How to Disable MTA Monitoring on an Exchange Virtual Server
By default, an Exchange 2003 server monitors the MTA service. In a cluster environment, MTA runs only on one of the physical nodes (computers). To prevent the monitoring process from incorrectly reporting that Exchange Virtual Servers that are not running the MTA service are in an error state, disable MTA monitoring on the second Exchange Virtual Server (and if applicable, any other additional Exchange Virtual Servers) of a cluster. You do not have to disable MTA monitoring on the first Exchange Virtual Server of a cluster. This procedure describes how to disable MTA monitoring on an Exchange Virtual Server.
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 disable MTA monitoring on an Exchange Virtual Server
In Exchange System Manager, in the console tree, expand Servers, right-click the appropriate Exchange Virtual Server, and then click Properties.
In the <Server Name> Properties dialog box, click the Monitoring tab.
On the Monitoring tab, select Default Microsoft Exchange Services from the list of services, and then click Details.
In the Default Microsoft Exchange Services dialog box, select Microsoft Exchange MTA Stacks, and then click Remove.
Click OK two times.