Thanks for the feedback. I suspect that this will get too complicated for e-mail very quickly...
We already use the idea of minimum and maximum cost X.400 connectors to different servers in two physical locations (but in the same Exchange Site); and this works well. We now want a third location, just in case both of the first two disappear! As this third location is on a different companies premises, and we can not manage and operate the servers on a day to day basis as though they are ours, we were looking for alternate ideas for a rapid restore of the central hub routing site capabilities. The present plan is to build the servers as exact replicas on their own separate network, and restore the Exchange system from the live environment to these servers on a regular (probably monthly) basis. These servers will then sit there doing nothing, until the original servers disappear in a massive puff of smoke. When that happens we link up the spare servers to the network, and the ends of the spokes don't realise that they are different servers. Cheers, Chris -----Original Message----- From: Ed Crowley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 02 June 2002 00:56 To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Stand-by servers I think you should build these servers with new names and create new X.400 connectors to each of the hub sites but with higher costs than the X.400 connectors to the primary hub site. Leave them online all the time. Then if the primary hub site goes away, Exchange will automatically reroute via the secondary site with no effort on your part whatsoever. If you want a BDC or two at the secondary site, then build them, but don't follow your idea of promoting and taking offline. You can always promote any BDC to PDC at any time if the PDC goes away; just promote one of your BDCs to PDC if the need arises. Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP kcCC+I Tech Consultant hp Services Protecting the world from PSTs and Bricked Backups! -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Chris Jordan Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 6:45 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Stand-by servers We have a hub and spoke network of 150 Exchange 5.5 Sites. The centre Site of the hub is just a routing Site with 2 servers (no user mailboxes). All spoke Sites are connected to the hub Site with X.400 connectors (to one or other of the servers). We now need a Business Continuity / Disaster Recovery environment for the Hub. We want to build 2 spare servers in another location, and have these servers take over the role of the routing hub in as short a time as possible. Our plan is to build these spare servers as copies of the live servers (same NT name, same IP address, same Exchange configuration). They will be kept off the network until the central hub is no more, and then the network will be switched, and these servers will become live. How should we build the server?? One idea is: Build a BDC in the normal domain. Then disconnect the BDC from the network, and promote it to a PDC. Then the new (member server) Exchange server can be built off the network and connected into the stand-alone domain using the new PDC. The Exchange server and configuration can then be restored, probably on a monthly basis to maintain it in (approximate) step with the live environment. Anyone know whether these ideas will work? Anyone got other ideas that we should explore? At the present time we are less worried about the spoke Sites, which is where the users reside. Thanks, Chris _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
