Re: Moving 2003 Exchange Standalone to Clustered Configuration

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It seems like your putting yourself through a wringer, just to make the name
the same. Why? The name doesn't mean anything. Why do you need to restore AD
from backup? Restoring AD from backup is not a huge deal, but restoring
Exchange from a stand alone server to a cluster is. Its not a supported
move. Theoretical once the impossible move of backing up a standalone to a
cluster, you could connect the users back to their mailboxes, but I'd hate
to be the guy trying it.

I'm still confused on what exactly your trying to accomplish.

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Hope it helps

dw

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"Steve Miller" <SteveMiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> The SAN configuration is not the concern. I want to load up a new
> clustered
> Exchange server and restore the data from a standalone Exchange server. Im
> just not sure on exact steps. After I restore the DC's to new machines in
> a
> network not attached to our production. I want to then setup a clustered
> Exchange server making the clustered exchange virtual name the same as our
> production exchange server. Then I would like to restore from a backup.
> Should I use offline or online. The Exchange AD information will be on the
> new DCs after the restore but will a restore of exchnage easily tie back
> to
> the AD information i.e. accounts and machine name stuff. This is where Im
> stuck. Thanks for the responses.
>
> "Don Wilwol" wrote:
>
>> Is the name really that important. Create the clusters connected to the
>> SAN(with different names and IP's) move the mailboxes, do a little
>> shuffling
>> to make sure all services are moved (Q 822931) and decommission the two
>> servers. Its that simple.
>>
>> It still should be transparent to the users.
>>
>> --
>> Hope it helps...........
>>
>> dw
>>
>> Don Wilwol
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>>
>> "Steve Miller" <Steve Miller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:69F6CD7B-D6B2-4381-9E83-EE7466B43C65@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > We want to move our 2 standalone mail servers to 2 new microsoft
>> > clustered
>> > servers booting from a SAN and using only SAN diskspace. Does anyone
>> > know
>> > of
>> > the procedures to do so. Our goal is to name the Exchange virtual
>> > servers
>> > the
>> > same as the exsisting servers and the same IPs making it transparent to
>> > users
>> > and maintain our names. Ive read there are problems using the disaster
>> > recovery option of Exhchange 2003 if the restore is to clustered
>> > servers.
>>
>>
>>


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