I had to prepare a meeting on virtualizing Exchange 2007 on a VMware VI3.5 environment. While searching the internet I found an enormous amount of pdf’s and whitepapers and decided to share them with you:
VMware.com:
- Deploying Microsoft Exchange in VMware Infrastructure
- 16,000 Exchange Mailboxes, 1 Server – VMware VROOM!
- Virtualization Solutions for Exchange Server 2007
- Advantages of Virutalizing Exchange 2007 with VMware® Infrastructure 3
- EMC Virtual Solution for Exchange 2007
- Migrating from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2007 on VMware Infrastructure 3
- HP Performance Paper: Exchange 2007 on VI3
- Dell Performance Paper: Exchange 2003 on VMware and EMC Storage
- Dell Article: Virtualizing MS Exchange Server 2007
- EqualLogic Performance Paper: Storage Solution for Exchange 2007
- Best Practices: Deploying MS Exchange on VMware
- Technical FAQ: EMC Virtual Solution for Exchange 2007
- Case Study: CA XOsoft and VMware
- Case Study: UTexas Disaster Recovery
- Deploying Exchange Server 2007 on VMware Infrastructure: A VMware Internal Case Study
VMworld.com:
- BC2824: Deploying Microsoft Clustering for Exchange and SQL Server in VI3
- BC3221: CA and VMware: A Case Study Examining an Exchange and SharePoint DR and HA Solution
- EA2263: Deploying Exchange 2007 on VMware Infrastructure 3
- EA3022 Deploying Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Mailbox Roles on VMware Infrastructure 3
- EA3124 Achieving 80% Virtualization in Production (with SQL & Exchange)
- EA3127 Exchange 2007 on VMware: Two Real-World Success Stories
- AP03 Virtualization of Microsoft Exchange Server
- WV18 Virtualizing Exchange 2007 – The Final Frontier?
- WV19 Exchange and SQL on ESX Server
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