Physical exchange 2010 to EC2 amazon AMI
HI,
I´ve a physical server old poweredge DELL with a exchange 2010.
This server is an old domain controller which hosts a production exchange 2010 server.
My idea is to migrate whole server to amazon or setup a new 2008 r2 server, restore domain controller role, setup a exchange 2010 and then, restore exchange config.
Of course, is my idea but I don´t know if it´s wrong.
How to accomplish this task?
Regards
I´ve a physical server old poweredge DELL with a exchange 2010.
This server is an old domain controller which hosts a production exchange 2010 server.
My idea is to migrate whole server to amazon or setup a new 2008 r2 server, restore domain controller role, setup a exchange 2010 and then, restore exchange config.
Of course, is my idea but I don´t know if it´s wrong.
How to accomplish this task?
Regards
My recommendation
Promote new DC , transfer all the roles into new one & make GC http://www.techunboxed.com/2012/07/how-to-transfer-fsmo-roles-in-windows.html
Introduce another Exchange Server move mailboxes & other things like OAB,
Uninstall Exchange from Old Machine first
Make sure all the roles has been transferred successfully on new DC , no DNS errors all the replication done successfully .
Demote old DC.
Promote new DC , transfer all the roles into new one & make GC http://www.techunboxed.com/2012/07/how-to-transfer-fsmo-roles-in-windows.html
Introduce another Exchange Server move mailboxes & other things like OAB,
Uninstall Exchange from Old Machine first
Make sure all the roles has been transferred successfully on new DC , no DNS errors all the replication done successfully .
Demote old DC.
Running Exchange in Amazon is not a bad idea. It may even turn out to be a very good idea :)
Essentially it is similar to having an exchange hosted in a colo, except you get the EC2 benefits of cloud backups, high availability, easy patching etc.
Moving from an old server to a new server is similar to what our colleagues wrote in this thread, except for some differences stemming from the different env.
This is an Exchange in EC2 deployment guide.
http://media.amazonwebservices.com/AWS_Exchange_Planning_Implementation_Guide.pdf
Also many more resources can be found here.
http://aws.amazon.com/windows/exchange/
Essentially it is similar to having an exchange hosted in a colo, except you get the EC2 benefits of cloud backups, high availability, easy patching etc.
Moving from an old server to a new server is similar to what our colleagues wrote in this thread, except for some differences stemming from the different env.
This is an Exchange in EC2 deployment guide.
http://media.amazonwebservices.com/AWS_Exchange_Planning_Implementation_Guide.pdf
Also many more resources can be found here.
http://aws.amazon.com/windows/exchange/
ASKER
Hi, Shalomc
You are right, those are the benefits I´m looking for: cloud backups, high availability, easy patching etc.
One question, right now, the existing exchange server is installed under a AD enviroment. If I enable a new windows 2008 R2 AMI, must be a member of an existing domain?Can not be installed exchange in a workgroup machine? That exchange would going to host mail from several domains.
Second question... how to promote the new machine if it´s a internet machine witout ipsec or lan conection to AD enviroment?
regards
You are right, those are the benefits I´m looking for: cloud backups, high availability, easy patching etc.
One question, right now, the existing exchange server is installed under a AD enviroment. If I enable a new windows 2008 R2 AMI, must be a member of an existing domain?Can not be installed exchange in a workgroup machine? That exchange would going to host mail from several domains.
Second question... how to promote the new machine if it´s a internet machine witout ipsec or lan conection to AD enviroment?
regards
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- Introduce another Exchange 2010 server
- Move mailboxes to this new Exchange server
- Uninstall Exchange from the Old server
- Promote another Server as a DC (unless you already have a second one available)
- Make sure that the DC holds all of the FSMO roles
- Demote the old DC (make sure that you have removed Exchange first and move all mailboxes to the new Exchange server)
Will.