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Thu, Oct 25 2007 15:45

Exchange Server 2007 & CluAdmin/Cluster.exe Bad Things can Happen?

My good buddy Scott Schnoll attempts to clear up some confusion on when and where to use Cluster.exe/CluAdmin to move a CMS. Find his post here: http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2007/10/22/447317.aspx Here is the comment I left: The samples you sited...
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Mon, Oct 15 2007 9:41

Exchange Server 2007 SCC/CCR lessons learned

This past weekend I ran into a few issues with Exchange Server 2007 and wanted to share, so anyone with them won’t have to call Microsoft PSS and go through the fun (ok, not really fun…) that I went through. Partition in Time with CCR You have a partition...
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Thu, Oct 4 2007 14:42

Observations about the software industry today

Sometimes I think that the movie Conspiracy Theory should have been about the software industry today. What has become of it lately? Here is what I believe: · I believe the Anti-Virus companies write all the viruses. · I believe most software is way over...
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Wed, Oct 3 2007 16:22

Exchange Server 2007 MCP Exams – Notes from the field

I love taking Microsoft exams because I learn so much. I learn what Microsoft feels are the important product features that everyone show know. I learn different ways to do common tasks within the product, let’s face it sometime we only know as much as...
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Tue, Aug 21 2007 14:25

A few tips for Exchange Server 2007 SCC & CCR clustered installations

Have you tried to install Exchange Server 2007 yet? Clustering is different. First of all Exchange Virtual Servers (EVS) are gone, replaced with Clustered Mailbox Server (CMS). You now have two options for clustering, Single Copy Cluster (meaning one...
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Sun, Apr 29 2007 16:00

Windows Server Codename "Longhorn" Beta 3 is out

But if you want to test failover clustering.... Standard SCSI based clustering will no longer work (yes I tested it, no go). Rocket Division StarWind will be the product you want to use to test Failover Clustering. http://www.rocketdivision.com/wind.html...
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Tue, Apr 3 2007 9:39

Clustering terms made easy

Clusters are Highly Available and should never be considered Fault Tolerant. Highly Available = is when I come anytime my wife calls me. Fault Tolerant = Marriage. You don't want to be married to you SQL/Exchange Cluster :) You do want it around whenever...
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Fri, Mar 30 2007 12:51

Your Cluster won’t start and you can’t get into Cluster Administrator

Don’t panic, but you do have a problem. You look under Services and the Cluster service is running on the nodes. Open Cluster Administrator from one of the nodes, but don’t use the name of the cluster, the node name or an IP address, use a period (.)...
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Thu, Mar 29 2007 14:14

Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 – the good, the bad, and the ugly

By now you are aware that SP2 is out for Windows Server 2003 and R2. I have already seen quite a few posts in the public newsgroups where people are not aware of a few things. The Good It is a really good idea to backup your system before you attempt...
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Mon, Mar 26 2007 19:52

What I learned at the MVP Summit last week - and I can tell you about!

The 2007 MVP Summit in Redmond/Seattle was awesome. Lots of great content. Here is what I learned: 1) SQL 2005 can cluster with Standard Edition (ok I knew that). What I learned was that you can have multiple SQL instances (that run on 2 nodes only) within...
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Mon, Mar 26 2007 19:49

My Tech Ed 2007 Session - Top 10 Microsoft Windows Server Codename "Longhorn" Failover Clustering Enhancements over Windows Server 2003 Clustering, Based on Best Practices

I was chosen again this year to speak at Tech Ed 2007 - http://www.microsoft.com/events/teched2007/default.mspx Here is the abstract: Be the very first to learn about Windows Server codename "Longhorn" Failover Clustering. Are you using Windows Server...
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Mon, Mar 26 2007 17:00

How to install Exchange Server 2007 Schema Extensions within a 32-bit Active Directory environment

As you might know Exchange 2007 only works on 64-bit for Production systems. This might require you to purchase new hardware, but what about before you deploy, like when you want to prepare Active Directory for Exchange 2007? In this post I will explain...
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Sun, Jul 9 2006 12:31

Majority Node Set (MNS) with only 2 nodes?

A new quick fix is available from Microsoft for Windows Server 2003 or the R2 Edition - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=ee26bcf1-42ac-4b33-b3d8-863ac089a1ab&DisplayLang=en Majority Node Set clusters need just that, a majority...
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Tue, Jun 27 2006 16:26

Surviving the Windows Server 2003 Cluster Bomb, Part II

I can't believe it. Just when you think it's safe to go back to reading the web... Part II of the worst clustering article of all time is out. Back in July ( http://msmvps.com/blogs/clustering/archive/2005/07/21/58509.aspx ) I wrote how bad Part I was...
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Fri, Jun 9 2006 12:55

Exchange 2003 Standby Cluster - Disaster Recovery

Here are a few of the resources you will want to read up on: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/exchange/guides/DROpsGuide/b740dd10-01de-41a7-a186-94ec158976cc.mspx?mfr=true http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/exchange/2003/library...
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Tue, Oct 18 2005 19:32

Should Clustered services be set to 'manual' or 'automatic'?

The question goes something like this: My cluster is installed and running SQL/Exchange nicely but I noticed that all the services for SQL/Exchange are set to start manaully. Should I set the services to automatic instead? Answer: Cluster controlled services...
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Wed, Oct 5 2005 21:11

Small Business Server (SBS) Clustering

I get this question from time to time: “Does Windows 2003 Small Business Server support clustering and if not would you suggest a 3rd party clustering solution. The only catch I see is the SBS feature of not letting any other SBS servers in the...
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Thu, Aug 11 2005 7:45

Microsoft Clustering and Firewalls

When we installed our first Exchange 2003 Cluster at work our firewall group was very mad, they called screaming about how we had set it up. They did not like the fact that ingress ( inbound ) traffic was to the Virtual IP (VIP) and egress ( outbound...
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Wed, Apr 20 2005 7:10

Do not upgrade Exchange - at least not in my world

I hate the word upgrade . Always have. Always will. Nothing good ever comes about when a customer uses that word. Which will you trust more, an upgraded machine or a freshly installed one? Why? Probably for some of the same reasons that I have. The upgrades...
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