Studying 70-284

jojopramos

Hi I'm now on my 70-284 studies, to be a MCSA Messaging, I need to learn and pass this one, my only question is that in the EVS topic, i am not familiar with cluster administrator, do i first need to study clustering, because here in our company, we just have 1 exchange server and our database clustering is handled by subcontractor?...how can i study EVS cause i want to implement that also...thanks

eastp

I think this can't be done.
Unless you have some fancy hardware...
There where some previous posts about installing it on ms virtual server.
But I checked it just to be sure and this is what I found.
(When I was studying for this exam I didn't do this part in a lab.)

Microsoft supports Exchange Server 2003 running on hardware virtualization software (virtual machines) only when all the following conditions are true:
• The hardware virtualization operating system is Virtual Server 2005 R2 or a later version.
• The version of Exchange Server that is running on the virtual machine is Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2) or a later version.
• The Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 Virtual Machine Additions are installed on the guest operating system.
• Exchange Server 2003 is configured as a stand-alone server, not as part of a Windows cluster. • The SCSI driver that is installed on the guest operating system is the Microsoft Virtual Machine PCI SCSI Controller driver.
• The virtual hard disk Undo feature is not enabled.

Taken from :
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=320220
Someone please correct me if i'm wrong...

Kind regards.
Eastp.

itdaddy

http://www.exchange-mail.org/articles/VMware%20clustering%201.0.pdf

HEY BUD i found this pdf document on vmware and building a
cluster servers looks promising to and it is from MVP.

i have the same issues; i cant afford 4000.00 for Enterprise Edition.

good luck....



PS. Looks like you can cluster with this without enterprise exhange?

geekie

Nice link thanks!!

PS. Looks like you can cluster with this without enterprise exhange?

Fraid not!

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/exchange/Guides/Ex2k3DepGuide/9f5b91cd-d7c2-409d-81a0-033a23e1faee.mspx?mfr=true

Check out the operating system version and exchange edition requirements.

jojopramos

thanks for the links.......i am now in messaging security topic...

itdaddy

HEY GEEKIE

i think you can cluster windows 2003 servers in the VMWARE.
but yeah you are right Exchange nees to be Exhchange Enterpirse Edition 2003 i agree but since i guess it is the database sync that is needed here on the external share but the pdf is cool atleaset it can give us an idea.

I try to help sometimes i get busy maybetoo busy but whatever i can do to help us nerds out (respectively) hahaa
i like your avatar way cool!