Bring cluster back online

[disturbedone]

Relative E2K7 newbie but experienced on E2K, E2K3 etc

We have 2x Client Access/hub servers and 2x Mail Store servers. All are VMs. The 2nd MS ran out of disk space and was shutdown several months ago and we need to bring it back up now that disk space has been resolved.

Is it as simple as turning it back on and letting them sync? Or are there going to be issues with it having been so long?

Thoughts/ideas?

 

[58sniper]

You're going to need to reseed those databases.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb124706(EXCHG.80).aspx

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[disturbedone]

Thanks for that. It contradicts itself though...

"When configuring a new CCR target from the active node, the seeding operation automatically creates the directories as well as the database file on the passive node, if they do not already exist"

quickly followed by

"If a database or the log files exist in the location where the passive copy will be stored, the database or log files must be removed prior to initiating the seeding operation"

My initial reading was for the latter. I would have to delete the DB and log files on the server that I'm bringing back online and then run the command from the other server. Did I read that right?

 

[TechyMcSe2k]

I am taking that the shutdown MS was the Passive copy in the past. Once it is back up then the second statement is true. Remove the out of data databases and logs on the server you just brought back up and then perform the seeding command on the live server to rebuild the passive DB's.

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