Hi,
My cluster consist of one exchange box and one failover box. My exchange box took a dive several days ago. Now, I only have the secondary node up and running.
My question to you is:
To recover from this:
1. I went ahead and deployed a new system using the same "failed" exchange server hostname and ip address. Prior to joining the server to the domain, I went ahead and reset the server object account in AD.
2. When I try to install exchange on this server (after ensuring the other server is turned off, since I have to rename the new server to the EVS name and IP address) in disaster recovery mode, I keep getting a prompt to provide a password. The message that is appearing is:
"The microsoft exchange messaging and collaboration services component
requires a username, domain, and password for the existing exchange 5.5
installation service account'
3. We never had exchange 5.5 in the environment. I went even so far in ADSI and made sure the attributes that MS says to check that could cause this window to appear - they don't.
4. In reading the Veritas Cluster Server Implementation Guide for MS Exchange - I'm a bit confused when it sugges to install Exchange server on additional nodes.
I guess my question to you is - should I be installing Exchange in a "normal" mode or "disasterrecovery" mode?
