Re: DRP - the best way?
- From: "Mark" <markcrossett@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 13 Nov 2005 22:24:05 -0800
Mike,
Beware of Neverfail support. They are very short with you and will not
help with install questions unless you pay them a lot of money.
Mark
Mike K wrote:
> Thanks for taking the time to reply. I am looking at Neverfail at the moment
> and will also now evaluate WANSyncDR. Does it work with SQL by the way?
> Thanks,
> Mike
>
> "David Aschmann" wrote:
>
> > Mike,
> >
> > Having all those applications on the same server should work but is not
> > recommended by Microsoft. With that disclaimer out of the way it's actually
> > not that hard to switch a few users over. Follow the below overview steps:
> >
> > 1. Build your DR Exchange server with a unique name in the same Admin group.
> > Ensure that it has the same storage groups and store configuration as the
> > primary server. Make sure that all database paths match and circular log
> > settings are the same. You are basically creating the structure for the
> > databases to reside in.
> > 2. To get the data over you can backup Exchange on the primary server then
> > simply restore it to your DR server. Note that some backup applications
> > prevent you from restoring exchange to a server with a different name. If
> > all else fails you can stop Exchange on the production server and simply copy
> > ALL databases and logs over to the replica server. I'll let you figure out
> > how to make this a smooth process. ;)
> > 3. To switch the users you can use an ADSI script or ldifde. For more
> > details please see:
> > http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/exchange/guides/DROpsGuide/34ef81f8-95b4-41de-adf8-1b143f1ec310.mspx
> >
> > NOTE: Above I list the hard way. There are products out there that can
> > replicate the data real-time so you always have a copy of the data in your
> > remote site. Then when a failure occurs they provide tools to help you
> > failover. One product that will be cost effective and supported in your
> > situation is WANSyncDR from XOsoft. You can download a fully featured two
> > week trail version from www.xosoft.com. I have personally tested,
> > implemented and used this product in a production environment twice. Once at
> > our old site and again here at our new location. It's worked great!
> >
> > --
> > - David Aschmann
> > MCSE: Messaging, Security+
> >
> >
> > "Mike K" wrote:
> >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I'm using Ex2003 standard, which is only supporting 25 users. I intend to
> > > set up a branch office as a disaster recovery site with some fast comms links
> > > and duplicate hardware. At present I have dedicated servers for DC's (2),
> > > SQL (1), Ex2003(1), Data (1), Terminal Services (1).
> > > Because the DR site only needs to support 3-5 users and it is likely we
> > > would relocate within 3 days of any disaster I am going to install a single
> > > server of very decent spec. i.e. dual xeon / terrabyte, 4gb ram etc. etc.
> > >
> > > My question is this. Is there an relatively straight forward way of
> > > duplicating the whole information store / mailboxes etc. to this new box so
> > > that, in the event of a disaster, a user could simply login at this site and
> > > get mail?
> > >
> > > I'm sure this has been done many times so any pointers greatly appreciated.
> > > Many thanks.
> > > Mike
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