Hi all I got an exchange server, which hosts email accounts of course we do backups via EVAULT over the internet lets say my building with the main exchange server catches on fire and gets destroyed, but I set up an exchange server all ready to go at a completely different location (before the other building crashes and burns) for such a disaster - what is the quickest setup for getting the other exchange server running? Should the 2 sites be linked by PTP - should the 2 exchange servers be in the same organization/site, how do I tell the disaster exchange server it is reponsible for mail from all mailboxes now? can i restore Data to the disaster recovery exchange server easily even though its backups off the other exchange server? thanks for any inputs or links or faqs thanks
The prefered method is to recover Exchange via the /disasterrecovery switch during installation. There are other methods of restoring a database to a different Exchange server and moving mailboxes, but it is not as clean. Google for the Exchange Disaster Recovery Guide and you can read about all the options. If you are interested in a solution that provides realtime data protection and recovery of Exchange in your DR site in under 5 minutes, you should check out LifeKeeper for Exchange. http://www.steeleye.com/pdf/literature/lifekeeper_for_exchange-solution_brief-052303.pdf David Bermingham MCSE, MCSA:Messaging www.steeleye.com Jason wrote: > Hi all > > I got an exchange server, which hosts email accounts of course > > we do backups via EVAULT over the internet > > lets say my building with the main exchange server catches on fire and gets > destroyed, but I set up an exchange server all ready to go at a completely > different location (before the other building crashes and burns) for such a > disaster - what is the quickest setup for getting the other exchange server > running? > > Should the 2 sites be linked by PTP - should the 2 exchange servers be in > the same organization/site, how do I tell the disaster exchange server it is > reponsible for mail from all mailboxes now? can i restore Data to the > disaster recovery exchange server easily even though its backups off the > other exchange server? > > thanks for any inputs or links or faqs > > > thanks
