Cluster Setup and Exchange 2003

Cluster Setup and Exchange 2003 Consulting Services

Your Exchange Server 2003 Cluster deployment plan should reflect your understanding of how Exchange and Microsoft Windows operating systems interoperate and should encompass the relationships between Windows 2000 Server and Windows Server 2003 sites and domains, domain controllers, global catalog servers, and Exchange Server 2003 administrative and routing groups. The person who designed your Windows 2000 or Windows Server 2003 deployment may be less familiar with Exchange. Keep this in mind as you plan your Exchange Server 2003 deployment, as you may need to fine-tune Windows for the new messaging system.  

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Customizing Your Exchange Cluster

When you deploy Exchange Server 2003 in a cluster, you must accept many default settings. For example, your Exchange cluster is made up of Exchange Virtual Servers that are created using the New Group Wizard. However, this wizard does not allow you to configure all the possible failover options for your Exchange Virtual Servers. Similarly, the New Resource Wizard, which creates an Exchange System Attendant resource for your Exchange Virtual Server, automatically creates the remaining Exchange resources, like the Exchange store and the MTA, using the default settings for each of these additional resources.

Because initial cluster deployment typically involves so many default settings, you may have to customize your cluster configuration settings. This customization is important not only to achieve your cluster objectives, but also to obtain optimal cluster performance. Incorrect cluster configuration is the source of many of the Exchange-related issues handled by Microsoft Product Support Services. Therefore, carefully follow the recommendations in this chapter to make sure that your clusters perform optimally.

 

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Configuring Exchange 2003 Virtual Server

When you create your Exchange Virtual Servers, the default properties that are applied at that time should allow your Exchange cluster to operate adequately. However, you may want to modify these settings to customize your clusters to accommodate your specific Exchange environment.

To change the configuration settings for an Exchange Virtual Server, you use the property settings associated with that Exchange Virtual Server object. These property settings instruct Cluster Service in how to manage your Exchange Virtual Servers.

 

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