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Exchange 2007 to 2013 - new servers and migrating users
Current setup is
One Exchange 2007 physical machine. Only 400 users - amount of data approx 500Gb.
My client wants to upgrade to 2013 and have redundancy (sticking with physical). I was thinking two mailbox/CAS servers with DB copy on each.
The way I see it:-
1. Build two new Windows servers.
2. Install Exchange 2013 on both and create DAG (Can I do this with 2 or do I need an additional file share witness?)
3. Set up, 5 DBs replicated on each other.
4. Link in old 2007 system into DAG.
5. Migrate mailboxes.
Client has asked if it can be done in 5-6 weeks. Seems reasonable to me?
Any comments?
One Exchange 2007 physical machine. Only 400 users - amount of data approx 500Gb.
My client wants to upgrade to 2013 and have redundancy (sticking with physical). I was thinking two mailbox/CAS servers with DB copy on each.
The way I see it:-
1. Build two new Windows servers.
2. Install Exchange 2013 on both and create DAG (Can I do this with 2 or do I need an additional file share witness?)
3. Set up, 5 DBs replicated on each other.
4. Link in old 2007 system into DAG.
5. Migrate mailboxes.
Client has asked if it can be done in 5-6 weeks. Seems reasonable to me?
Any comments?
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Ajit Singh
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OK. I see.
We did similar on our main domain. Had 2007 servers (still have) and installed new 2013 servers. You could see all servers in 2013 console.
This is a different domain. So are you saying you dont need to add anything - that exchange 2013 will see the old 2007 server?
We did similar on our main domain. Had 2007 servers (still have) and installed new 2013 servers. You could see all servers in 2013 console.
This is a different domain. So are you saying you dont need to add anything - that exchange 2013 will see the old 2007 server?
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Can be done...
Yes you need a witness but that can be any Windows server with a file share.
What do mean by link into old dag? You cannot hooK 2007 into a 2013 DAG.
Just create the DAG and move the boxes.
Cheers