Last Thursday night I had the distinct privilege of participating in a real life Exchange 2010 disaster recovery scenario. Roughly 41,000 mailboxes on 22 databases had the DAG ripped out from underneath them accidentally. When I say ‘ripped out from underneath them’ I mean literally that; everything was removed, including all the cluster resources and [...]
Also tagged disaster recovery, Exchange 2010, Exchange ServerLet me know if you see anything obviously wrong with it. Use at your own risk! ################################# #Copyright 2009 Cohesive Logic LLC #SCR Health Check Script #Description – Determines if any of the storage groups on the SCR target server are in an unhealthy state. ################################# #Options – Specify the following options for the target [...]
Also tagged disaster recovery, Exchange 2010, Exchange ServerDo you store PSTs on your file server? This is a fairly common issue that most people either aren’t aware of or don’t care about for some reason. If you ask me it’s A Bad Thing that should be avoided at all costs. Microsoft has a KB article on this and I’ve copied and pasted [...]
Also tagged disaster recovery, Exchange 2010, Exchange ServerWith the release of Microsoft Windows Server 2008 with Hyper-V and Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008, a virtualized Exchange 2007 SP1 server is no longer restricted to the realm of the lab; it can be deployed in a production environment and receive full support from Microsoft. This past August, we published our support policies and recommendations [...]
Also tagged disaster recovery, Exchange 2010, Exchange Server1. Start the Exchange Management Console. 2. In the console tree, click the Recipient Configuration node. 3. In the action pane, click New Mailbox. The New Mailbox wizard appears. 4. On the Introduction page, click User Mailbox, and then click Next. 5. On the User Type page, click New User, and then click Next. 6. [...]
Also tagged disaster recovery, Exchange 2010, Exchange ServerMichael B. Smith posted a good article on VSS and Exchange recently. If you’re an Exchange admin it’s definitely worth the read. The Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) was originally added to Windows Server 2003. The first version of Exchange Server to support VSS was Exchange Server 2003. The primary reason for the existence of [...]
Also tagged disaster recovery, Exchange 2010, Exchange Server