08-13-2008 07:46 AM
Hi,
Looking to consolidate an Exchange environment and unsure of best way to approach the EV service.
Current design is as follows:
EV Site A, archives all mailboxes on Exchange server A.
EV Site B, archives all mailboxes on Exchange server B.
EV Site A & B share the same directory database.
The plan is to consolidate Exchange servers A & B onto one box.
However believe that creates a problem as only one Exchange archiving task can exist. That I guess means one EV site has no way of processing new messages for its archives.
Would either of the following be achievable:
If not would the only other option be to create new archives in one of the sites and just keep the other site for retrieval of existing archived items?
Thanks,
08-13-2008 01:08 PM
I think your solution number one *should* work. Haven't used EV Sites yet, but from my point of view it should be possible to create 2 archiving tasks out of two different sites to the same exchange server.
But having two EV Sites is a bit of a overhead for an administrator, I think.
Unfortunately, consolidating sites is not that easy.
If you're interested, we may have a tool which could assist you, if you choose to consolidate:
http://www.evtools.net/10.html
Cheers
Michel