It is important to maintain a record of the configuration information for your Exchange clusters; this information may be required to recover from a major disaster. For example, if all of the servers in a cluster are damaged, you may need to entirely rebuild the cluster. If you do not have full computer backup sets or Windows backup sets for each node, a record of cluster information may still allow you to recover the cluster.
To help you recover a cluster, keep records of the following information about your cluster: Disk signatures of your cluster's shared disks
- NetBIOS names of each node
- NetBIOS names for each Exchange Virtual Server
- Cluster group names
- Cluster resource names
- Virtual server storage group names
- Virtual server information store names
- Virtual server IP addresses
Note You can use the Cluster Administrator and System Manager snap-ins to manually record most of the configuration information of your Exchange clusters. For example, you can use these tools to access cluster resource names, cluster resource properties, IP addresses of your virtual servers, and so on.
The Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Resource Kit includes tools that help you record and back up clustering information.
Important If you do not keep a record of this information, you may not be able to recover your Exchange clusters.
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Enterprise Edition
- Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003, Premium Edition
- Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003, Standard Edition
- Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server
