Specifications

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Principled Technologies, Inc.: Dell PowerVault MD3000i high-availability testing on
Windows Server 2008 R2 and Hyper-V
22. Click Finish.
23. Right-click the Windows Server 2008 R2 Virtual Machine, and select Start.
24. Right-click the VM, and select Connect.
25. Click Next.
26. Click Install Now.
27. Select Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise (Full Installation), and click Next.
28. Check the I accept the license terms checkbox, and click Next.
29. Click Custom (advanced).
30. Click Next.
31. Click OK.
32. Enter your Administrator password, and confirm it.
33. Shut down the virtual machine.
Virtual Machine Setup
1. Make 14 copies of the Windows Server 2008 R2 VHD.
2. Create six new VMs on R710-1 with those VHDs as the OS drive.
3. Create eight new VMs on R710-2 with the remaining eight VHDs as the OS drive.
4. In the Server Manager, Click Services and applications.
5. Click Configure Service or Application.
6. Click Next.
7. Select Virtual Machine, and click Next.
8. Check every checkbox, and click Next.
9. Click Next.
10. Click Finish.
Setting up Exchange Server 2007 on the virtual machine
1. Install Windows Server 2008 SP2 on the virtual machine.
2. Reboot the virtual machine.
3. Click Start.
4. Right-click Network, and select Properties.
5. Click Change adapter settings.
6. Right-click the first storage NIC, and select Properties.
7. Select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4), and click Properties.
8. Select Use the following IP address, and type 192.168.1.55 for the IP address and 255.255.255.0
for the Subnet Mask.
9. Type 192.168.1.250 for the preferred DNS address.
10. Click OK.
11. Click OK.
12. Right-click Computer, and select Properties.
13. Click Advanced System settings.
14. Select the Computer Name tab, and click Change.
15. Select the Domain checkbox, and type domain.company.com
16. Click OK.
17. Enter the Domain login info, and click OK.
18. Click OK.
19. Click OK.
20. Click Close.
21. Click Restart Now.
22. Press Ctrl+Alt+Delete to log in.
23. Select Switch User.
24. Select Other User.
25. Log in as Domain\Administrator.
26. Mount the exchange Server 2007 ISO image to the VM.
27. In Section 3 of the Initial Configuration Tasks section, click Add roles.
28. Click Next.