Hrmm... a subject I actually know quite a bit about. So, leaving the pimp hat in the closet, there are a number of possible methods for moving the data across the WAN. Products such as double-take (and other high availability solutions listed at www.mail-resources.com in the high availability portion of the web links section) as well as snapshot style solutions I haven't had a chance to list yet, exist to potentially aid in this endeavor.
-----Original Message----- From: Andy David To: Exchange Discussions Sent: 10/23/2002 7:07 AM Subject: RE: Quick disaster recovery question (if there is such thing) Is the business going to accept the store being down overnight while the database files are being xcopied to another server? -----Original Message----- From: Greg Heywood [mailto:greg.heywood@;ipplc.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 3:49 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Quick disaster recovery question (if there is such thing) Thanks, sound like an interesting solution. I think whatever we do, the chances are we are going to lose a days email, and the business is probably prepared to accept that. I will do some digging on it. Cheers Greg -----Original Message----- From: Rob Hackney [mailto:Rob.Hackney@;tkcsales.co.uk] Sent: 22 October 2002 15:31 To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Quick disaster recovery question (if there is such thing) I had a similar setup at my old place. We had an online spare server that was setup to xcopy relevant files (*.edb/etc)from exch server to itself over night. However, we had created a dual boot on it. primary boot was just as member server that was effectively an archive box but secondary boot was a mirror of the exch server. that way, when (and it did) the exch server went down, I simply took out the exch server and booted the backup (used netdom to remove and add the servers to the network)into its secondary config. Ran isinteg patches etc and voila was online in about an hour or so. disadvantage was that it lost the days emails tho... Rob -----Original Message----- From: Brian Dugas [mailto:brian@;summit-technical.com] Sent: 21 October 2002 17:09 To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Quick disaster recovery question (if there is such thing) What if you kept a DR server on its own network separate from the production network, then if the production server fails, you simply move the DR server to the production netowrk. You would need a PDC on the DR network too. ____________________________________________ Brian -----Original Message----- From: Greg Heywood [mailto:greg.heywood@;ipplc.com] Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 11:48 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Quick disaster recovery question (if there is such thing) We are looking at keeping an online spare server. I presume I can call it "fred_bloggs" for example, and when the time comes, rename it, and then do the install of exchange? It will be a member server (as is the current server) in an NT4 domain, running NT4. There will of course be a BDC at the remote site. Cheers Greg Heywood Technology Project Manager International Power PLC Phone +44 20 7320 8672 Fax +44 20 7320 8725 www.ipplc.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:leave-exchange@;ls.swynk.com Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
