Comments on: Exchange 2003 DR http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/exchange-2003-dr/ Sun, 19 May 2013 00:10:42 +0000 hourly 1 By: petroleumman http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/exchange-2003-dr/#comment-41244 petroleumman Tue, 14 Dec 2004 14:24:12 +0000 #comment-41244 Well, I may be wrong but from my experience what you are asking to do is not possible with Exchange. Unlike domain controllers where you can have as many as you desire for redundant purposes, a second Exchange server on the network is going to be recognized as just that, a second Exchange server. The purpose of having an identical server configured in reserve (and off the network) is to retain the same name and network configs so that in the event your primary crashed you can easily restore from backup your stores to deploy the spare. Remember with Exchange a second server on the network requires unique IP addressing (machine IP, MX records, etc.) and so forth making it very difficult to swap cleanly thus prolonging the downtime. Hope this makes sense to you. Should you find a way to accomplish what your after, please publish the info on here so we can all share.

Thanks

]]> By: rgoulding http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/exchange-2003-dr/#comment-41245 rgoulding Tue, 14 Dec 2004 12:48:11 +0000 #comment-41245 Thanks. Unfortunately, we do have a big database and I want as little interuption as possible. Ideally I want this “standby server to sit in the organisation just replicating public folders and then if the main server fails, I just restore to the Private store to the standby server whilst people are still accessing the public folders. Looking at the articles, it appears no-one has done this or it is not possible?
Maybe I ask to much?

]]> By: petroleumman http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/exchange-2003-dr/#comment-41246 petroleumman Tue, 14 Dec 2004 08:09:32 +0000 #comment-41246 I’m assuming you are backing up your stores on a regular basis? If so, then as long as you have an identical box ready to go should the primary go down then all you’ll need to do to recover is restore your mailbox and public stores from tape. If your stores aren’t rediculously large this process should be fairly quick and pretty painless.

]]> By: rgoulding http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/exchange-2003-dr/#comment-41247 rgoulding Mon, 13 Dec 2004 11:25:42 +0000 #comment-41247 Thanks for that. Unfortunately, we don’t want to spend any more on software. I had a look at XoSoft’s product which is brilliant but they said no.
Anyone else got an idea?
Thanks.

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