After configuring the ML110 and setting up SBS, the next step was to prepare the system for running the legacy application. Test Center engineers found the installation of Virtual Server to be straightforward and without complications. The engineers then configured a virtual machine using a wizard, which stepped through the needed configuration tasks to select an operating system, assign memory and create a virtual hard drive.
The guest operating system, Windows NT, was installed into the newly created virtual machine and set up to share the primary network card with the host operating system, Windows SBS 2003. The guest operating system was made part of the network domain and had a static IP address assigned via the virtual network card. Test Center engineers dedicated 512 Mbytes of RAM and 20 Gbytes of disk space to the guest operating system. After verifying the functionality of the guest operating system, the next steps were to install the database and the legacy application, and restore the data from the original server.
Solution providers will find the benefits surrounding virtual servers are quite extensive and can help close the deal when it comes to touchy upgrades. What's more, a virtual server-based solution can help to revitalize a legacy application by bringing improved manageability, reliability and performance to a core business process that may have otherwise been at the end of its life cycle.
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