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Installing New Exchange 2007 Server - 17.Jul.2008 5:24:54 AM

brahma

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Morning All. I am new to this forum and am hoping for some help; I have seen a number of posts about migrating to 2007 but, after reading quite a few, am not sure if they cover my situation.

I am new to the school I am working in and have inherrited a Windows 2003 Active Directory Domain. The domain has been setup with 2 Windows 2003 Domain Controllers, 1 Windows 2000 Domain Controller and an Exchange 2003 Server (also setup as a Domain Controller). I haven't done a great deal with Exchange but I am sure that having an Exchange Box setup as a DC is bad practice? Can anyone confirm my understanding of this please?

The current Exchange Server has been setup on a RAID5 Array with two logical partitions - C and D. I thought best practice was for 3 Arrays - Mirrored OS, RAID5 Database and Mirrored Logs? Can anyone confirm understanding of this please? This server is old and needs to be replaced.

If I am going to upgrade the server hardware, it seems it would make sense to upgrade to Exchange 2007. I thought about doing an inplace upgrade (if this is possible?) backup, and then restore to new hardware but that would not solve the disk problem. I am guessing I will need to build a server with a different name and migrate the exchange data to this server? I would not configure this server as a domain controller but keep it as a member server. Would it be possible to rename the server after mail migration? Is there a migration plan that Microsoft OFfers for 2003->2007? Are there any documents / white papers that explain how to do a migration that I am planning?

Any help / tips would be welcomed.

Many thanks,

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RE: Installing New Exchange 2007 Server - 17.Jul.2008 6:21:33 AM

Exchange_Geek

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To answer your questions.

quote:

I haven't done a great deal with Exchange but I am sure that having an Exchange Box setup as a DC is bad practice? Can anyone confirm my understanding of this please?

Exchange resident on domain controller that is not a global catalog server
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa997060(EXCHG.80).aspx

quote:

I thought best practice was for 3 Arrays - Mirrored OS, RAID5 Database and Mirrored Logs? Can anyone confirm understanding of this please?

Tuning Exchange Server 2003 Performance
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb124129(EXCHG.65).aspx

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Is there a migration plan that Microsoft OFfers for 2003->2007? Are there any documents / white papers that explain how to do a migration that I am planning?