Maintaining Records About Your Server Clusters
Make sure to maintain records of the configuration information about your Exchange 2003 clusters. You might need this information to recover your Exchange organization from a major disaster. For example, if all the servers in a cluster are damaged, you might have to completely rebuild the cluster. If you do not have full computer backup sets or Windows backup sets for each node, a record of configuration information for the cluster may help you recover the cluster.
To help you recover an Exchange 2003 cluster, maintain records of the following information about the cluster.
Cluster information to record
| Information to record | How to obtain it |
|---|---|
Disk Signatures of a cluster's shared disks. |
At a command prompt, type:
|
NetBIOS (network basic input/output system) names of each node. |
At a command prompt, type:
|
Network names of each Exchange Virtual Server (EVS). |
On the Administrative Tools menu, click Cluster Administrator. |
Names of cluster groups. |
On the Administrative Tools menu, click Cluster Administrator. |
Names of cluster resources. |
On the Administrative Tools menu, click Cluster Administrator. |
Names of virtual server storage groups. |
Use Exchange System Manager. |
Names of virtual server Exchange stores. |
Use Exchange System Manager. |
IP addresses of virtual servers. |
On the Administrative Tools menu, click Cluster Administrator. To view the properties of a virtual server, including its IP address, select its name. |
Important
If you do not keep a record of this information, you might not be able to recover your Exchange server clusters.