Morning, Just a quick query to get some clarification if SCR can be used between two SCC clusters. I know a lot designs are using CCR for the sources for a little more protection on the database side of things and to cut down on storage costs as well as backup of the passive node, but i already have a large SAN backend at both sites that will be reused. I have a read a fair bit of documentation but i can't see anything that is really clear about using a SCC cluster as the destination. The environments DR site is a mirror of production that is designed to be able to permanently become production. Thanks
Hi there, Your SCR target and source can be an SCC cluster yes. However the target cannot have the active mailbox role installed, it must be the passive role. In the event of DR you would use the /recovercms switch to bring the cms online at your other location. Oliver
Hi, Actually, the answer is No. An Exchange cluster becomes SCC or CCR when a clustered mailbox server (CMS) is added, thereby creating the active node. An SCR target that is a cluster cannot contain any active nodes in the cluster; therefore it can be neither SCC nor CCR. It can only be what we call a 'standby cluster' which is a failover cluster with only passive nodes and the passive Mailbox role. Hope this helps. -- Regards, Scott Schnoll Microsoft Corporation This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. Please do not send email directly to this alias. This alias is for newsgroup purposes only. "Oliver Moazzezi [MVP]" wrote in message news:%23EAllUd2IHA.4920@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > Hi there, > > Your SCR target and source can be an SCC cluster yes. > > However the target cannot have the active mailbox role installed, it must > be the passive role. In the event of DR you would use the /recovercms > switch to bring the cms online at your other location. > > Oliver > >
