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Using the Exchange Failover (EFO) Utility
There are several options available in the Exchange Failover utility for configuring Exchange for failover and
failback. These options and the full command syntax are described in the following table.
Table 4
Exchange Failover Utility Command Syntax
Command
exchfailover
Description
Used in script files to failover Exchange data
Syntax
EXCHFAILOVER {-FAILOVER , -FAILBACK} -s <
source
> -t <
target
>
[-l <
log_filename
>] [-norus] [-nospn] [-nooab] [-o <
options_filename
>]
[-r [<
source_group
>] [,<
source_mail_store
>][:[<
target_group
>]
[,<
target_mail_store
>]]] [-setup] [-test] [-legacy]
[-u <
username
>:<
password
>][-?[?]] [-nopublicfolders]
[-onlypublicfolders] [-noexchangeab] [-noquerybaseddistgroups]
[-movehostspn] [-noADreplication] [-noRM] [-noRGconnectors]
[-virtual
wait time
>]
Options
•
FAILOVER
—The Exchange data will be moved from the source to the target during failover
•
FAILBACK
—The Exchange data will be moved from the target to the source during failback
•
s
source
—The name of the original source server
•
t
target
—The name of the original target server
•
l
log_filename
—(Optional) The name of the log file name. By default, the log file is
ExchFailover.log
and is stored in the directory containing the
exchfailover.exe
file. If
this name is changed, the DTInfo utility will not be able to locate this file which could impede
assistance through Technical Support.
•
norus
—(Optional) Do not change the Recipient Update Service
•
nospn
—(Optional) Do not change the Service Principal Name
•
nooab
—(Optional) Do not change the siteFolderServer for the offline address book
•
o
options_filename
—(Optional) Allows you to pass in a file containing the options for the
Exchange Failover utility
•
r
—(Optional) By itself, this option creates a one-to-one mapping of the groups and mail stores
from the source to the target
•
r
source_group
:
target_group
—(Optional) The
r
option with the group names will direct
the source group name specified to the target group name specified
•
r
source_group
,
source_mail_store
:
target_group
,
source_mail_store
—(Optional) The
r
option with all of the
r
options will direct the source
group name and mail store specified to the target group name and mail store specified
•
setup
—(Optional) Allows you to set the overwrite database on restore flag without completing
user moves or RUS and folder updates. If the
-setup
switch is not supplied, the utility still sets
the overwrite database on restore flag, but the other work is performed also.
•
test
—(Optional) Test mode that does not change the Exchange configuration in Active
Directory
•
legacy
—(Optional) In certain environments that have been upgraded from Exchange 5.5, this
switch will prevent failover from causing issues with Active Directory due to clients (for example,
ESM) that expect an Exchange 5.5-based Active Directory syntax for a user’s home server
setting