Where should I install System Center Essentials 2010
I have a small network consisting of 9 servers total. I have one high-powered 2008 R2 Hyper-V with three relatively light-use virtual machines running on it. I have combed the documentation for a best place to install SCE but could not find an answer.
My thought is I would install it on the high-powered 2008 R2 Hyper-V host, but I know it is best to avoid installing anything on the Hyper-V host. If it requires a 2008 server to install then my only other option is to install it on a 2008R2 virtual machine.
Should I put it on the host or a virtual machine of the host?
July 15th, 2011 1:26pm
Hi,
althou installing SCE 2010 in virtualized environment is support, I would recommend you to find suitable physical machine to run it on. SCE is all in one solution and it can pe a performace hog on yout virtualization server. There are several services that
run simultaniosly on it (OpsMgr Root Mgmt Server , OpsMgr Reporting plus SQL 2008 SRS, SCVMM Server, WSUS Server). For environment with less than 100 or so clients virtualization could be viable option.Marin
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July 16th, 2011 6:10am
Hello,
Besides of Martin's comment, I would suggest the following artices for your reference:
System Requirements and Supported Platforms for System Center Essentials 2010
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb422876.aspx
Supported Topologies and Performance Guidance for System Center Essentials 2010
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb422797.aspx
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July 18th, 2011 8:27am