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Building third Exchange Server 2007 SP1 mailbox server role, how to perform CCR ?

Hi,

I have just successfully provisioned new EMC VNX-5500 SAN in the third datacenter, the networking has been set.

my question is that how to create CCR replciation to the third Exchange Server 2007 SP1 mailbox server in the third datacenter when at the moment the the SAN between all datacenter cannot talk or connected with each other ?

the current setup is:

Primary HQ MBX Server is using CCR to replicate to Secondary DR datacenter.

How to introduce the third MBX server so that I can safely decommision the secondary Exchange Server in the secondary DR datacenter ?

THe server is a VM running Windows server 2008 Enterprise SP2 on VMware ESX 4.1
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hi, tahsnk for the reply,
so can I build new Windows Server 2008 SP2 9same base OS) and then install the new Exchange Server mailbox server role as Exchange 2007 SP3 as the second target of CCR ?

migrating to Exchange Server 2010 will be planned sometimes next year as we are still in doing some other task as priority.
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Hm.. so in this csae the third Exchange Server mailbox server cannot be configured for replicating the CCR ?

How am I supposed to decommision the old Exchange Server starting in the DR ?
Third node can be used as a SRC however in your case :)

Are you planning to decomission the newly 3 Mailbox server ?

- Rancy
ah so keep the existing CCR configuration between production and DR
then the third Exchange MBX server role can be configured as SCR for the same Storage Groups ?

no, the Storage array where the old second exchange server MBX server in DR datacenter will be decommissioned.
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Hm... So in this case for the third mailbox server I can use SCR from my production mailbox server ?

I've never configure the mailbox server to do CCR and SCR at the same time.

Is that possible ?
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ah so keep the existing PROD-DR CCR replication and then introduce another one (the 3rd server of same build and SP1) then do the SCR from the PROD MBX server.

cmiiw ?
ah so keep the existing PROD-DR CCR replication and then introduce another one (the 3rd server of same build and SP1) then do the SCR from the PROD MBX server - Yes "but SCR is all manual and no automated thats the only Cons that i can think of :)

Anything else ? Getting a refresh so liking ur post :)

cmiiw ? - Sorry didnt get you :(

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cool, that does make sense mate !

I'll build the third server this week as additional MBX server with SCR replication from the production node.

cmiiw --> Correct me If I'm wrong. :-)

Thanks man
cmiiw --> Correct me If I'm wrong. :-) .... :)
Thanks man !