Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Deployment Guide- P39 docx

Create a cluster resource group to contain the Exchange Virtual Server cluster resources.. For detailed instructions, see How to Create a Resource Group for an Exchange Virtual Server in

 Unattended Setup is not supported when installing Exchange Server

2003 in a Windows cluster

 You must install Exchange on all nodes in the cluster, however, you must install Exchange on only one node at a time

Procedure

To run Exchange Setup in a Windows cluster

1 Log on to the node of the cluster to which you want to install

Exchange Server 2003 using an account with Exchange Full

Administrator permissions on each node of the cluster

2 Insert the Exchange Server 2003 CD into your CD-ROM drive

3 On the Start menu, click Run and then type E:\setup\i386\setup,

where E is your CD-ROM drive

4 On the Welcome to the Microsoft Exchange Installation Wizard page, click Next

5 On the License Agreement page, read the agreement If you

agree to the terms, click I agree, and then click Next

6 On the Product Identification page, type your 25-digit product key, and then click Next

7 In the Microsoft Exchange Installation Wizard, on the Component

Selection page, verify that the action next to Microsoft Exchange 2003

is Typical

8 To change the installation location of the Exchange program files,

click Change Path For information about available drives and their corresponding available disk space, click Disk Information By

default, the Exchange program files are installed on the Windows boot drive For example, if your Windows boot files are on drive C,

Exchange is installed to C:\Program Files\Exchsrvr

9 Repeat Steps 1 through 8 for all other nodes in the cluster

How to Create an Exchange Virtual Server in a Windows Server

Cluster

This topic provides links to procedures for creating an Exchange Virtual Server in a Windows cluster

Procedure

To create an Exchange Virtual Server in a Windows cluster

1 Create a cluster resource group to contain the Exchange Virtual Server cluster resources For detailed instructions, see How to Create

a Resource Group for an Exchange Virtual Server in a Windows

Server Cluster

2 Create an IP Address resource for use by the Exchange Virtual Server For detailed instructions, see How to Create an IP Address Resource for an Exchange Virtual Server in a Windows Server Cluster

3 Create a Network Name resource for use by the Exchange Virtual Server For detailed instructions, see How to Create a Network Name Resource for an Exchange Virtual Server in a Windows Server Cluster

4 Create at least one Physical Disk resource for use by the Exchange Virtual Server For detailed instructions, see How to Create a Physical Disk Resource for an Exchange Virtual Server in a Windows Server Cluster

5 Create a Microsoft Exchange System Attendant resource for use by the Exchange Virtual Server For detailed instructions, see How to Create an Exchange System Attendant Resource for an Exchange Virtual Server in a Windows Server Cluster

How to Create a Resource Group for an Exchange Virtual Server in a Windows Server Cluster

Before you can create an Exchange Virtual Server in a Windows Server cluster, you must first create a cluster resource group A cluster resource group is the unit of failover in a Windows Server cluster When Exchange Server is running in a Windows Server cluster, the cluster resource group that contains the Exchange cluster resources is referred to as an

Exchange Virtual Server

Before You Begin

Important:

When you create an Exchange Virtual Server, ensure that the network name resource is dependent on a single IP address resource If you

want to associate additional IP addresses with the network name, you can add those dependencies after creating the Exchange Virtual

Server

Procedure

To create a resource group for an Exchange Virtual Server in a Windows Server cluster

1 Start Cluster Administrator If prompted to specify a cluster, type the cluster name, or browse and select the cluster in which you want to create an Exchange Virtual Server

2 In the console tree, right-click Groups, point to New, and then click

Group

3 The New Group Wizard starts In the Name box, type a name for

the new cluster group, and then click Next

4 In Preferred Owners, you can specify a preferred owner for the

group However, you do not need to specify a preferred owner at this time

The Preferred Owners dialog box

Note:

If you want to specify a preferred owner for the group, ensure that you specify a different preferred owner for each group If you want

to specify more than one node as a preferred owner of a group,

ensure that the list order on the other nodes is different Specifically, the first item in the list should not be the first item for any other

groups For example, in a two-node cluster, if the preferred owners list on the first node lists CORP-SRV-01 and then CORP-SRV-02, ensure the second node lists 02 and then

CORP-SRV-01 For more information about the preferred owner settings for

Exchange Virtual Servers, see "Specifying Preferred Owners" in the Exchange Server 2003 Administration Guide

(http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=21769)

5 Click Finish This new group object is displayed under Groups in

Cluster Administrator

How to Create an IP Address Resource for an Exchange Virtual

Server in a Windows Server Cluster

This topic explains how to create an IP Address resource for use by an Exchange Virtual Server

Procedure

To create an IP Address resource for an Exchange Virtual Server

in a Windows Server cluster

1 Open Cluster Administrator

2 In the console tree, right-click the cluster resource group that will

contain the IP Address resource, click New, and then click Resource

3 The New Resource Wizard starts In the Name box, type

<EVSName> IP Address, where EVSName is the name of your

Exchange Virtual Server

4 In the Resource type list, select IP Address Verify that the Group

box contains the name of your proper resource group, and then click

Next

5 In Possible Owners, under Possible owners, verify that all cluster

nodes that will be used as Exchange servers are listed, and then click

Next

The Possible Owners dialog box

6 In Dependencies, under Resource dependencies, verify that no resources are listed, and then click Next

7 In TCP/IP Address Parameters, in the Address box, enter a static

IP address for the cluster group

Note:

It is strongly recommended that the each cluster group have its own dedicated static IP address, separate from all other resources

(including the quorum disk resource) that are defined in Cluster

Administrator

8 In the Subnet mask box, verify that the subnet mask is correct

9 In the Network list, verify that the <Public Network Connection Name> is selected

10 Ensure that the Enable NetBIOS for this address check box is selected, and then click Finish If NetBIOS is disabled for this address,

NetBIOS-based network clients will not be able to access cluster

services through this IP address