MailScanner on Virtual server

[Howard Robinson]

Dear list,
Long term we are looking at consolidating our physical server requirement whilst at the same time increasing availability.  We are looking at VMware with several physical servers in a cluster sharing a mirrored disk array with a more sensible/secure/easy to use backup procedure that we have at present. Currently we have multiple tapes that need changing every day.

Still not clear that we will go down that route but if we do are there any problems running MailScanner box within a VMWare environment?  Currently we use Red Hat Enterprise 3, sendmail, almost latest mailscanner plus the usual add-ons. Given the minimum power of the latest servers our MailScanner system is rarely stressed so could be one candidate for virtualisation. If it is stressed it's more a sign of something wrong than a real increase in mail.

I can see an opportunity to be able to test revised setups with out the hassle of reinstallation if it fails.
I have had a quick look at the archives back to early this year and saw nothing that seemed relevant.
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Regards

Howard Robinson,
(Senior Technical Development Officer),
Harper Adams University College,
Edgmond,
Newport,
Shropshire ,
TF10 8NB.

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