Table 7-1 show the process for deploying Exchange Server with SFW in a Microsoft failover cluster or campus cluster. If you are installing and configuring Exchange on a secondary site for disaster recovery, see the following topic:
See Creating a parallel environment for Exchange Server on the secondary site.
Table: Process for deploying Exchange Server with SFW in a Microsoft failover cluster
Action |
Description |
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Configure disk groups and volumes for Exchange Server |
If you have not yet done so, use the VEA console to create disk groups and volumes for Exchange Server. |
Add the VMDG resource for the First Storage group to the quorum group |
Add the VMDG disk group resource(s) for the First Storage Group. See Adding a Volume Manager Disk Group resource for Exchange 2007 installation. |
Install Exchange Server |
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Add the VMDG resources to the Exchange group |
See Adding the Volume Manager Disk Group resources to the Exchange group. |
Set the database dependency on the disk group resource |
See Setting the database dependency on the disk group resource. |
Move Exchange databases and logs to shared storage. |
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Verify the cluster configuration |
Move the online Exchange Server cluster group to the second node and back to the first node. See Verifying the Exchange Server group in the Microsoft cluster. |