
Best Practices for Virtualizing and Managing Exchange 2013
Table of Contents
Introduction .......................................................................................... 5
Executive Summary .......................................................................................................................................................... 5
Target Audience ................................................................................................................................................................ 6
Scope ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 6
Why Virtualize Exchange? ............................................................... 7
Why Microsoft Virtualization and Management? ................... 8
Fabric Configuration .......................................................................... 9
Hardware Considerations ............................................................................................................................................. 9
Compute Considerations ............................................................................................................................................ 12
Storage Considerations ............................................................................................................................................... 17
Networking Considerations ....................................................................................................................................... 29
Host Resiliency & VM Agility ......................................................... 35
Host Clustering ................................................................................................................................................................. 35
Virtual Machine Configuration ..................................................... 44
General Supportability.................................................................................................................................................. 44
Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit .................................................................................................... 44
Exchange 2013 Server Role Requirements Calculator ................................................................................ 45
Exchange 2013 Virtual Machine CPU Considerations ................................................................................. 45
Exchange 2013 Virtual Machine Memory Considerations ........................................................................ 47
Exchange 2013 Virtual Machine Storage Considerations ......................................................................... 50
Exchange 2013 Virtual Machine Network Considerations ........................................................................ 54
Exchange 2013 Resiliency ............................................................... 59
Exchange 2013 Roles .................................................................................................................................................... 59
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