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Hello everybody,
I have an exchange 2016 and a DAG, I have two exchange servers and 12 databases.
I want to shutdown one of the mailbox servers in the DAG which is exchange1
What I did for this:
First active the copy on exchange2.
delete the DNS records point to Exchange1 and I ran this comment: Get-MailboxDatabaseCopyStatus -Server exchange2 and the result was "mounted" and I test mapi connection and it was successful. and I ran Get-MailboxDatabaseCopyStatus -Server exchange1 and it was healthy.
But after shutdown the service didn't work and also the status of databasecopy was unknown.
Did I miss something?
what should I did step to step?
But after shutdown the service didn't work and also the status of databasecopy was unknown.
What server was showing unknown? WHy did you delete the DNS record?
What is the goal here?
We had a live downtime for changing exchange1. I remove the dns record that all the load balance go to exchange2.
the exchange2 showed unknown.
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But after shutdown the service didn't work and also the status of databasecopy was unknown.
Did you mean you shutdown the exchange1 server?
But the clients cannot connect to exchange2 and if running Get-MailboxDatabaseCopyStatus -Server exchange2, the databasecopy status shows unknown.
If it is the case, currently is the witness server online and accessible?
Yes I shutdown the exchange1.
No they couldn't be able to use exchange2 (mail service was down). and yes by the command all the databasecopy status were unknown.
Yes witness server is in another server separated from Exchange servers.
Yes it is online and accessible.
Did I missed some step for shutting down exchange1 ?
To me the problem seems to be the DAG lost quorum, which caused the databases on exchange2 to be dismounted.
It would happen if the witness server wasn't online or accessible in a two-node DAG.
If you run this command in Powershell, would it show the witness server is online?
Get-ClusterResource
By using Test-ReplicationHealth I found my Quorom was failed. So after setting the witness again.
it's OK now.
Hi,
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Hi This is Priya, how did you resolve this? I've had this problem too, we have the same setup of DAG and problem, thanks!
You should make a new path for your witness