>>why would you want to spend extra money to make it more complex?
By that logic, should we be using a simpler more affordable messaging solution altogether? I agree with you, though... your boss actively suggesting a cluster for Exchange is no time to be passive. ding ding. *giggle* William -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Etts, Russell Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 10:25 AM To: Exchange Discussions WHAATTTT???? All the guys that I have spoken to at PSS try and keep you away from a cluster. Here is what Microsoft recommends... Active Passive, and the cluster should do nothing else but Exchange (I know, everyone knows it - but it bears repeating). I have a cluster here (currently active/active but that is being changed), and I can tell you this much.... There are extra steps in making a FE/BE situation work (and it can be a hassle). Clusters cannot run the SRS service. The cluster will roll itself on occasion, and some people will have to close and reopen Outlook. Exchange 2K is complex enough, why would you want to spend extra money to make it more complex? Please make sure you know what you're getting yourself into. I wish I could get a hold of the guy who talked my boss into a cluster and kick him in the ding ding! Thanks Russell -----Original Message----- From: Walbert, Bryan (Bryan) % [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 2:11 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Backup solution for Exchange 2000 on an EMC SAN Well the Microsoft Engineers seem to think it will work quite well. I will let you know how it works out. -----Original Message----- From: Ed Crowley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 11:23 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Backup solution for Exchange 2000 on an EMC SAN You can but shouldn't. 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 Chinnery, Paul Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 8:03 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Backup solution for Exchange 2000 on an EMC SAN I thought you couldn't cluster Exchange. BTW, we're running the same setup (albeit probably much smaller) and backing up using BE 8.6. We haven't run across any problems so far. Paul Chinnery Network Administrator Mem Med Ctr -----Original Message----- From: Roger Seielstad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 9:17 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Backup solution for Exchange 2000 on an EMC SAN BackupExec works really well, but let me suggest an alternative. Run NTBackup and backup Exchange to a disk file, then back that file up with a normal file backup from NetBackup. ------------------------------------------------------ Roger D. Seielstad - MCSE Sr. Systems Administrator Inovis - Formerly Harbinger and Extricity Atlant _________________________________________________________________ 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]
