We've had a number of customers ask us whether or not we support virtualized Exchange Server 2010 deployments. The answer is firmly, YES! We know there are many customers running on under-utilize...
Updated Jul 01, 2019
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Answering Exchange Virtualization Questions and Addressing Misleading VMware Guidance
Agreed Pennino. The VMware docs are discussing VMware HA, not DRS or vMotion. To be clear, HA is not the same as DRS and does not leverage vMotion. I can understand MS's concern around vMotion in a DAG environment but the concern around HA escapes me. Does this mean MS does not support rebooting a DAG member (which is essentially all HA is)?
Don't leverage DRS or vMotion with DAG (though as some have mentioned they do work), but I think you need to reread your own support statement regarding the VMware HA feature. If you don't support HA (which is a crappy name for the product, because it isn't really HA) then I find it hard to believe you support recovering a server from backup onto new hardware. There seems to be a fundamental missunderstanding of what VMware HA actually is.
Don't leverage DRS or vMotion with DAG (though as some have mentioned they do work), but I think you need to reread your own support statement regarding the VMware HA feature. If you don't support HA (which is a crappy name for the product, because it isn't really HA) then I find it hard to believe you support recovering a server from backup onto new hardware. There seems to be a fundamental missunderstanding of what VMware HA actually is.