Exchange DAG Part II : Preparation

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DAG LAB

Exchange DAG recommended environment

 both server [ mail105, and mail106] will have 2 Ethernet 

  • first ethernet   for network connecnio as normal [Mail105 172.16.100.105 and Mail106 172.16.100.106 ]
  • second ethernet for replication between 2 exchange severs [ Mail105 172.21.100.105 , and Mail106 172.21.100.106 ]

Step 01 : Witness Folder

Exchange DAG relies on the Windows Failover Cluster feature.

 On a server (domain controller DC101 ), you must have a folder for quorum

Create Folder on other Exchange servers > for example DC101 for witness called [ DAG_Quorum]

Step 02 : add Exchange Trusted Subsystem group to administrators Group

On the Active Directory , add the Exchange Trusted Subsystem group to the  Administrators group on AD 

In the our  case , add the Exchange Trusted Subsystem group to the pioneers\ Administrators group.

add the Exchange Trusted Subsystem group to the pioneers\ Administrators group.

Step 03 : configure two NIC cards on exchange servers

 on both Exchange servers configure 2 NIC cards for each server 

Mail105 IP address
Mail106 IP address
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