How to Configure Clustered Mailbox Server Ownership

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Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 will reach end of support on April 11, 2017. To stay supported, you will need to upgrade. For more information, see Resources to help you upgrade your Office 2007 servers and clients.

 

Applies to: Exchange Server 2007, Exchange Server 2007 SP1, Exchange Server 2007 SP2, Exchange Server 2007 SP3

This topic describes how to use the Exchange Management Shell to manipulate the ownership of nodes with clustered mailbox servers. Setup for single copy clusters automatically assigns ownership of the clustered mailbox servers to both the active and the passive node. You may need to manipulate the ownership of nodes after Setup if you do not want this default, or you are reconfiguring an existing system.

Before You Begin

To successfully perform the following procedure, the node on which the command is run must be a member of the same Microsoft Windows Server 2003 cluster of the active node.

To perform the following procedure, the account you use must be delegated the following:

  • Exchange Server Administrator role and local Administrators group for the target server

For more information about permissions, delegating roles, and the rights that are required to administer Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, see Permission Considerations

Procedure

To use the Exchange Management Shell to change clustered mailbox server node ownership

  1. Check the current pairing setting for the clustered mailbox server by running the following command:

    Get-MailboxServer -Identity:<Name> | format-list

    Note

    Look for the value RedundantMachines in the output list.

  2. To change ownership of the clustered mailbox server, run the following command:

    Set-MailboxServer -Identity:<Name> -redundantmachines:{<ActiveNodeName>,<PassiveNodeName>}

  3. Verify the new ownership settings for the clustered mailbox server by running the following command:

    Get-MailboxServer -Identity:<Name> | format-list

    Note

    Look for the value of RedundantMachines in the output list.