Allright, but if I install a new server on the network with the same org and site, the server will become member of the excisting exchange site, and therefor replicate settings and so on, couldn't this just bring a problem on the production server to the recovery server?
Is it possible to make the new server member of the domain and then bring it offline again and install exchange then? or does it need to "talk" to the domain controller in the proccess? Regards, Nikolaj -----Original Message----- From: Chris Scharff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 7. april 2003 02:04 To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Re: Exc5.5: Offline/online Disaster Recovery Server in AD You'll also want an additional domain controller that you can take offline with this Exchange server on an isolated network to practice the server rename, installation and database configuration required to get the server back up and running, and you'll want to practice this on a regular basis. On 4/6/03 18:46, "Chris Scharff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Exchange can only be installed on a machine which is a member of a > domain. You can rename a server and install Exchange 5.5 in under 15 > minutes and you can copy the databases to that machine as part of a > normal backup strategy. > > On 4/6/03 18:19, "Nikolaj Friis Larsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Is there any good way to have a offline disaster recovery server for >> exchange 5.5 sp4 in a windows 2000 sp3 active directory. >> >> I want to have a complete copy of the production exchange in case >> something happens to it. and I need to be able to change to the >> offline server in about 6 hours, the store copy takes 2 hours. >> >> The production server is running raid5, so I can't clone it right? >> The offline server I would like to use hasn't the same hardware >> specs, so even if I could clone it, It would introduce other problems >> needed to be solved first. >> >> My thougts where to set the offline windows 2000 server in a >> workgroup with the same computer name, then install exchange 5.5 with >> the same org. and site name as the production server. Then copy the >> db's from the production server. If the production server crashes, I >> would delete the original computer object from ad and intruduce the >> offline server to the domain. >> >> Is that possible? is there something I'm missing? >> >> My primary consern is if exc will install on the win2k workgroup >> server, is it possible to install exc5.5 on a server thats not member >> of a domain? >> >> I'm not conserned about the missing mails from the time the last >> offline copy was made to the crash. _________________________________________________________________ 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]
