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Topic: Virtual Server 2005 r2 Clustering?
Posted: 17 Nov 2007 at 3:51pm

hi everyone;

i am back again with another query, i plan to do tests on exchnage 2003 cluster a/a/p. i am using virtual server 2005 r2 as the host and i plan to have 1 ad, 3 exch as guest os,

my real query is whether i can do the about clusteing technics of active/active/passive.?

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Posted: 26 Nov 2007 at 11:45am

Hey Samkct

Exchange 2003 in virtual server can be clustered pretty easily... YOu can take advantage of Shared SCSI bus system on VS2005.

A/A/P setup is possible with Exchange 2003...

Are you looking for tips to set the cluster up, or are you just asking if A/A/P is supported... Is this production or lab environment...

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Posted: 26 Nov 2007 at 3:29pm

YES . I AM LOOKING FOR A TESTLAB SCENARIO. I NEED TO KNOW HOW TO SET UP THREE EXCHANGE 2003 GUEST OSs. in the virtual environemnt.

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Posted: 26 Nov 2007 at 3:47pm

Well, Virtual Environment is basically exactly the same as a normal Exchange Setup...

Setup all 3 OS's (remember Enterprise Edition) into a 3 node MS cluster... Make sure you have created shared SCSI Hard Drives in VS so that you have a shared quorum and data disks...

Create Disk resources in Cluster Admin so that EVS's have access to your shared storage through the cluster...

You should then be able to install Exchange 2003 onto the cluster nodes...

After completing setup on all 3 nodes, you should see extra resources available in Cluster Admin so that you can actually start configuring the cluster resources for Exchange...

You will need to set the Shared Name and IP address for your new Exchange Virtual Server in Cluster ADMIN...

Hope this helps

Refer to this guide - http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/Creating-Virtual-Server-Exchange-2003-Clustering.html

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samkct Member Joined: 22 Aug 2007 Location: Bahrain Online Status: Offline Posts: 41	Topic: Virtual Server 2005 r2 Clustering? Posted: 17 Nov 2007 at 3:51pm
	hi everyone; i am back again with another query, i plan to do tests on exchnage 2003 cluster a/a/p. i am using virtual server 2005 r2 as the host and i plan to have 1 ad, 3 exch as guest os, my real query is whether i can do the about clusteing technics of active/active/passive.?

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Miki Member Joined: 29 Aug 2007 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 41	Posted: 26 Nov 2007 at 11:45am
	Hey Samkct Exchange 2003 in virtual server can be clustered pretty easily... YOu can take advantage of Shared SCSI bus system on VS2005. A/A/P setup is possible with Exchange 2003... Are you looking for tips to set the cluster up, or are you just asking if A/A/P is supported... Is this production or lab environment... Thanks
	Mik Kinsella MCSA +M MCTS A+ Software A+ Hardware Onsite -IT www.onsite-it.co.uk
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samkct Member Joined: 22 Aug 2007 Location: Bahrain Online Status: Offline Posts: 41	Posted: 26 Nov 2007 at 3:29pm
	YES . I AM LOOKING FOR A TESTLAB SCENARIO. I NEED TO KNOW HOW TO SET UP THREE EXCHANGE 2003 GUEST OSs. in the virtual environemnt.
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Miki Member Joined: 29 Aug 2007 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 41	Posted: 26 Nov 2007 at 3:47pm
	Well, Virtual Environment is basically exactly the same as a normal Exchange Setup... Setup all 3 OS's (remember Enterprise Edition) into a 3 node MS cluster... Make sure you have created shared SCSI Hard Drives in VS so that you have a shared quorum and data disks... Create Disk resources in Cluster Admin so that EVS's have access to your shared storage through the cluster... You should then be able to install Exchange 2003 onto the cluster nodes... After completing setup on all 3 nodes, you should see extra resources available in Cluster Admin so that you can actually start configuring the cluster resources for Exchange... You will need to set the Shared Name and IP address for your new Exchange Virtual Server in Cluster ADMIN... Hope this helps Refer to this guide - http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/Creating-Virtual-Server-Exchange-2003-Clustering.html Thanks
	Mik Kinsella MCSA +M MCTS A+ Software A+ Hardware Onsite -IT www.onsite-it.co.uk
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