Repli stor with exchange

Demo Script EMC Confidential

Publication Date: 23 April 2007 Version: 1.0

Prepared by: ESG Demo Team

Contents 1 – Connect to the Domain Controllers.............3 2 – Start the RepliStor GUI .................................3 3 – Purge the Message Logs..............................3 4 – Connect the GUI to the Correct Sites..........4 5 – Exchange Module Options ...........................4 6 – Activate the Exchange alias.........................9 7 – Connect to Outlook and the DNS Admin ..12 8 – Show the DNS and Outlook Config ...........13 9 – Send Messages ...........................................21 10 – Trigger a Failover ......................................23 11 – Reconnect to Outlook...............................25 12 – Send Messages .........................................27 13 – Trigger a Failback .....................................29 14 – Reconnect to Outlook...............................31 15 – Send Messages .........................................34 16 – Create a VSS snapshot.............................36 17 – Remove the Exchange Database.............39 18 – Recover Exchange....................................42 19 – Start and Resync Exchange.....................50

RepliStor with Exchange Overview

This document is a generic RepliStor with Exchange demo script.

Complex configurations and performance optimization are beyond the scope of this document.

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1 – Connect to the Domain Controllers Connect to mexicocity-se and tijuana-se, the Domain Controllers, and login as esgadmin/d3m04esg.

2 – Start the RepliStor GUI From the mexicocity-se and tijuana-se remote desktop sessions, click the RepliStor Administration Client Quick Launch button.

3 – Purge the Message Logs From the mexicocity-se remote desktop session:

1. Double-click mexicocity-se in the Site list pane to connect to it.

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2. Right Click in the Messages pane and select Purge Message Log.

Repeat these steps for each server in the Site list to purge the message log for all sites.

When you have finished, all servers in the Site list pane should have a green light next to them.

4 – Connect the GUI to the Correct Sites 1. From the mexicocity-se remote desktop session, double-click monterrey-se in the Site list

pane to connect to it.

2. From the tijuana-se remote desktop session, double-click cabo-se in the Site list pane to connect to it.

5 – Exchange Module Options 1. Connect to monterrey-se, and login as esgadmin/d3m04esg.


2. From the monterrey-se remote desktop sessions, click the RepliStor Administration Client

Quick Launch button.

3. Select Maintenance Manage Modules.

4. Select ExchangeRepliStor and click Configure.


5. Click Next and explain options for failover configuration. Explain that during the

configuration of Exchange services on CABO-SE and MONTERREY-SE servers a virtual Exchange Server CANCUN was created in the Exchange organization. You can find more details on this topic in the EMC RepliStor for Microsoft Windows Version 6.2 SP1 Release Notes. Click Next.

6. Explain VSS options and click Next.


7. Explain that Exchange Support Module requires administrative privileges account and

password information. Click Next.

8. Click Cancel on Ready to Install the Program screen.


9. Click Yes to confirm cancellation of the configuration wizard.

10. Click Finish.


6 – Activate the Exchange alias From the mexicocity-se remote desktop session:

1. Select Maintenance Alias.


2. Click the Activate Aliases checkbox and click OK.

3. Wait until the message Successfully added alias: CANCUN-SE appears in the Messages

pane.

4. Right click the First Storage Group spec and select Enable.


5. Right click the First Storage Group specification and select Synchronize.

6. On the Sync Options screen click Sync Now.

7. Confirm that you want to synchronize the specification by clicking Yes.


8. Wait until the scale icon is level.

7 – Connect to Outlook and the DNS Admin From the mexicocity-se remote desktop session:

1. Click the Outlook quick launch button.

2. Click OK to connect to the California profile.

3. Connect to the DNS Administrator

From the tijuana-se remote desktop session:

1. Click the Outlook quick launch button.

2. Click OK to connect to the Utah profile.


3. Connect to the DNS Administrator

8 – Show the DNS and Outlook Config From the mexicocity-se remote desktop session:

1. In the DNS window show the mexico.legato.com forward lookup zone and verify that the CANCUN-SE alias refers to monterrey-se.

