I have a 3 node DAG, 2 nodes of the DAG are racked in our Production Data Center with the 3rd node at our DR Data Center, all 3 nodes are running on phyiscal hardware, that needs to be replaced.
Due to cost, I would like to replace the 2 servers, in our Production site with new hardware, but virtualise the 3rd node at our DR site (create a new 3 node DAG), the virtualised server would be running on Hyper-V 2012.
I understand that Exchange 2010 is supported on a Hyper-V 2012 but it's not really recommended, with caveat's:
As long as the virtual machines are configured such that they will not save and restore state on disk when moved or taken offline (as in Hyper-V Quick Migration)
All planned migration must either result in shutdown and cold boot, or an online migration that makes use of a technology like Hyper-V Live Migration
Within Hyper-V 2012, build and SAN attach (using virtual HBA's) a virtualised Exchange server (add to the DAG).
The database drive and log drive will be connected directly to SAN disk via the virtual HBA's (outside of the CSV), would I still have the same contraints as above in bold text, If the log and data base drive were not on the CSV
C:\ OS drive (VHDX disk on Cluster shared volume)
D:\ Exchange Installation (VHDX disk on Cluster shared volume)
E:\ Log drive (connected to SAN allocated disk, not within the CSV)
F:\ Database drive (connected to SAN allocated disk, not within the CSV)
Thanks
Dave