exchange 2007 replication

[darren97]

Hi

We have a single server running exchange 2007 and would like to look at our options with reference to redundancy. We have an additional server that we could install exchange 2007 server on at the same site and we were thinking about using SCR on this second server. Is this the best way to be going about this and are there any papers or how to's on this. I am very new to exchange 2007.

Regards
darren

Regards, Darren

 

[58sniper]

SCR is really the way to do it if you're already running Exchange 2007. You can't use CCR since that would require rebuilding the current box.

LCR could work, but you didn't give your definition of "redundancy". Is that server, database, site?

Plenty of whitepapers from Microsoft.

Pat Richard MVP
Plan for performance, and capacity takes care of itself. Plan for capacity, and suffer poor performance.

http://www.ucblogs.net/blogs/exchange/

 

[darren97]

Thanks for the reply. From a redundancy point of view, as much as possible, it would be good to have server and database redundancy.

Regards, Darren

 

[58sniper]

That rules out LCR. SCR is where you need to look.

Pat Richard MVP
Plan for performance, and capacity takes care of itself. Plan for capacity, and suffer poor performance.

http://www.ucblogs.net/blogs/exchange/

 

[darren97]

Thanks for that Pat, appreciate your time

Regards, Darren

 

[darren97]

Hi, sorry, more stupid questions, I have been reading more about SCR and have upgraded the existing server to SP1 without a problem, this is where my lack of knowledge kicks in. On the target server what exchange server roles should i be installing. Do i just need to install the mailbox role on the scr target box?

Many thanks

darren

Regards, Darren

 

[darren97]

I have resolved this now and am successfully replicating to the standby exchange server

Thanks
Darren

Regards, Darren