2. In the Outlook window select Tools Email Accounts.


3. Select View or change existing e-mail accounts and click Next.


4. On the E-mail Accounts screen click Change.


5. Show that the Microsoft Exchange Server is listed as CANCUN-SE and click Cancel.



1. Show the mexico.legato.com forward lookup zone and verify that the CANCUN-SE alias refers to monterrey-se.

2. Select Tools Email Accounts.


3. Select View or change existing e-mail accounts and click Next.


4. On the E-mail Accounts screen click Change.


5. Show that the Microsoft Exchange Server is listed as CANCUN-SE and click Cancel.


9 – Send Messages 1. From the mexicocity-se remote desktop session send a message from the California user to

the Utah user.


2. From the tijuana-se remote desktop session, verify that the message was received and send a reply from the Utah user to the California user.

3. From the mexicocity-se remote desktop session verify that the reply was received


10 – Trigger a Failover From the mexicocity-se remote desktop session:

1. Click Aliases, right click the CANCUN-SE alias and select Properties.

2. Explain the Alias, IP Addresses, Services, and Target tabs.

Explain that Manual Activation on Target is generally enabled for WAN failover and disabled for LAN failover. Explain that split brain occurs if Manual Activation on Target is disabled, the network connection between the cluster nodes goes down, and the target takes over while the source is still running. Manual Activation on Target is suggested so that a person can verify that the network connection has not failed, and thereby prevent split brain from occurring.

Click OK when you are finished.


3. Right click the CANCUN-SE alias and select Manual Fail.

4. Click OK to confirm that you want to transfer the alias to the target.

5. Wait until the message Successfully removed alias: CANCUN-SE appears in the Messages

pane.


6. Right click the CANCUN-SE alias and select Activate.

7. Click Yes to confirm that you want to activate CANCUN-SE the alias.


8. Wait until the CANCUN-SE alias has been activated.

11 – Reconnect to Outlook From the tijuana-se remote desktop session:

1. Confirm the Outlook message that accompanies the failover event.

2. Close Outlook.

3. From the DNS administrator, right-click a blank area of the screen and select Refresh.

Note – The DNS update may take a couple of minutes to appear.


4. Confirm that the CANCUN-SE alias now references cabo-se instead of monterrey-se.

5. Restart Outlook

From the mexicocity-se remote desktop session:


2. Close Outlook.



4. Confirm that the CANCUN-SE alias now references cabo-se instead of monterrey-se.

5. Restart Outlook


12 – Send Messages During the failover you may see the following messages from Outlook. They indicate that Replistor is in process of transferring control over to a stand-by Exchange server.

1. From the tijuana-se remote desktop session, send a message from the Utah user to the

California user.


2. From the mexicocity-se remote desktop session, verify that the message was received and send a reply from the California user to the Utah user.


3. From the tijuana-se remote desktop session verify that the reply was received

13 – Trigger a Failback From the tijuana-se remote desktop session:

1. Right-click the CANCUN-SE alias and select Fail Back.

2. Click Yes to confirm that you want to initiate the fail back for CANCUN-SE alias.

3. Wait until the message Successfully removed alias: CANCUN-SE appears in the Messages

pane.


From the mexicocity-se remote desktop session:

1. Right-click the First Storage Group specification and select Enable.

2. Right-click the First Storage Group specification and select Synchronize.


3. On the Sync Options screen click Sync Now.

4. Confirm that you want to synchronize the specification by clicking Yes.

5. Wait until the scale icon is level.

14 – Reconnect to Outlook From the mexicocity-se remote desktop session:



2. Close Outlook.



4. Confirm that the CANCUN-SE alias now references monterrey-se instead of cabo-se.

5. Restart Outlook.

Note – If you get an error that the Exchange server cannot be contacted, the DNS alias update has not propagated or the Exchange server is not ready. Wait a few seconds and try again.




2. Close Outlook.



4. Confirm that the CANCUN-SE alias now references monterrey-se instead of cabo-se.

5. Restart Outlook.


Note – If you get an error that the Exchange server cannot be contacted, the DNS alias update has not propagated or the Exchange server is not ready. Wait a few seconds and try again.

15 – Send Messages 1. From the mexicocity-se remote desktop session, send a message from the California user to

the Utah user.


