Exchange 2010 Active/Active DAG with DAC status 'DacOnly'
Hi Everyone,
I want to design a solution for Exchange 2010 Active/Active datacenter model that have the following in environment.
SiteA:
SiteB:
Direct Internet
Direct Internet
2 HUBCAS (HUC1, HUC2)
2 HUBCAS (HUC3, HUC4)
2 Mailbox (MBX1, MBX2)
2 Mailbox (MBX3, MBX4)
Have FSW
Have Alternate FSW
Active users 2000
Active users 1500
IRON Port 1 (MX1)
IRON Port 2 (MX2)
I want to have: Same namespace
Internal and External OWA setting:
Internal OWA setting:
mail.domain.com
mail.domain.com & Eternal:NULL
Certificate name:
Certificate name:
mail.domain.com
mail.domain.com
CASArray Name:
CASArray Name:
siteACasAcarry.domain.com
siteACasAcarry.domain.com
WNLB: siteAnlb.domain.com
WNLB: siteBnlb.domain.com
Query:
1.
For DAG design: Can i have single DAG (with DAC status DacOnly) between both Sites with all 4 mailbox server.
**If my Site to Site connectivity goes down what will happen to SiateB database (stay mounted or will dismount)
2.
Can I use the mail.domain.com as OWA url if any of Site goes down.
I have read some articles but still in confuse.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee832790.aspx
Thanks in advance NKumar
January 28th, 2012 8:26am
Hi
About DAG Design, you can refer to Database Availability Group Design Examples
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd979781.aspx
And for your second question, it can use, but the only problem is to resolve, you have to use NAT(Network Address Translation) to point to another site.
Cheers
Zi Feng
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January 30th, 2012 2:25am
Hi Zi Feng,
Thanks for reply,
For my 2nd query, if my SiteA is completely down due to power failure in that case my Firewall, router and my internal server will be down, so in this case how NAT can be set.
2ndly If I use two alternate URL where my mail1 OWA url NAT with SiteA and mail2 OWA url NAT with SiteB. I want to use mail1 url as primary ulr so all users of both Site (A and B) to access mailbox and mail2 ulr as alternate url
in such a way if mail1 is down users can access mailboxex via mail2.
How we will configure OWA urls on both Site?
Thanks in advance NKumar
January 30th, 2012 4:36am
thanks budy..its realy helpful
Thanks in advance NKumar
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January 31st, 2012 2:12am