How to Perform Windows Server 2008 DC Deployment from IFM Media

How to Perform Windows Server 2008 DC Deployment from IFM Media

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Install from media (IFM) was first introduced in Windows Server 2003. We can use the Install from media (IFM) option to install an Additional Domain Controller in an existing domain is the best option such as a branch office scenario. IFM option is the best for deployment Additional Domain Controller at the branch office which will minimize replication traffic during the Installation. Using the IFM method, you can dramatically reduce the amount of replication traffic that is introduced during the installation of an additional DC. Only objects that were modified, added, or deleted since the installation media was created will be replicated.
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Windows Server 2008 R2 Best Practices in VMware vSphere 4.X

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Be sure the virtual machine has at least 2GB of RAM. Hard drive for the virtual machine must be 20GB or larger. Single VCPU works better for Windows 2008, Because Windows 2008 uses high bit rate address space for context switching when compared with Windows 2003, which creates multiple cycles of high bit range contexts and these are better addressed by Single VCPU. (this again vary if it is a DB server). VCPU will get hit, when VMware have wide variety of hardware components attached to VM (Majorly Serial and Parallel COM ports, USB controllers, Sound Cards etc), if any of these components are not required, remove them and disable them from VM BIOS. Zeroed Thick: Space required for the virtual disk is allocated at creation time, hoVMwarever the data…
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