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Hello<br />
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Running Exchange 2007 SP2 in a Windows 2008 environment.<br />
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All servers (DC's, GC's, and Exchange) are in a site named HQ.<br />
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We're planning on taking some of the DC'/GC's down for maintenance for a few hours, they need a hardware replacement.<br />
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How will Exchange cope with this? What I'm worried is that it will try to reach a DC/GC that is down, keep trying for 5 mins, give up and get another one that is down, try for 5 mins, etc etc until it finally finds one that is up and running.<br />
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Hello

Running Exchange 2007 SP2 in a Windows 2008 environment.

All servers (DC's, GC's, and Exchange) are in a site named HQ.

We're planning on taking some of the DC'/GC's down for maintenance for a few hours, they need a hardware replacement.

How will Exchange cope with this? What I'm worried is that it will try to reach a DC/GC that is down, keep trying for 5 mins, give up and get another one that is down, try for 5 mins, etc etc until it finally finds one that is up and running.



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