We currently have two exchange 2003 servers, 1 backend, 1 front end…. I need
to setup clustering for high availability.
Question: should I upgrade to 2007 first and then setup clustering or setup
clustering first and upgrade the nodes in the cluster?

We wonder if it's possible to deploy a Exchange 2007 CCR connected to a
single SAN instead of using local disks on each node. If it is, are there any
drawbacks to do so?
Thanks and regards,

Morning,
I have to split up a single site ccr cluster to a multi site ccr cluster
that has a spanned vlan.
The clusters exchange server's ip is going to reside in the spanned site

I have an Exchange2007 installed on a 3 node SCC cluster. Now management
needs to have an extra layer of data protection, so I was going to consider
CCR or SCR. Question is, can I setup a new SCC cluster and use CCR or SCR to
replicate the data between the SCC clusters? Thanks

Guys,
Is it possible to cluster two specific machines without external storage?
I have two HP G5 machines with 2x146 (raid 0+1) and 3x300 (raid 5), Windows
2003 R2 enterprise, and Exchange 2003 enterprise.

Hope somebody could point me in the right direction.
Currently we have a Exchange Server at Site A. This site has no ability to
host a Static IP so mail is collected from the ISP Via POP3.
We now need to add another exchange server (For DR) at Site B. Site B has 5

In AD siteA i will install a CAS+HT and a SCR source all running on windows
2008
In AD siteB I will install a SCR target, and replicate log files from the
SCR source to the target.

Due to the 16 storage and logs(exchange 2007 SCC), we need to use mount
points.  Should I put the disk which hosts mount points on the shared
storage?  Also, what's the best practice for this drive who hosts ll mount
points?

We have 2 node Exchange 2003 SP2 cluster installed on Windows 2003 SP2. While
trying to move EVS from one node to another, the information store does not
move and fails. Though all the other resources are able to move to the second
node successfully. Kindly provide your ...

I have Exchange 2007 CCR on Windows 2008
On Passive Node following Cluster Event is appearing
Event ID: 1069
Discription: cluster resource 'Monitoring Agent for Microsoft Exchange

I am about to setup windows NLB for my two CAS servers, my questions are
should i setup NLB first before i install exchange, or does it matter? and
because the CAS server will also be combined with the HT role, can i NLB
port 110 for pop3?

Hey guys quick one,
Were deploying a exchange 2003 cluster on an MSA1500
We have 4 shelfs full of 300GB disks
My question is I know its best practice for quorom on a RAID 1 but do I

On our standard alone Exchange server we have Antigen and will upgrade to
ForeFront soon.  On our A/P clusters we don't have any AV installed.  I was
told that Antigen was installed initially but removed later.  I thought there
was a recommdantion that don't run AV on a Exchange ...

we are just building an Exchange 2007 environment to substitute the old
Exchange 2003. The new Exchange is build on  W2008 x64 systems
-2 Mailserver  CCR Cluster (physical) and  2 CA/HUB Server virtuell.
Our backup tool cannot handle VSS and CCR cluster.

Hope everyone is well? Im just after a bit of advice and a point in the
right direction?
We basically have several cargo ships all currently with exchange onboard.
Each one connects to the net via a VSAT or GSM connection to collect & Send