05-07-2011 02:47 AM
Hi Guys,
I want to change the DNS alias for my EV server, i know the procedure on how to change it from the computerentry table. My concern is that once i change the DNS alias, will the shortcuts of the EV archived items in Outlook and OWA point to the new DNS alias automatically or is there some procedure for it.
I will also be moving EV server (standalone, version 9) from Windows Server 2003 32 bit to Windows Server 2008 64 bit, will be following this technote http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH55377. There is a note in the technote which says the following;
Note: If the Operating System is also being upgraded from 32bit to 64bit and the default locations are being used for shopping, indexing etc then they will need to be updated to reflect the changed install location of the Enterprise Vault binaries.
In my case I will be using the same location for shopping and indexes as in my current EV server and it is not the default location. For the Vault stores , will be moving them to a CIFS share on NETAPP so will do the changes on the EV server to reflect the vault store location change. Apart from this when i move to a 64 bit system the install path for EV binaries changes as EV gets installed in ProgramFiles(x86) instead of ProgramFiles in 32 bit systems, so as per the Note above , do i need to update something to reflect this changed install location of the EV binaries ? nothing is given in the technote with regards to this.
Appreciate the help.
Majid.
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05-07-2011 08:37 AM
05-07-2011 06:23 AM
Shortcuts do not contain the server alias in it, so it has no affect. shortcuts only contain the site name...
05-07-2011 08:37 AM
05-07-2011 09:30 AM
Oh bollox JW sorry mate, I had overlooked that, i was not thinkining of the contents of the shortcuts /me *shakes_head*
05-07-2011 10:02 AM
Thanks JW for helping me out. Just another concern, with 200 archived users and lots of archived emails shortcuts present, will the shortcut processing task be very resource intensive on the EV and exchange server? and any other thing i should be concerned about when changing the DNS alias?
Regarding CIFS share, what permissions do i need to assign to it, should i give only the vault admin access to the CIFS share or everyone needs access to the CIFS share where i will be locating my Vault stores.
Common sense says that since the vault stores will have user archives, all users will need access to the CIFS share, but will read only rights for the users do in this scenario. I am a little confused.
Thank you Wayne too.
05-07-2011 10:51 AM
Shortcut Proccessing does hammer the exchange server, but thats when I was doing about 5,000 users per server.
So with 200 users you should not notice a thing ;p
05-07-2011 12:42 PM
05-07-2011 11:18 PM
Thanks again JW and Wayne, really appreciate your support.
BR
Majid.