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When you have added both servers to the domain as well as rebooted each, we can move on to creating the necessary cluster service account.. Creating a Cluster Service AccountBecause each

Figure 8.35 Confi guring WINS Settings for the Private Network Interface

Adding the Servers to the

Active Directory Domain

Since a CCR setup requires both nodes to be part of the same Active Directory domain, now would

be a good time to make this the case You can add the nodes to the domain by right-clicking

My Computer and selecting Properties in the context menu Now click the Computer Name tab (see Figure 8.36), then the Change button, and specify the domain.

When you have added both servers to the domain as well as rebooted each, we can move on to creating the necessary cluster service account

Figure 8.36 Adding the Nodes to the Domain

Creating a Cluster Service Account

Because each node belonging to the cluster needs to use the same account, we need to create a cluster service account

The cluster service account must be a member of either the Exchange Server Administrators (ServerName) group or the Exchange Organization Administrators group In addition, it must be a member of the local administrators group on each node in the cluster For our purposes, we’ll add it

to the Exchange Organization Administrators group

To create the cluster service account:

1 Log onto a domain controller in the respective Active Directory domain, then click Start |

Run and type DSA.msc to open the Active Directory Users and Computers MMC snap-in

Now right-click the Organizational Unit (OU) in which you want the service account to

be created, then choose New | User in the context menu Give the account a meaningful name and user logon name (such as Cluster Service Account and svc-cluster), as shown

in Figure 8.37 Now click Next.

Figure 8.37 Creating the Cluster Service Account

2 Give the service account a complex password and uncheck User Must change password

at next logon , then check Password never expires, as shown in Figure 8.38

Click Next.

Figure 8.38 Specifying the Password for the Cluster Service Account

On the New User object completion page click Finish

3 Now we need to give the new cluster service account the appropriate permissions To do

so, open the Properties page for the user object and select the Member Of tab Make

sure it’s the respective Active Directory domain that’s shown in the From this location

fi eld, then click the Add button and type Exchange Organization Administrators, as

shown in Figure 8.39 Click OK.

4 Now switch over to the server that will be the fi rst node in the cluster and click

Start | Run Type compmgmt.msc Expand Local Users and Groups and select the Groups container Open the Properties page for the Administrators group object

in the right pane, then click the Add button Make sure that the Active Directory

Figure 8.39 Adding the Cluster Service Account to the Exchange Organization Administrators Group