Hyper-V Host Server DC or Not?

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  1. michael78

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    Quick question is it best to make the host OS running the Hyper-V service part of the Domain or leave it as a stand alone PC and not add it to the Domain?

    Is there a a best practice on this?


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    I leave it out of it so I don't have to worry about it when trashing my VM's
     
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  3. michael78

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    Yeah thats what I thought. Wasn't sure if this was best practice or not. Cheers mate will leave it as a stand alone server.
     
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    Including it just adds another layer of problems because the reason you probably have this setup is to wreck it and fix it again for your studies. That is right isn't it? You mean for your home lab?
     
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    Yeah pretty much so, thinking about it was a stupid question but just thought to ask in case there was a good reason to make it the DC or part of the domain.
     
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    No not at all mate, I bet lot of people do include it. I reckon our way is best for studies tho :biggrin
     
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    All of our production HYPER-V hosts are member servers.
     
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    Yeah makes sense in production, I took it he was referring to his home lab and therefore while he was still learning and more prone to "blow things up" ha ha
     
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    Yeah it is for a home lab. Is there a reason why in production it's best to make them a member server? Is it just for security etc?
     
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    even my ISA servers are member servers
    much to some nerds discomfort, but I prefer my servers to be member servers wherever possible

    Yes they should be member servers, but i wouldn't do that for a lab environment if that lab was for AD testing
    or make them member servers of your 'permenant' domain and just run 'test domains' on it
     
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  11. LukeP

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    I've set up stand-alone Hyper-V host at work. Only because DC is one of virtual machines, so it doesn't seem right to have Hyper-V host that is member of a domain controlled by it's virtual machine.
     
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    Well you could log on locally if the DC was not available.
     
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    Yep!
    It wasn't for technical reason. It just didn't seem right to me. Also while setting up this host I had only the old domain available, hence I didn't join it. Later when new DC went up as a VM I didn't see any benefits of it being a domain member (in our current setup).

    Also from my experience it's a lot easier to add server to a domain than remove it from one.
     
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    Ahh, I see.

    I think there are pros and cons to both setups. If you had loads of Hyper-V servers then it would be handy to have them on the domain for management purposes.

    I generally add all servers onto the domain except anything in the DMZ.
     
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  15. michael78

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    Cheers all for the replies. I think I wanted to know in both cases what the best practice is for the host. I will stick to a stand alone server for my lab but suppose can see the benefits of making it a member server in a business environment as it would be more secure being part of the domain.
     
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