How to Disable Local Continuous Replication
Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 will reach end of support on April 11, 2017. To stay supported, you will need to upgrade. For more information, see Resources to help you upgrade your Office 2007 servers and clients.
Applies to: Exchange Server 2007, Exchange Server 2007 SP1, Exchange Server 2007 SP2, Exchange Server 2007 SP3
This topic explains how to use the Exchange Management Console or the Exchange Management Shell to disable local continuous replication (LCR) for a storage group.
Note
After you disable LCR, you must manually delete any files in the LCR storage group and database folders.
Before You Begin
To perform the following procedures, the account you use must be delegated the following:
- Exchange Server Administrator role and local Administrators group for the target server
For more information about permissions, delegating roles, and the rights that are required to administer Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, see Permission Considerations.
Procedure
To use the Exchange Management Console to disable local continuous replication
Open the Exchange Management Console.
Expand Microsoft Exchange, expand Server Configuration, and then select Mailbox.
In the result pane, select the Mailbox server that contains the storage group that you want to disable.
In the work pane, right-click the storage group that you want to disable, and then select Disable Local Continuous Replication.
At the confirmation prompt, click Yes.
A Microsoft Exchange Warning message will appear confirming that LCR has been disabled. Click OK to acknowledge the warning.
Manually delete the LCR storage group and database files from the location specified in the warning message.
To use the Exchange Management Shell to disable local continuous replication
Run the following command:
Disable-StorageGroupCopy -Identity <StorageGroup>Manually delete the LCR storage group and database files.
For More Information
For detailed syntax and parameter information, see Disable-StorageGroupCopy.