To quote the SP3 Deployment guide... "If you attempt to restore an SP2 database and log file set to an SP3 server, the database is automatically upgraded before it is mounted. However, if you attempt to restore a database that is older than Exchange 2000 SP2, the upgrade will fail."
Thus it looks like you may not need to update the stores. I can't say I have tested this though. -----Original Message----- From: Andrey Fyodorov [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 14 October 2002 15:48 To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Views on Exchange Active Active clustering ESEUTIL /R ? -----Original Message----- From: Roger Seielstad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 10:38 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Views on Exchange Active Active clustering You run eseutil on the patched node to update the stores to the new version. Then again, you'd have tried this in the test lab first, so you'd know not to do that in production. ------------------------------------------------------ Roger D. Seielstad - MCSE Sr. Systems Administrator Inovis - Formerly Harbinger and Extricity Atlanta, GA > -----Original Message----- > From: Andrey Fyodorov [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 10:35 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Views on Exchange Active Active clustering > > > What happens if you apply a new service pack for Exchange to > the passive node and then failover? > I mean in some cases the information store files do not work > if they don't recongnize the service pack level. (for example > if you restore the information store onto an alternate server > and the alternate server is not the same version as the > original, the information store would not mount) > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dennis Depp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 3:15 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Views on Exchange Active Active clustering > > > I've looked into Exchange Active/Passive clustering for our Exchange > 2000 servers. The largest Exchange problem that causes downtime is > corruption in the database. I agree with Ed that clustering cannot > help in this senario. However, even with high quality hardware, you > still have to deal with the 58 security patches and one Windows 2000 > service pack that have been issued this year. Granted not all the 58 > security patches are Windows 2000 related, but a large number of them > are. An active/passive cluster gives me the capability of installing > hotfixes and service packs without impacting my Exchange server even > for a reboot. Also I can install the hotfixes during the day on the > passive node and then failover that evening. If there is a problem, > I can fail > back to the unpatched node. The reduction in reboots and late hours > makes an Active/passive cluster very appealing. However, clusters do > add a level of complexity. Unless you understand clusters > and how they > operate, this added complexity can decrease uptime instead of increase > it. > > Denny > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Ed Crowley > Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 5:11 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Views on Exchange Active Active clustering > > > I think at this stage of its development clustering provides very poor > business value. It really protects you from very few failure > scenarios. Instead, I'd make sure I had the most highly internally > redundant system > I could afford, buy a capable recovery and hot standby server, and > practice my disaster recovery skills. > > Ed Crowley MCSE+I MVP > Technical Consultant > hp Services > "There are seldom good technological solutions to behavioral > problems." > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Imran Iqbal > Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 2:36 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: Views on Exchange Active Active clustering > > > We are currently an Exchange 5.5 site, as part of our move to Exchange > 2000 I am considering setting up Exchange on a 2 node Active Active > cluster and would be interested in hearing anyone views or real world > experiences with similar setups. Each server would have about 800 > active users and would probably be connected to a SAN for the shared > storage. > > I have heard that there were memory issues with this setup pre SP3. I > would like to know if there are any other problems and if it is worth > doing > > Thanks in advance > > > Imran > > _________________________________________________________________ > 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] > > _________________________________________________________________ > 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] BBCi at http://www.bbc.co.uk/ This e-mail (and any attachments) is confidential and may contain personal views which are not the views of the BBC unless specifically stated. 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