I had a general question with Exchange 2000. We have exchange on a separate server with 3 DCs. If one of the DCs were to go offline, would that typically affect the exchange server? We've had one DC where exchange resided on but was moved. No one was able to access exchange on several occasions when that DC went down. Is this normal? Thanks in advance.
Hi, If Exchange is installed on a DC, exchange will only use that DC as domain controller. That is another reason why it is not recommended to have exchange installed on a DC. I am not sure if this answers your question? Leif "Bobby C" wrote in message news:9AE8EC37-1A71-4788-B7BB-EEF40C4C23FE@microsoft.com... >I had a general question with Exchange 2000. We have exchange on a >separate > server with 3 DCs. If one of the DCs were to go offline, would that > typically affect the exchange server? We've had one DC where exchange > resided on but was moved. No one was able to access exchange on several > occasions when that DC went down. Is this normal? Thanks in advance.
Thanks for your help. I think I may have figured out why. One of the DCs we were looking to shutdown in the near future is the GC which seems to explain everything. "Leif Pedersen [MVP]" wrote: > Hi, > > If Exchange is installed on a DC, exchange will only use that DC as domain > controller. That is another reason why it is not recommended to have > exchange installed on a DC. > > I am not sure if this answers your question? > > Leif > > "Bobby C" wrote in message > news:9AE8EC37-1A71-4788-B7BB-EEF40C4C23FE@microsoft.com... > >I had a general question with Exchange 2000. We have exchange on a > >separate > > server with 3 DCs. If one of the DCs were to go offline, would that > > typically affect the exchange server? We've had one DC where exchange > > resided on but was moved. No one was able to access exchange on several > > occasions when that DC went down. Is this normal? Thanks in advance. > > >
make sure all the dc's are global catalog servers and you wont have a problem. "Bobby C" wrote in message news:9AE8EC37-1A71-4788-B7BB-EEF40C4C23FE@microsoft.com... >I had a general question with Exchange 2000. We have exchange on a >separate > server with 3 DCs. If one of the DCs were to go offline, would that > typically affect the exchange server? We've had one DC where exchange > resided on but was moved. No one was able to access exchange on several > occasions when that DC went down. Is this normal? Thanks in advance.
