Re: Exchange 2007 SP1 Standard Edition - SCR on a Windows 2003 Clu

Hi,

I appreciate the prompt response.
However I have already read the information posted below by reading the
information from the two technet links attached, prior to posting my queries
here.

I will try to simplify my queries.

1 - Having a two-node Windows 2003 Cluster (active/passive), can I install
on both nodes MS Exchange 2007 SP1 Standard Edition with Hub Transport,
Client Access, Mailbox roles (not clustered) and manually start Exchange
services in case a windows cluster fail-over occurs (Windows cluster active
node fails over to the passive node)?

2 - Having in mind the above environment, can I enable the windows cluster
active node as an SCR source and the passive node as an SCR target?
If yes, can the Outlook 2000/2003 clients point to the virtual IP/name of
the windows cluster so that they don't have to change Exchange server IP/name
with each fail-over of the cluster?

Thanking you in advance,

sgavriel



"Bharat Suneja [MSFT]" wrote:

*Storage Group is used in this response to indicate a Storage Group and an
Exchange Store.
*Each SG is limited to a single Exchange Store if you're using SCR or CCR.

- Standby Continuous Replication (SCR) does not use Clustering Svc by
itself. It can be used to replicate Storage Group(s) from a
clustered/non-clustered SCR source to a clustered/non-clustered SCR target
server.
- If the SCR target is a cluster, it should not have a CMS (Clustered
Mailbox Server) created. It can also be a single-node cluster.
- Exchange 2007 Std Edition cannot be used as a cluster node. It can,
however, be used as a SCR target for a clustered/non-clustered SCR source.
- If the SCR target needs to host more than 5 Storage Groups/Stores, it
needs Exchange 2007 Enterprise Edition.
- A standalone Exchange server can use LCR to replicate Storage Group(s) on
a different volume on the same server, and use SCR to replicate them to a
SCR target server. The SCR target server cannot use LCR.
- The SCR target server can also host its own Storage Groups with mailboxes
that users connect to. It can also replicate these to another server using
SCR. For example, if you have 2 office locations - Server1 can have its
users in SG1, replicate the SG to Server2 in remote site. Server2 can also
have SG2 with mailboxes of local users, and it can replicate that SG to
Server1 in the main site.

Standby Continuous Replication
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb676502(EXCHG.80).aspx
Planning for Standby Continuous Replication
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc164368(EXCHG.80).aspx
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Bharat Suneja
Microsoft Corporation
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"sgavriel" <sgavriel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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The question relates to the following environment:
Two-node cluster of Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition with external
shared storage. Purchased MS Exchange Server 2007 Standard Edition, which
shall be installed on the active node of the cluster (this shall be a
transition from MS Exchange Server 2003 Standard Edition which resides on
another Stand Alone server in the domain).

Should Exchange 2007 have LCR enabled and together with frequent periodic
backups of the storage group(s)' information store, shall resolve the
issue
of disaster recovery.

Having in mind the above environment configuration, can the following
scenarios can be technically applied?:

1) By also having installed MS Exchange Server 2007 Standard Edition on
the
passive node of the cluster and configuring also the Outlook 2003 clients
to
use the virtual name of the windows cluster, in case the Windows cluster
fails over, can Exchange be manually started on the passive node (having
in
mind the windows cluster's quorum and Exchange system, database and log
files
utilize an external shared storage (i.e.: SAN)?

2) By installing MS Exchange Server 2007 Standard Edition SP1, can Standby
Continuous Replication (SCR) be utilized by Exchange 2007 (with LCR) on
the
active node of the cluster to have its system, database and log files be
replicated on the passive node of the windows cluster (having installed
there
as well Exchange 2007 SP1 with a non-clustered Mailbox role) and then
using
Exchange Management Shell to manually start Exchange on the passive node?
For
this scenario should Outlook 2003/earlier clients be still pointing to the
virtual name of the windows cluster as in the first scenario, will they be
able to access Exchange in case the first active node is completely down,
or
should they be manually configured to point directly to the second node
where
SCR replicated exchange?


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