Storage Foundation and High Availability Solutions 7.4 HA and DR Solutions Guide for Microsoft Exchange 2010 - Windows

To configure the Exchange service group

1. Start the Exchange 2010 Database Configuration Wizard.

   From the Solutions Configuration Center, expand the Solutions for Microsoft Exchange Server tab and click High Availability (HA) Configuration (New Server) > Configure Exchange service group > Exchange 2010 Configuration Wizard.

   or

   Click Start > All Programs > Veritas > Veritas Cluster Server > Configuration Tools > Exchange 2010 Configuration Wizard.

   or

   On Windows Server 2012 operating systes, launch the wizard from the Apps menu on the Start screen.

2. Review the prerequisites on the Welcome panel and then click Next.
3. On the Service Group Options panel, click Configure database service groups and then click Next.
4. On the Exchange Database Selection panel, select the databases that you wish to configure for high availability.

   • The Databases box displays the databases discovered on the local system. Databases that reside on shared storage and are not part of another service group are available for selection.

   • Click to select a database and then click the Make the database highly available check box.

     • When you select a database, the wizard automatically selects all the other databases that reside on the disk group where the selected database resides. Even if you select just one database, the wizard configures all the other databases residing on that disk group. Thus, all databases that reside on the same disk group are part of the same Exchange service group.

     • The wizard configures one service group per cluster disk group. If you select databases that reside on two separate disk groups, the wizard configures them in two separate service groups.

     • If databases are created on a disk group that is already a part of an existing Exchange service group, then the wizard automatically adds the newly created databases to that existing service group. This happens even if you do not explicitly select those new databases. Thus, even while creating a service group, the wizard also modifies existing service groups automatically.

       You can also run the wizard in the modify mode to add newly created databases to existing service groups.

       databases to existing service groups. Note that the wizard is able to configure the new databases in existing service groups only if the corresponding cluster disk groups and volumes are mounted on the node where the wizard is running.

   • Click Select All if you wish to select all the available databases. The wizard configures all the eligible databases in the service group.

   • Click Next.

5. On the Exchange Service Group Configuration panel, specify the service group name and then click Next.

   The Service Groups box displays the default name that the wizard assigns to the service group. The default service group name is of the format EXCHSG_<databasename>. Here, <databasename> is the name of the database on the respective cluster disk group.

   To specify another name, select the service group in the Service Groups list and then type a name in the Service Group Name field. You can specify a name only to newly created service groups. You cannot edit names of Exchange service groups already configured in the cluster.

6. On the System Selection panel, specify the systems that will be part of the service group and then click Next.

   • In the Available Cluster Systems box, select the systems on which to configure the service group and click the right-arrow icon to move the systems to the Selected Systems box. The Selected Systems list represents the service group's system list.

   • To remove a system from the service group's system list, select the system in the Selected Systems box and click the left arrow.

   • To change a system's failover priority in the service group's system list, select the system in the Selected Systems list and click the up and down arrows. The system at the top of the list has the highest priority while the system at the bottom of the list has the lowest priority.

   • If you have selected databases that reside on different cluster disk groups, the wizard creates multiple service groups, one for each cluster disk group. In such a case, the systems that you select here are configured in the system list of all those service groups. You cannot choose systems on a per service group basis while creating the service groups.

     To modify the service group system list, run the wizard again in the modify mode and then define the system list for each of the service groups.

7. On the Network Configuration panel, select a public network adapter for each system in the service group and then click Next.

   To select a public adapter, click the Adapter Display Name field and then select an adapter from the drop-down list.

   The selected adapter is used to detect network failures on the configured system.

   The wizard displays all TCP/IP enabled adapters on a system, including the private network adapters, if they are TCP/IP enabled. Make sure you select the adapters to be assigned to the public network, and not those assigned to the private network.

8. On the Service Group Summary panel, review the service group configuration summary, change the resource names, if desired, and then click Next.

   The Resources box lists the configured resources. Click on a resource to view its attributes and their configured values in the Attributes box.

   The wizard assigns unique names to resources. Change names of resources, if desired. To edit a resource name, select the resource name and either click it or press the F2 key. Press Enter after editing each resource name. To cancel editing a resource name, press the Esc key.

9. Click Yes on the dialog box that prompts you that the wizard will modify the configuration.

   The wizard runs command to create the service group. Various messages indicate the status of these commands. After the commands are executed, the completion dialog box appears.

10. In the Completing the Exchange Configuration panel, select the Bring the service group online check box to bring the service group online on the local system and then click Finish.

    Sometimes the wizard may fail to bring the service group online. In such a case, you must probe the resources and bring the service group online manually. You can use the Cluster Manager (Java Console) to perform the tasks.

    After creating service groups, if you create fresh mailbox databases on the same disk groups, then you must run the wizard again (in the configure or modify mode) to configure the newly added databases for high availability.