[sims] Sticking with physical Sims setup or move to Virtual?

[PotNoodleTech]

I don't snapshot any VMs. You can get into a right mess if you're not very careful.

 

I take a Veeam backup as an emergency measure just incase things go south.

[vikpaw]

Happily snapshotting pre 2012 with sql, since 2010

[vizubeat]

We only install one VM per box. The servers that the VM and SIMS sits upon meets the specs for SIMS with headroom. When you start adding other VM's then you have to go back and look at hardware side again, which pushes costs up. We have an image with SIMS installed and ready to go (just missing the DB & Docs). If a server goes bang or gets stolen we can drop this image on a new box and download the SIMS backups and have it in place on site in 1/2 a day.

 

That seems like huge overkill...but hey ho. I'm guessing you have no shared storage?

[ItsOggy]

P2V'd my sims box a couple of years ago on Hyper-v.

 

I don't use snapshots, but I use Veeam Free Edition scripted with PowerShell every night.

 

I restore to a test VM (leave the VM network disconnected!) before each upgrade or if I have big changes to try, works like a charm!