID controller...
>
> What vendors motherboard were you testing with?
>

Dell server with a Dell SAS 6/iR controller and two SATA 7200 drives. Parent
OS on one drive, children on the other. Wasn't using RAID. This server is
just used for testing.

--
Kerry Brown
MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration
http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/




From: Leythos on 9 May 2010 18:27
In article <uwXv3847KHA.1888(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl>, kerry(a)kdbNOSPAMsys-
tems.c*a*m says...
> Dell server with a Dell SAS 6/iR controller and two SATA 7200 drives. Parent
> OS on one drive, children on the other. Wasn't using RAID. This server is
> just used for testing.
>

It would be interesting to see how it would have performed in a RAID-1
setup.

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From: ABCPoly-JRS on 10 May 2010 05:53
I am running it on a Dell R710 server, dual Xeon E5630 2.5GHz, 8GB mem (more
memory on the way), 4x500GB SAS 7200K drives in raid5. Hyper-V R2 loaded
with no other virtual machines running. I do not think I have it on a
dynamic VHD; unsure how to check. 6MB mem, 3 virtual processors. This is my
first virtual machine. Has taken a while to get this far, with firmware
updates and patches for new processors. Been an interesting experience.
"Kerry Brown" wrote:

> I've seen similar problems when installing SBS 2008 to a Hyper-V virtual
> machine. The problem was caused by poor I/O of the of the disk system. Make
> sure you are not using a dynamic vhd. If you are using SATA disks make sure
> no other virtual machines are running that are using the same disk that the
> SBS vhd is on. What are the hardware specs of the server and how is the
> virtual machine configured?
>
> --
> Kerry Brown
> MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration
> http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/
>
>
> "ABCPoly-JRS" <ABCPolyJRS(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:F95C3AB8-D256-443D-862D-A36990911CE8(a)microsoft.com...
> > I have setup a virutal server and installed SBS 2008 using the migration
> > process. I created the answer file, setup a virtual fdd and installed SBS
> > 2008. There were no indications of any problems at all until it
> > completed.
> > A windows popped up and told me that the installation was finished and
> > that
> > there were a few non-critical installation issues. I clicked to look at
> > the
> > installation issues and there were 4 separate items
> > 1. Exchange server 2007 cannot be installed.
> > 2. Critical and security updates cannot be installed.
> > 3. Incoming and outgoing e-mail for Windows Sharepoint Services are not
> > configured.
> > 4. Incoiming and outgoing e-mail for Windows Sharepoint Services are not
> > installed.
> >
> > When I click on the error, it tells me nothing except to contact Microsoft
> > Technical Support.
> >
> > Any advice, direction or comments would be appreciated.
> >
> >
> .
>
From: Chris Puckett [MSFT] on 10 May 2010 11:08
You need to look at the sbssetup.log and exchangesetup.log files to
understand why Exchange did not install. As a result of Exchange not
installing, many other dependent things were not installed or skipped
altogether.

You should consider restoring the source server from backup, remedying the
issue that caused Exchange not to install and do the migration over again.
I do not recommend trying to go forward with this install, you will spend
more time on that than doing it over.

--
Chris Puckett

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.



"ABCPoly-JRS" <ABCPolyJRS(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F95C3AB8-D256-443D-862D-A36990911CE8(a)microsoft.com...
> I have setup a virutal server and installed SBS 2008 using the migration
> process. I created the answer file, setup a virtual fdd and installed SBS
> 2008. There were no indications of any problems at all until it
> completed.
> A windows popped up and told me that the installation was finished and
> that
> there were a few non-critical installation issues. I clicked to look at
> the
> installation issues and there were 4 separate items
> 1. Exchange server 2007 cannot be installed.
> 2. Critical and security updates cannot be installed.
> 3. Incoming and outgoing e-mail for Windows Sharepoint Services are not
> configured.
> 4. Incoiming and outgoing e-mail for Windows Sharepoint Services are not
> installed.
>
> When I click on the error, it tells me nothing except to contact Microsoft
> Technical Support.
>
> Any advice, direction or comments would be appreciated.
>
>
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