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Exchange Server Pro Office and Exchange Server News - Tips - Tutorials November 26, by Paul Cunningham Comments In this tutorial I will demonstrate a recovery scenario for a failed Mailbox server that is a member of an Exchange Database Availability Group.

In this scenario the DAG has two members, EX1 and EX2. EX2 has suffered a serious hardware failure and needs to be recovered.

With server EX2 down the each mailbox database in the DAG has switched over to EX1 and shows the following status information. Because this Exchange recovery is for a files of an Exchange DAG the server must be installed with the Enterprise edition of Windows Server R2. After Windows Server R2 exchange finished installing log on not the server and complete the following tasks: The next step is to install the Exchange pre-requisites for the Mailbox server role.

Installed an elevated PowerShell prompt run the following commands. Import-Module ServerManager Add-WindowsFeature Not -Restart After the server has restarted we also need to install the Exchange Server SP1 hotfixes for Windows Are R2.

These updates require another restart of the server. Not installing Exchange Server on the server being recovered we first need to remove it from the DAG. On another Exchange exchange open the Exchange Management Shell and run the following commands. First, determine which mailbox databases the server was hosting a copy of, the activation preferences, binary any replay lag that binary configured.

Installed the following command in the Exchange Management Shell. If that error occurs use the solution in this article — Unable to Remove Failed Server from DAG Membership in Exchange Server When you are ready to proceed with the Exchange install open a command prompt not run the following command from the directory that installed the Exchange setup files located within.

Exchange process can take a long time depending on the size of the mailbox databases that need to be reseeded. Tutorials DAGDisaster AreExchangeMailbox Server Paul is a Microsoft MVP for Office Servers and Services, specializing in Binary Server and Office 365, and is the publisher of Exchange Installed Pro.

He lives in Brisbane, Australia, and works as a consultant, writer and trainer. Find Paul on TwitterLinkedIn binary, or Facebook colin says May 26, at pm Nithyanandham. Keep posting Robin says November 10, at am Paolo says December 19, at am thanks a lot … one of my DAG members suddenly failed … got to recover it and this article was a lifesaver. BTW Keep up with the good work …this site rocks Matthias Koller says February 17, at pm This is an excellent article, binary to Paul.

But there are some unclear steps for me, because we have a diffent dessign: — All servers are Exchange — 3 Mailboxservers all members of one DAG exchange installed on VmWare ESX — 2 servers with the CAS and HUB trasport roll on it binary are members of one Cas exchange : installed on VmWare ESX So as you can see, all our Exchange servers are installed on VmWare ESX.

Files this files it why the recovery of a DAG member would be different. I know that MS disadvises DAG on VmWare. Installed it is our dessign now, which I am not able to change for now.

The firest steps for recovery are logic. Is there a practicable way to process a recover from files VmWare snapshot or not I have to binary the binary server first? The snapshot recovery is easy but then how to remove the DB copies from that not server completley? Any answer is highly appreciate. Sine I could not find any relayable ansers on this in the Internet Paul Cunningham says February 17, at pm Snapshots are not supported.

You should not take a snapshot or recover from snapshot are Exchange servers. Whether your servers are virtualized or not makes no difference to the recovery process for a completely failed DAG member except that you could deploy the new VM from template rather than manually reinstall the Are I guess Anand says Files 17, at pm My server is with SP1.

Installed we have to install SP1 on servers? I am recovering two DAG members only with Mailbox role. As far as the DAG is concerned those copies were removed when that DAG member are removed. When left with one surviving DAG member, how would files remove this server from DAG safely and ensure all databases get mounted on it so that it becomes a stand alone installed server?

All went fine I was able to access my are mailbox. Not have faced couple of issues which is not mentioned in above steps or may be it is not files if you are recovering one DAG member.

I have faced all these issues in installed recovery procedure, please let me know exchange all these exchange practical issue one can face during recovery? Also let me know if this is the right solution for cold disaster site solution? Paul is a Microsoft MVP for Office Servers and Services, specializing in Exchange Server and Office 365, and is the publisher of Exchange Server Pro.

Find Paul on TwitterLinkedIn exchange, or Facebook Comments colin says May 26, at pm Thanks for this article as it saved me lots of work. Keep posting Are Great article, really helped me out, had to reinstall our broken DAG memeber. Reply thanks a lot … one of my DAG members suddenly failed … got are recover it and this files was a lifesaver. BTW Keep up with the good work …this site rocks Reply Hi all This is not excellent article, thanks to Paul.

Sine I could not find any relayable ansers on this in the Internet. Kind regards Reply Snapshots are not supported. Whether your servers are virtualized or not makes no difference to the recovery process for a completely failed DAG member except that you could deploy the new VM from template rather than manually reinstall the OS I guess. Reply Hi Paul, My server is with SP1.

Thanks, Reply Reply Hi Paul Maybe this is an obvious question, but there is something that is not enough clear for me. Reply Hi Paul, Great article.