Logon to Node or Logon to EVS   

When instructions indicate to "logon to the Exchange Server" (to make changes 
via ESM), and these are Exchange 2003 Clustered servers...  should I logon to 
the "server / node" to run ESM, or to the "Exchange Virtual Server"?  

If answer is:  "it depends", what are determining factors for 
which to choose?

Kind regards,
--janie

date: Wed, 7 Jun 2006 14:27:01 -0700   author:   Janie Porter

Re: Logon to Node or Logon to EVS   

hi janie!

esm connects to the domain controller, not to the exchange evs. so you have 
to connect to a dc to manage your exchange cluster environment.

-- 
Gerald Aigenbauer
http://www.ntc.at


"Janie Porter"  schrieb im 
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> When instructions indicate to "logon to the Exchange Server" (to make 
> changes
> via ESM), and these are Exchange 2003 Clustered servers...  should I logon 
> to
> the "server / node" to run ESM, or to the "Exchange Virtual Server"?
>
> If answer is:  "it depends", what are determining factors for
> which to choose?
>
> Kind regards,
> --janie
>

date: Thu, 8 Jun 2006 10:50:36 +0200   author:   Gerald Aigenbauer

Re: Logon to Node or Logon to EVS   

ESM can be installed on an admin workstation, Domain Controller, Clustered 
node, etc. You will use AD to logon into the Exchange Organization, then use 
ESM to manage every EVS, Exchange Front End, etc. in your Org.

Cheers,

Rodney R. Fournier

MVP - Windows Server - Clustering
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"Janie Porter"  wrote in message 
news:E7BCAFD6-4837-4891-8F98-71A073A401F3@microsoft.com...
> When instructions indicate to "logon to the Exchange Server" (to make 
> changes
> via ESM), and these are Exchange 2003 Clustered servers...  should I logon 
> to
> the "server / node" to run ESM, or to the "Exchange Virtual Server"?
>
> If answer is:  "it depends", what are determining factors for
> which to choose?
>
> Kind regards,
> --janie
>

date: Thu, 8 Jun 2006 06:39:05 -0500   author:   Rodney R. Fournier [MVP]

RE: Logon to Node or Logon to EVS   

If you're asking for the reason I think you are the answer is it doesn't 
matter.  As the other responses here have said it's better to install ESM on 
your workstation but if you're connecting via term services and simply want 
to make a few changes you can logon to either the EVS or the node itself.
Thanks,
Dan 

"Janie Porter" wrote:

> When instructions indicate to "logon to the Exchange Server" (to make changes 
> via ESM), and these are Exchange 2003 Clustered servers...  should I logon to 
> the "server / node" to run ESM, or to the "Exchange Virtual Server"?  
> 
> If answer is:  "it depends", what are determining factors for 
> which to choose?
> 
> Kind regards,
> --janie 
>

date: Sun, 11 Jun 2006 09:53:02 -0700   author:   Dan