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SCVMM 2012 - Cluster or run in a VM?

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http://serverfault.com – We are virtualizing our servers and have two Hyper-V host servers and a SAN. They will only be hosting 3 or 4 VMs total, all with very small loads. I have the host servers going and have clustering set up. Now I come to the install of SCVMM 2012. We don't want any separate physical servers running VMM or its database. I know with earlier versions of VMM many people ran it inside of a VM, but now VMM 2012 supports clustering. Since we're not going to put VMM on a separate physical server and our server environment is small, is it advisable to install it, and SQL Server, directly on both (HowTos)

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Submitted by taskli on 06/19/2012 – Made popular on 06/19/2012

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