Very true, Double Take does however set itself to require a manual failover by default (you can disable this requirement, but why would you want to...)
On 18/03/2008, Neil Hobson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Regarding SCR, that's because it's a site resilience solution and not an > HA solution. In my experience, most customers who want site resilience > expect and understand that manual steps are required to get the system back > up and running as they ultimately want to control when the failover occurs. > The last thing they want is a DR site "accidentally" assuming control during > a normal day when it shouldn't do. J > > > > *From:* Clayton Doige [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* 18 March 2008 14:31 > *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Exchange fail-over > > > > I have not tried 2007 SCR as yet, but have read a lot on it. SCR looks > good, but do you really want to be doing stuff in command line when the boss > is standing over you wondering when email is going to be back on line? The > thing is, if you go to 2007 then you need to pitch your servers for 64 bit, > and get the appropriate OS as well. > > > > If you are just wanting to get your existing data to an existing standby > box, then Double Take is the way to go. The software will configure your > target server so that all of the appropriate services are set to manual and > stopped. When you failover it will update AD, and add the SPN for the source > server to the target server, plus make any required changes in DNS. Users > only have to restart Outlook if they were signed in at the time of the > failover. And it can be controlled with one mouse click as opposed to having > to type correctly when the poo hits the fan. > > > > On 18/03/2008, *Michael B. Smith* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > DoubleTake (as someone else mentioned) and NeverFail are the typical > recommended solutions. > > > > MessageOne is a typical 3rd party provider providing message continuity. > > > > However, I would recommend you upgrade to Exchange 2007 and use LCR or > SCR; which are built into the product. > > > > If you really actually want to do active/passive Exchange clustering, > search on technet.microsoft.com for SCC – Single Copy Clustering. > > > > Regards, > > > > Michael B. Smith > > MCSE/Exchange MVP > > http://TheEssentialExchange.com <http://theessentialexchange.com/> > > > > *From:* Bill Lambert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Tuesday, March 18, 2008 10:00 AM > *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues > *Subject:* Exchange fail-over > > > > Hello all… > > > > I want to have a stand-by Exchange box that can act as a fail-over in the > event I lose my active Exchange server. I understand that this can be > accomplished by clustering. Google has a zillion links about > Windows/Exchange clustering so I was hoping the experts here could recommend > a link where it would be a good place to start learning how to do this. > > > > Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated. > > > > Environment is W2K3 Servers and Exchange 2003, clients are a mixture of > O2K3 and O2K7…all fully patched. > > > > > > *Bill Lambert* > > *Windows System Administrator* > > *Concuity* > > *A healthcare division of Trintech, Inc. * > > *Phone 847-941-9206* > > *Fax 847-465-9147* > > ** > > *NASDAQ: TTPA* > > *The information contained in this e-mail message, including any attached > files, is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the > recipient(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient (or > authorized to receive information for the recipient) you are hereby notified > that you have received this communication in error and that any review, > dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly > prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please contact > the sender by reply email and delete all copies of this message. Thank you. > * > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Regards, > > Clayton > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://alsipius.com > > > > > -- Regards, Clayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://alsipius.com ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~
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