Description

This training will teach you how to implement techniques intended to ensure high availability of an Exchange 2013 corporate messaging infrastructure. It details, among other things, Clustering, the Data Availability Group, mail security and the management of a disaster recovery plan.

Who is this training for ?

For whom ?

Systems engineers or network managers having to implement Microsoft Exchange 2013 in a high availability environment.

Prerequisites

Training objectives

Training program

• Introduction to HD (High Availability)
  • Why think about high availability? HD solutions: Hardware cluster/Software cluster.
  • Initial check list before thinking about HD for Exchange.
  • Availability of services and data.
• Exchange 2013 Highly Available Architecture
  • Reminder of the multi-role topology.
  • HUB/MBX servers.
  • Client access servers (CAS).
  • Example of simple and complex architecture.
  • New features of high availability.
  • Practical work rnDesign of an Exchange 2013 HD architecture.
• Database Availability Group (DAG)
  • DAG working principle, backup and restore of a DAG.
  • Active and passive base copies.
  • Network segmentation for replication traffic.
  • Manual or automatic failover.
  • HD extended to several Active Directory sites.
  • Automatic recovery.
  • High availability of folders public.
  • Practical work Setting up the DAG.
  • Settings and switchover tests.
• High availability and site resilience
  • Site resiliency requirements.
  • Minimum hardware requirements.
  • Storage constraints and software configuration.
  • Resilience planning
  • Practical work Implementation of site resilience
• High transport availability
  • How the Exchange transport works.
  • Hidden redundancy.
  • Duplicate message detection.
  • Consequences of adding/removing HUB.
  • Practical work Setting up HD for transport servers.
• High availability of client access servers
  • Standalone CAS server or Array of CAS servers.
  • Setting up the NLB on Exchange servers.
  • Creation and configuration of the CAS Array.
  • Practical work Setting up HD for CAS servers.
• PRA (Business Resumption Plan)
  • Definition of a PRA.
  • Recovery in the event of a disaster for MBX, CAS and HUB servers.
  • Practical work Setting up a a PRA.