2. From the tijuana-se remote desktop session, verify that the message was received and send a reply from the California user to the Utah user.


3. From the mexicocity-se remote desktop session verify that the reply was received

16 – Create a VSS snapshot From the mexicocity-se remote desktop session:

1. Right-click the First Storage Group specification and select Modify.

2. Click the VSS Parameters tab.


3. Explain that if the Shadow Copy On Target option is selected, the RepliStor driver forwards a Shadow Copy operation for a volume that it is mirroring as it would any other write operation. RepliStor pauses replication immediately before the Shadow Copy operation and un-pauses replication immediately after the Shadow Copy operation to ensure consistency of the snapshot on the target system.

4. Click VSS Schedule.


5. Explain that Shadow Copies can be created manually or according to a schedule.

6. Click Cancel to close the Shadow Copy Schedule window. Click Cancel again to close the

Specifications window

7. Make sure that the specification First Storage Group is enabled. Right-click First Storage Group and select Shadow Copy to perform a manual Shadow Copy.


8. Verify that backup type is set to Full and click OK to confirm that you want to create a Shadow Copy.

9. Wait for the message Shadow Copy validation has been completed successfully on the

target to appear in the Messages pane. The Shadow Copy has been created and validated.

17 – Remove the Exchange Database From the mexicocity-se remote desktop session:

1. Select Maintanance Alias.


2. Uncheck Activate Aliases and click OK.

3. Wait until Successfully removed alias: CANCUN-SE appears in the Messages pane.


4. Double-click the monterrey_exch shortcut on the desktop to open \\monterrey-se\d$\Program Files\Exchsrvr\mdbdata.

5. Delete all Exchange database files.


1. Double-click the cabo_exch shortcut on the desktop to open \\cabo-se\d$\Program Files\Exchsrvr\mdbdata.

2. Verify that deletion of the Exchange files has been replicated.


18 – Recover Exchange From the mexicocity-se remote desktop session, right click the First Storage Group specification and select Disable.


1. Look under the monterrey-se source site for the Shadow Copy Set you created previously, right-click it and select Revert. Explain that the Shadow Copy Set can also be mounted to a directory.


2. Mark the checkbox next to Force unmount of volume and click OK.

3. Wait until the message Shadow Copy successfully reverted appears in the Messages pane.

4. Double-click the cabo_exch shortcut on the desktop to open \\cabo-se\d$\Program

Files\Exchsrvr\mdbdata.

5. Navigate to \\cabo-se\d$\Program Files\Exchsrvr\mdbdata to show the Exchange data as it

existed at the time the Shadow Copy was created.


6. Right-click cabo-se and select Add Specification…

7. Select D:\Program Files\Exchsrvr\mdbdata as the source and click Next.


8. Select MONTERREY-SE as the target server, verify that Same as Source is selected and click Next.


9. Click Next to accept the default options.


10. Click Next to accept the default VSS Parameter (disabled).


11. Click Finish to accept the default Synchronization options.

12. Click Yes to confirm the circular replication warning.

13. Wait until the scale is level.


14. Right click the D:\Program Files\Exchsrvr\mdbdata\ specification and select Disable.

15. Right click the D:\Program Files\Exchsrvr\mdbdata\ specification and select Delete.


16. Click OK to confirm the deletion.

19 – Start and Resync Exchange From the mexicocity-se remote desktop session:

1. Double-click the monterrey_exch shortcut on the desktop to open \\monterrey-se\d$\Program Files\Exchsrvr\mdbdata.

2. Show the data in \\monterrey-se\d$\Program Files\Exchsrvr\mdbdata has been restored.


3. Select Maintenance->Alias.

4. Mark the checkbox next to Activate Aliases, and click OK.

5. Wait until the message Successfully added alias: CANCUN-SE appears in the Messages

pane.


6. Right Click the First Storage Group specification and select Enable.

7. Right Click the First Storage Group specification and select Synchronize.


8. Click Sync Now to accept the default Sync Options.

9. Click Yes to confirm that you want to begin the replication.

10. Wait until the scale next to sync status is level.

11. Send additional test messages with Outlook, if desired.

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