Building an 2013 Pure HA Environment

Hi All,

Planning to build an new HA of Exchange 2013 have lot of question request expert support

Planning info:

2 AD Servers PDC and ADC Physical Servers

2 Servers for Exchange 2013 multi-role server

Correct me if iam wrong on the details above

License details

1 exchange 2013 license

500 cal license for exchange 2013

4 win 2012 r2 standard license

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Network details

Fortinet 100D Firewall  2 Box in HA Cluster

2 ISP all with static IPs

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Config Details:

Domain controllers will be installed

Exchange 2013 will be installed and DAG will be done

Query's

How to add redundant mx and dns records for HA

How to point an single URL example mail.test.com for multiple isps ha over wan link fail over scenario

How to Configure Client Access redundancy step by step required

How to Configure send Connector for Redundancy ISP

How configure internal DNS and external DNS show with examples if possible

Do i need any additional software or hardware or an Load balancer for this deployment

Kindly hep on this, read several document but still confusing, pls details the solution if possible, Thanks in Advance

July 12th, 2015 2:32pm

I would consider hiring a consultant to assist.

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July 12th, 2015 6:49pm

Hi Basith,

Try to understand, use this tool which is freely available just to do this and more. Should be covering your initial 4 points.

Exchange 2013 Server Role Requirements Calculator:

http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2013/05/14/released-exchange-2013-server-role-requirements-calculator.aspx

Download Exchange 2013 Server Role Requirements Calculator v7.6:

https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/office/Exchange-2013-Server-Role-f8a61780

Queries:

  • How to add redundant mx and dns records for HA

 Use PUBLIC DNS management from ISP or your provider for the domain.

  • How to point an single URL example mail.test.com for multiple isps ha over wan link fail over scenario

Its called the unbound model, you can add multiple hostentries for the same URL with different IPs.

  • How to Configure Client Access redundancy step by step required

Simple DNS, round robin or a NLB or HLB is enough.

  • How to Configure send Connector for Redundancy ISP

Add multiple servers on the send conenctor, keep multiple receive connectors for listening. On ISP multiple MX records would do it.

  • How configure internal DNS and external DNS show with examples if possible

You don't have to do anything special here, DNS would be configured as part of the other sections already.

  • Do i need any additional software or hardware or an Load balancer for this deployment

Not necessary, but you can buy Hardware Load Balancer or 3rd party solutions.

July 13th, 2015 6:17am

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