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Dear Diary,
Since I’ve got the CCR cluster running I’ve run some performance tests with JetStress to get an idea of how the disk subsytem will cope. I ran a 24 hour test with 6 databases of 60 GB each. JetStress has returned the tests with a pass. The test resulted in an average CPU usage of [...]
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TechNet has an article on moving the database and log file paths for a Storage Group in an Exchange cluster running in a Cluster Continuous Replication environment, however it’s missing a couple of steps which are fairly important to the process.
If you attempt to move the database or log file locations on a clustered Exchange [...]
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Dear Diary,
I’ve fixed the issue I was having with the Majority Node Set cluster – it pays to check your information against more than one source. This particular issue was caused by disabling Client for Microsoft Networks and File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks on the heartbeat/private network adapater on each node in the cluster.
You [...]
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Dear Diary,
Things will be quiet on the Exchange front for the next few days as I’m delivering ISA Server training to some of the other engineers, but I’ll be back into Exchange on Monday.
On Exchange though, I’ve been having some issues getting the cluster up and running. I’m using a Majority Node Set cluster with a [...]
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Dear Diary,
In this second entry I want to tell you about the operating system installation and the initial Exchange Server install.
Operating System Installation
The installation of Windows didn’t quite go a smoothly as I had originally hoped. This client does not have any existing tools for automated installations of Windows, so I had planned to use [...]
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Dear Diary,
I am currently in the process of upgrading an Exchange Server 2003 organisation to Exchange Server 2007, so I thought it might be a good idea to tell you about my experience whilst I perform the upgrade. This will mostly be in point format but I’ll expand on some points where required.
Where Are We [...]
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During a migration from Exchange Server 2003 to Exchange Server 2007 you need to add the Exchange 2007 server to replicas for each of the Public Folders (as you would need with any Exchange server migration) and this includes the System folders as well.
In our case I missed the SCHEDULE+ FREE BUSY folder. This resulted [...]
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