After creating a high-availability Microsoft cluster with SFW and Exchange Server on a primary site, you can configure a secondary site for disaster recovery.
This disaster recovery solution requires Volume Replicator.
Refer to the Volume Replicator Administrator's Guide for additional details on Volume Replicator.
Table: Process for configuring the secondary site for disaster recovery describes the process for configuring the secondary site for disaster recovery.
Table: Process for configuring the secondary site for disaster recovery
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Verify the primary site configuration. |
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Review the prerequisites and planning information |
Verify the prerequisites on the secondary site.
Understand the DR configuration. |
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Create the parallel Microsoft cluster configuration with SFW and Exchange 2007 on the secondary site |
Many procedures are the same as on the primary site. However, there is a different procedure for installing Exchange and setting up the Exchange resource group. See Creating a parallel environment for Exchange Server on the secondary site. |
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Understand the Volume Replicator components |
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Set up security for Volume Replicator |
Set up the security for Volume Replicator on all nodes on both the primary and secondary sites. |
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Create the cluster resources for Volume Replicator |
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Set up an RDS |
Create a replicated data set (RDS) using the Volume Replicator wizard. |
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Create the RVG resource (primary and secondary sites) |
Create the RVG resource on both primary and secondary sites. |
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Set up the Exchange Server resource dependencies |
Change the Exchange Server resource dependency properties so that it depends on the RVG resource instead of the Volume Manager Disk Group resource. See Setting the Exchange server resource dependency on the RVG resource. |