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Hello everybody, I am currently working in a virtual server environment. I am very new to the concept of virtual server. while talking about the topology, I am told is single database server(SQL SERVER 2008) and 4 vitual servers. and there are 4 different IP addresses for the virtual servers. The point where i get confused is.. there can be n number of virtual servers on with a single database server. i assume that, its kind of 4 images of the database server are set up as virtual servers(dev, test, UAT). But, what i cannot imagaine is.. does it also mean that there are 4 instances on the database servers? I know, this might be a naive question, but any clarification will help me a lot understanding,how virtualization work with the SQL SERVER or the database server I am trying to do the research myself..but didnt come across any document that would support or provide clarity to my thought. Any document or information or explaination.. i would truly appreciate. Thanks!!
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Virtualisation is where a single hardware configuration has virtualisation software that allows multiple virtual server 'images' to be created. When a virtual server is created the administrator installs and operating system and the virtual server is ready to be used. These images can be connected to, via network connections, as though they were actually hardware boxes with operating systems on them. They will have their own IP addresses. These virtual servers get software installed - whether that is MSExchange for email, IIS for web servers, SQL Server for database storage or whatever is required. It sounds as though you have one hardware server (host) and there are four virtual servers (guests). I am not certain from what you have said whether they are all set up with SQL Server installed. It is possible that you do so the one piece of hardware has 4 virtual servers each running SQL server, for different purposes - Dev, Test, UAT and presumably Production. This is a whole industry sector in its own right so this is a very compressed explanation. Each product is slightly different in its terminology and way of managing the virtual images so getting too detailed here may mislead you. I would recommend you find your sys admin(s) and get friends with them, ask questions, research the actual product you are using and understand it. Not enough to run it but to know how it can affect your role and the databases you are managing. In the SQL side of things search out Brent Ozar (www.brentozar.com), he works for Quest currently but knows plenty about virtualisation from having been an admin prior to seeing the light and becoming a DBA(!!). Awesome answer. I guess I shouldn't have ignored the blue bar when it popped up.
Apr 22 '10 at 06:13 PM
TimothyAWiseman
+1, but definitely worth +2
Apr 22 '10 at 07:05 PM
Matt Whitfield ♦♦
Yeah, can't institute a Chicago-Rule for certain answers, voting early & often? +1
Apr 22 '10 at 07:11 PM
Grant Fritchey ♦♦
Thanks for the kind words guys, your cheques are in the post ;)
Apr 23 '10 at 04:12 AM
Fatherjack ♦♦
Great explaination Fatherjack! Thank yo.
Apr 25 '10 at 04:58 PM
Katie 1
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From the description, it sounds like you have 4 VMs and each VM has its own instance. So that one physical machine is running 4 instances of SQL Server. But since they are in different virtual machines, they may each be a primary instance and it is possible you hav eno named instances. Does that answer the question? yes it does. Thanks Tim.
Apr 25 '10 at 04:57 PM
Katie 1
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