Exchange 2007
Verari ran an Exchange 2007 server environment, with Active/Passive
Cluster Continuous Replication. In addition to the
CCR failover Mailbox stores, we had redundant
Client/Access servers all hiding behind a single host name with
Round-Robin DNS and wildcard SSL certificate. I believe the wildcard
SSL is technically not supported by Microsoft, but it was working
well. 100% service uptime!
- ExchangeHealthCheck.ps1
- With
a complex CCR setup, we needed a way to keep tabs on
all operational services. This HealthCheck was run identically as a
Scheduled Task (with offset schedules) on all servers. If anything was
detected amiss by any
one server, it would send mail to a contact address to alert. (And with
such a redundant setup, the assumption is that nothing would ever be so
catastrophic as to prevent this alert from going out; so far
so good.) This script tests for:
- CCR
replication health
- CCR
storage group copy status
- Cluster
vs Resource node equivalencies
- Required
services running
- Transport/Delivery
mail flow
- MAPI
connectivity
- ClusterNodeSwap.ps1
- A
script to flip the Active/Passive role of the CCR
servers. Normal maintenance of the Cluster was to Windows-Update the
idle Passive server, and then flip roles and repeat for the formerly
Active node.
- ExchangeBackup.ps1
- A
script that will automatically determine how many
Exchange databases exist (mail store or public folder), and execute the
necessary NTBACKUP commands to back them up. NTBACKUP method is Full,
Disk-to-Disk buffered, no compression.
- Get-Forwarding.ps1
- A
PowerShell script to identify all Recipient objects that
are forwarded elsewhere. This applies equally to Contacts, Users, and
any other mail-enabled types. The forward's destination entity as well
as resolved SMTP address is displayed. Output is object-oriented for
pipelining to other commands.
