Topic Last Modified: 2005-11-18
The Microsoft® Exchange Server Analyzer Tool queries the Win32_ComputerSystem Microsoft Windows® Management Instrumentation (WMI) class to determine whether the value for the Model key is set to Virtual Machine.
The Exchange Server Analyzer also checks for the presence of the following registry value:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Virtual Machine\Guest\Parameters
If the Exchange Server Analyzer finds that the Model key contains the string Virtual Machine, and the above registry branch exists, an error is displayed.
A value of Virtual Machine for the Model key indicates that the Exchange Server computer is running as a guest virtual machine on either Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 or Microsoft Virtual PC 2004. Because the above registry branch is only created by Virtual Server 2005, its existence means that the Exchange Server computer is running as a guest virtual machine in Virtual Server 2005.
Microsoft does not support running any version of Microsoft Exchange Server on a virtual machine or on an emulator. This is true for Exchange Server running on Microsoft Virtual Server 2005, Microsoft Virtual PC 2004, or any third-party virtual machine program. Microsoft Exchange Server platforms are designed and tested to run only on physical hardware, particularly those hardware platforms that are listed in the Microsoft Windows Server Catalog (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=17219).
To correct this
error
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Move the mailboxes from the Exchange Server running under Virtual Server 2005 to a non-virtual Exchange Server computer.
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Re-home any public folders and transfer any roles held by the virtual Exchange server as necessary.
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Uninstall Exchange from the virtual machine to decommission and remove from your Exchange infrastructure and from the Active Directory® directory service.
For more information about moving mailboxes, see the following Microsoft Knowledge Base articles:
- 822892, "Move Mailbox improvements in Exchange 2003"
(http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=3052&kbid=822892)
- 224975, "XADM: Differences Between Move Mailbox Methods"
(http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=3052&kbid=224975)
For more information about Microsoft Virtual Server 2005, see the Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 Web site (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=34938).
For more information about Microsoft Virtual PC 2004, see the Microsoft Virtual PC 2004 Web site (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=34663).