You could do a bare metal restore from backups of the IS to the new hardware. You could install a base OS on the spare box and at time of disaster rename it, install Exchange and restore from backup.
Then at a future date bring the first server back into production with a new name and use the EC Move Server method to move them back to the original hardware. A downed mail server for many organizations equates to real lost revenues however. You might try to quantify this and see if an enhanced service agreement with the vendor which provides your hardware might not also be appropriate for more timely delivery of components depending on the level of server failure. That's one option anyway. May be other more optimal ones depending on how your needs and budget have actually been defined. -- Chris Scharff MessageOne http://www.messageone.com -----Original Message----- From: Mailing List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Posted At: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 2:46 PM Posted To: swynk Conversation: Disaster recovery 101 question Exchange 2003 Subject: Disaster recovery 101 question Exchange 2003 Hi We're searching for a cost/effective disaster recovery solution in case our Main Ex2003 server HardWare is broken. We have an Ex 2003 server (member server in a 2000/2003 AD (there is a 2003 DC and two 2000 DC) We have a spare server (different hardware than the new exchange 2003 server... This is the old 55 server hardware) and were wondering how to use it in case our ex2003 server crash. How could we use that server just in case the Ex 2003 server CRASH ? I mean, if we join that server to that AD, different servername (exserver02), how can we use it to Restore very fast Exchange 20003 on that server in case the " HARDWARE of the 1st one failed " ? IF I had the budget, I would do some CLUSTERING (By the book) or a cheaper solution would be to clone(create an image with PowerQuest v2i) the ex2003 server every day and would restore that image on the other server(identical hardware) while the 1st one is being repaired. But the other one is an older machine. From what I know we cannont restore an image on a different Server(Hardware) And If I make second server a member of the Exchange org, and that there is not mailboxe on it, if the 1st one crash, the Outlook are linked to the 1st one This is the story... How to use that second server in case of a Hardware failure of the main one, and be up and running very fast.... Instead of being down may be 2 days (the time to place a service call, order the parts and have the tech come at our location ) Thanks a lot.... Jean-Francois Bourdeau MCSE(Exchange) / IBM(PSE) Netgroupes / Microsoft Partner [EMAIL PROTECTED] ISSA Montreal <http://www.issa-montreal.org> Chapter Vice President 514-884-3024 Office Netgroupes, messaging and security architects ! _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&; lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
