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date: Fri, 5 Oct 2007 18:20:01 -0700,
group: microsoft.public.exchange2000.general
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Re: Standby Server
If you are going to spend the money, which will be significant, I would
steer you to upgrading to Exchange 2007. Two fold reasons, Exchange 2000
lifecycle has passed and why buy third party software now that will not be
needed when you decide to upgrade to Exchange 2007 SP1? So are you planning
on upgrading to Exchange 2007 anytime soon? I would at least do a price
comparison between upgrading to Exchange 2007 and staying with Exchange 2000
and third party software. I would also do a feature comparison to see how
much the new features in Exchange 2007 will affect your users and your
environment. Will you run more efficiently, save time and resources on
antispam features, SCR capabilities, etc.
--
John Oliver, Jr
MCSE, MCT, CCNA
Exchange MVP 2007
Microsoft Certified Partner
"celarsen" wrote in message
news:25CD9247-5C8F-4739-AD02-AD72F7F36D0C@microsoft.com...
> Wansync doen not work on a Domain Controller. And other programs you can
> suggest?
>
> "John Oliver, Jr. [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> You will need to look at Exchange 2000 Clustering or Third party software
>> such as http://www.xosoft.com/products/f_WANSyncHA_failover.shtml or look
>> at
>> upgrading to Exchange 2007 and using SCR which will be included with
>> Exchange 2007 SP1 due out later this year,
>> http://www.xosoft.com/products/f_WANSyncHA_failover.shtml.
>>
>> --
>> John Oliver, Jr
>> MCSE, MCT, CCNA
>> Exchange MVP 2007
>> Microsoft Certified Partner
>>
>>
>> "celarsen" wrote in message
>> news:4D2E331B-B536-47E1-B446-1B8BC3ED3BBA@microsoft.com...
>> >I need to create a backup (standby) Exch 2000 server. It does not need
>> >to
>> >be
>> > HA. (I believe that cannot be done.) All I want to do is keep a current
>> > copy
>> > of the live data on a second Exch 2000 server that I could point the
>> > workstations to if there is a problem with the main server. The only
>> > thing
>> > that needs to be automatic is the data replication.
>>
date: Mon, 8 Oct 2007 16:54:26 -0400
author: John Oliver, Jr. [MVP]
Re: Standby Server
Thank you for you information. I am coming up with the same thoughts.
One final question: Our main server (with Exchange) is a PDC the machine
that I would use for the standby Exchange server is a BDC. Any problem with
that?
"John Oliver, Jr. [MVP]" wrote:
> If you are going to spend the money, which will be significant, I would
> steer you to upgrading to Exchange 2007. Two fold reasons, Exchange 2000
> lifecycle has passed and why buy third party software now that will not be
> needed when you decide to upgrade to Exchange 2007 SP1? So are you planning
> on upgrading to Exchange 2007 anytime soon? I would at least do a price
> comparison between upgrading to Exchange 2007 and staying with Exchange 2000
> and third party software. I would also do a feature comparison to see how
> much the new features in Exchange 2007 will affect your users and your
> environment. Will you run more efficiently, save time and resources on
> antispam features, SCR capabilities, etc.
>
> --
> John Oliver, Jr
> MCSE, MCT, CCNA
> Exchange MVP 2007
> Microsoft Certified Partner
>
>
> "celarsen" wrote in message
> news:25CD9247-5C8F-4739-AD02-AD72F7F36D0C@microsoft.com...
> > Wansync doen not work on a Domain Controller. And other programs you can
> > suggest?
> >
> > "John Oliver, Jr. [MVP]" wrote:
> >
> >> You will need to look at Exchange 2000 Clustering or Third party software
> >> such as http://www.xosoft.com/products/f_WANSyncHA_failover.shtml or look
> >> at
> >> upgrading to Exchange 2007 and using SCR which will be included with
> >> Exchange 2007 SP1 due out later this year,
> >> http://www.xosoft.com/products/f_WANSyncHA_failover.shtml.
> >>
> >> --
> >> John Oliver, Jr
> >> MCSE, MCT, CCNA
> >> Exchange MVP 2007
> >> Microsoft Certified Partner
> >>
> >>
> >> "celarsen" wrote in message
> >> news:4D2E331B-B536-47E1-B446-1B8BC3ED3BBA@microsoft.com...
