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HP StorageWorks Storage Mirroring Application Manager user’s guide 15
3 Protecting an Exchange Server
Exchange configuration workflow
To configure protection for your Exchange servers using Application Manager, you will complete the following
steps:
1. Install Exchange on the source server and apply any Exchange service packs or patches. Use the default
installation options for Exchange.
2. Install Exchange on the target, placing it in the same Exchange organization as the source and verifying
that the installation location for the target is the same as the source. Apply any Exchange service packs or
patches. Use the default installation options for Exchange with the following considerations:
• The target must be a unique installation (that is, two Exchange servers must be available for a
protection pair)
• Logical drive mapping must be the same on the source and target, and must assigned prior to running
the Application Manager.
3. Install Storage Mirroring on the source and target Exchange servers. See the Storage Mirroring Getting
Started guide for more information.
4. ” Install the Storage Mirroring Application Manager ” on page 9
5. ” Verify the Exchange environment (recommended) ” on page 15
6. ” Select a task ” on page 16
7. ” Select a domain ” on page 16
8. ” Select source and target servers ” on page 17
9. (Optional) ” Configure protection settings ” on page 18
10. ” Validate the Configuration ” on page 87
To protect your Exchange server, you will complete the following steps:
1. ” Enable protection ” on page 89
2. ” Monitor protection status ” on page 90
In the event of a failure, you will need to perform some additional tasks. These tasks are described in ” Failover,
Failback, and Restoration ” on page 95.
NOTE: If you need to protect any data that is stored on a non-mailbox server role (for example, SMTP queue
data), you will need to configure protection for that data separately. In addition, you may need to manually
update the DNS setting for the client access server to point to the target site.
Verify the Exchange environment (recommended)
Before you use Storage Mirroring Application Manager, complete the following tasks to verify that the
environment is properly set up.
1. With both Exchange servers online, use Active Directory Users and Computers to move an existing user
from the source to the target and then back to the original source.
2. Verify that you can create a new user on the target.
3. To verify connectivity, create an Outlook® profile for the new user on a client machine and connect to the
target.