Tasks for installing and configuring Exchange Server

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

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.

See Tasks for configuring InfoScale Storage.

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

See Installing Exchange Server.

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.

See Moving Exchange databases and logs to shared storage.

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.