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Sree 1,971 Reputation points
2021-09-13T11:44:31.893+00:00

steps for shutting down Exchange 2016 servers

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  1. Andy David - MVP 141.3K Reputation points MVP
    2021-09-13T12:17:54.653+00:00

    If you have an even number of Exchange Servers is a DAG, then you MUST have a Witness Server, otherwise the DAG is not configured correctly.

    I would:

    Run these commands: 

    test-replicationhealth
get-mailboxdatabasecopystatus

    If those look good.

    Dismount the databases

    Shut the Servers off.

    Then once , done

    Restart all the servers and File Share Witness

    Wait a few minutes.

    Check the event logs on the Exchange Servers for anything unusual

    Run those powershell commands again: 

    test-replicationhealth

    The mount the databases.

    Wait a few minutes:

    Run again:

    test-replicationhealth
    get-mailboxdatabasecopystatus

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  1. Joyce Shen - MSFT 16,641 Reputation points
    2021-09-20T08:31:17.45+00:00

    Hi @JustinMicheal-7973

    The commands are used to check the status for your server and database copies, the mainly steps like below:

    1.Shut down servers:

    1) Shutdown CAS servers except CAS server which is configured as FSW server.

    2) Dismount the databases to prevent switchover to the second node when shutting down.

    3) Shutdown the passive Mailbox servers first then shutdown active Mailbox servers.

    4) Shutdown the File Share Witness, then shut down AD.

    2.Start up the servers:

    1) Switch on AD and make sure it is running normally in your site.

    2) Switch on File share witness server.

    3) Start the CAS servers.

    4) Start the passive mailbox servers, then start the active mailbox servers.

    5) Finally, start reset one by one and mount the database

    A similar question for your reference: Safe shutdown Exchange 2013 DAG

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