@dustinb3403 said in Combine fracture VM folders:
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@dustinb3403 said in Combine fracture VM folders:
@pmoncho said in Combine fracture VM folders:
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@scottalanmiller said in Combine fracture VM folders:
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@scottalanmiller said in Combine fracture VM folders:
" via separate VMs
In this instance, it is a single VM doing three tasks.
This server does not get taxed very much. Network Monitor is more of a strain than email or file services.
I would highly recommend splitting these into three different VMs then. No reason not to, right?
Microsoft Licensing is a very likely reason.
Your right on that.
So an offset to this is you can easily setup a linux server to act as your file server. So you can "save" a license here. The other services, Email (I'm assuming exchange) has to be run on Windows as well does SW Network Monitor.
Email is Kerio Connect. Now GFI. They do have a Linux appliance but sometimes, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. 🙂
As for fileserver, I setup RBAC in AD and even with Samba 4.4, permissions are an issue. Like I mentioned to Scott, my lack of knowledge could be the issue here.
But you can easily replace SW network monitor with Zabbix or literally anything else, while using less system resources and not have to think about the licensing.
I will look into Zabbix. It's just that SW network monitor does exactly what I need so I stuck with it.
The biggest issue is it's forcing you to spend for Windows licensing which just doesn't make sense.
You are correct. That is why last year I started learning more Linux and create a goal for this year. I am tired of dealing with MS licensing for many little things.
Just Had a "Duh" moment.
Currently have vCenter 5.5 on a standalone W2K8 server license. That will be going away when I move to VCSA 6.5. This is not an OEM version so I can reuse that license. That will then provide me with the extra license to separate file server , email and SW.
The issue I have goes back to my original post in that I want to move the original fileserv1 VM folders to the local datastore. I want the NAS to only hold backup data only.
My current plan is, deal with current pressing issue of fileserv1 folders, my backup provider switches me to Veeam, I move to VCSA, upgrade ESXI Hosts to 6.5, and then begin to separate "roles" to multiple servers.