> >> >I need to create a backup (standby) Exch 2000 server. It does not need
> >> >to
> >> >be
> >> > HA. (I believe that cannot be done.) All I want to do is keep a current
> >> > copy
> >> > of the live data on a second Exch 2000 server that I could point the
> >> > workstations to if there is a problem with the main server. The only
> >> > thing
> >> > that needs to be automatic is the data replication.
> >>
>
date: Mon, 8 Oct 2007 21:00:00 -0700
author: celarsen
Re: Standby Server
On Oct 9, 12:00 am, celarsen
wrote:
> Thank you for you information. I am coming up with the same thoughts.
>
> One final question: Our main server (with Exchange) is a PDC the machine
> that I would use for the standby Exchange server is a BDC. Any problem with
> that?
>
> "John Oliver, Jr. [MVP]" wrote:
>
>
>
> > If you are going to spend the money, which will be significant, I would
> > steer you to upgrading to Exchange 2007. Two fold reasons, Exchange 2000
> > lifecycle has passed and why buy third party software now that will not be
> > needed when you decide to upgrade to Exchange 2007 SP1? So are you planning
> > on upgrading to Exchange 2007 anytime soon? I would at least do a price
> > comparison between upgrading to Exchange 2007 and staying with Exchange 2000
> > and third party software. I would also do a feature comparison to see how
> > much the new features in Exchange 2007 will affect your users and your
> > environment. Will you run more efficiently, save time and resources on
> > antispam features, SCR capabilities, etc.
>
> > --
> > John Oliver, Jr
> > MCSE, MCT, CCNA
> > Exchange MVP 2007
> > Microsoft Certified Partner
>
> > "celarsen" wrote in message
> >news:25CD9247-5C8F-4739-AD02-AD72F7F36D0C@microsoft.com...
> > >Wansyncdoen not work on a Domain Controller. And other programs you can
> > > suggest?
>
> > > "John Oliver, Jr. [MVP]" wrote:
>
> > >> You will need to look at Exchange 2000 Clustering or Third party software
> > >> such ashttp://www.xosoft.com/products/f_WANSyncHA_failover.shtmlor look
> > >> at
> > >> upgrading to Exchange 2007 and using SCR which will be included with
> > >> Exchange 2007 SP1 due out later this year,
> > >>http://www.xosoft.com/products/f_WANSyncHA_failover.shtml.
>
> > >> --
> > >> John Oliver, Jr
> > >> MCSE, MCT, CCNA
> > >> Exchange MVP 2007
> > >> Microsoft Certified Partner
>
> > >> "celarsen" wrote in message
> > >>news:4D2E331B-B536-47E1-B446-1B8BC3ED3BBA@microsoft.com...
> > >> >I need to create a backup (standby) Exch 2000 server. It does not need
> > >> >to
> > >> >be
> > >> > HA. (I believe that cannot be done.) All I want to do is keep a current
> > >> > copy
> > >> > of the live data on a second Exch 2000 server that I could point the
> > >> > workstations to if there is a problem with the main server. The only
> > >> > thing
> > >> > that needs to be automatic is the data replication.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
Well, when you upgrade to Exchange 2007 you will probably be looking
at adding 3 or more new servers, depending on how you hand out the
Exchange 2007 roles and what kind of redundancy you require. I would
consider utilizing your existing servers as DCs and keep Exchange 2007
on new member servers. If that is not in your budget now, then you
are probably looking at 3rd party software to assist you with Exchange
2000. As you mentioned, most third party replication software will
not fully support Exchange on a DC, including SteelEye's LifeKeeper
Protection Suite for Exchange.
SteelEye will however support basic data replication in this
environment with SteelEye Data Replication. In that case, recovery on
the standby server would involve database portability and re-homing
users. Check out these articles for the details...
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb125016.aspx
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa997006.aspx
If you need more info, contact me at the website below and I would be
glad to answer any questions you may have.
http://www.steeleye.com/forms/contact_us/presalessupport.html
David A. Bermingham, MCSE
Director of Product Management
http://www.steeleye.com
date: Tue, 09 Oct 2007 05:15:18 -0700
author: daveberm
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