How to Specify the Possible Owners for an Exchange Resource Using Cluster Administrator

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You can specify the nodes that can run an Exchange resource. Generally, it is a good idea to specify all nodes in the cluster as possible owners for a resource. This approach enables failover for that resource. This procedure outlines how to specify the possible owners for an Exchange resource using Cluster Administrator.

Before You Begin

Before you start managing your Exchange cluster, you may want to review what constitutes an Exchange Virtual Server and its associated Exchange resources. You may also want to become more familiar with Cluster Administrator—the primary tool used to configure and manage clusters.

Note

Before performing the cluster administration tasks outlined in this chapter, you must be familiar with the clustering concepts described in "Checklist: Preparation for installing a cluster" in the Microsoft Windows Server™ 2003 Enterprise Edition Online Help and in the Windows Server 2003 Technical Reference.

Also, make sure that you are familiar with "Using Server Clustering" in Planning an Exchange Server 2003 Messaging System and with "Deploying Exchange 2003 in a Cluster," in the Exchange Server 2003 Deployment Guide.

Procedure

To specify the possible owners for an Exchange resource

  • On the General tab (see the following figure) in the resource's Properties dialog box, under Possible owners, click Modify, and then specify the nodes that you want to be possible owners for this resource.

    General tab in the Properties dialog box for the Exchange Information Store Instance resource

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