Re: Restoring Exchange 2000 cluster to "standard" Exchange 2000 En
- From: Raymond H <RaymondH@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 23:24:02 -0700
Hello again,
I did the restore to a server named EX04, ofcourse installed it with the
/disasterrecovery option, and all worked out fine. no problems at all, hooked
up my own client and no problems occured. Quite an easy thing to do once
you've done it before, then again, don't want to know what happens if things
don't work out fine :).
Anyway, now we can go on creating a bigger testsite.
Thanks for your help Ben.
Raymond
"Raymond H" wrote:
Hi Ben,.
Thanks!
I'm gonna try the first option (no renaming) and will offcourse let you know
what happened.
Raymond
"Ben Winzenz [Exchange MVP]" wrote:
Raymond,
That does help.
Sounds like you just want to test the restore (and perhaps hook up a few
client computers?).
In this case, assuming you already have at least one GC from your forest
root in the DR site restored, and at least one GC from the child domain
containing Exchange, you should be able to simply do a /disasterrecovery
install of Exchange with the computer named EX04. The only thing you will
need to do here is make sure that you have drive letters matching the
original install. i.e. if your production cluster contains an E: drive, F:
drive, etc, those need to exist on the DR node. The DR node does not need
to behave as a cluster (AFAIK).
The other option, which you mentioned, should also work fine. Install
Exchange with a different name, do the restore of the databases, then rename
the Exchange server to the correct name (EX04). This will allow the
databases to be mounted.
Let us know how it works out!
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"Raymond H" <RaymondH@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi Ben,
thanks for your reply and sure you can.
Our previous environment was an environment that wasn't built up using
backup tapes. Now, we want to create a test environment which is really
built
up using the backup tapes. This way we can also see how we have to do a DR
on
a site and write our full plan accordingly.
We have enough servers to create an almost full test environment and
enough
space too. The issue here is that we do not have a SAN in our test
environment to create full clusters, we have one in test, but it is
outdated
and can not work without the use of fiberswitches in our test env. The
other
thing is that we do not have a machine in test that has enough capacity to
hold the Exchange server built up in "
"virtual server" which is ofcourse possible too.
Our other production servers are already restored in test. These are SQL
servers, IIS and other stuff, these weren't the problem. The only thing
that
needs to be in test is the exchange environment. And i want to restore it
in
the way as mentioned if that's possible offcourse.
Our company tends to see full test reports on things we implement in our
live site. Our old test environment did not meet our "required standards"
so
now we're building a test environment that is fully based on our live
environment.
One thing that will never happen is that we will use this environment in
case of calamity. It's a test environment. and will be treated as such.
Hope this answers a bit.
Raymond.
"Ben Winzenz [Exchange MVP]" wrote:
Can I ask exactly what the purpose is of creating this full test
environment?
Are you expecting to have it available in case you lose your primary
datacenter? Is this just for Exchange? Are you expecting that all
Outlook
clients will seamlessly switch over to using the DR servers (probably not
going to happen)?
If you outline what you are trying to achieve, we can perhaps offer some
thoughts on how to best achieve that desired outcome.
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"Raymond H" <RaymondH@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi all,
At the moment we are creating a "full" test environment built from
backup
tapes from our live environment. DC's are all up and running. Our 2000
native
forest exists out of a top domain and 2 child domains. All DC's are
running
2000 SP3 as well as the Exchange servers.
Exchange servers are located in the child domains.
In one of the child domains which is NL.top.net we have an Exchange
cluster,
2 nodes active/active eg. These would be EX01 and EX02 and running EX04
and
EX05.
Since we unfortunately do not have a SAN in our test site I will not be
able
to do a DR into my test site.
My question is the following: Should I install my Exchange server in my
test
site as EX01 and do a DR towards this EX01? or should I install an
Exchange
server as EX04 and do the DR towards this EX04? Or is it perhaps better
to
install the server as an unknown name like "EX500" and restore all to
this
and then perhaps afterwards rename the EX500 to EX04 since all Outlook
(2003)
clients refer to the EX04?
Offcourse at the moment the only server that has a computer account in
the
AD is EX01 since this is the node of the cluster.
Thanks for any help.
cheers,
Raymond
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