Adding a Node

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Sometimes you might want to add a node to an existing Exchange cluster. For example, you may decide that you want to upgrade your existing 3-node, 2-active/1-passive configuration to a 4-node, 2-active/2-passive configuration.

To add a node, you must install Exchange 2003 on the node. For information about installing Exchange 2003 on a cluster node, see "Deploying Exchange Server 2003 in a Cluster" in the Exchange Server 2003 Deployment Guide.

After installing Exchange on the new node in the cluster, consider these settings:

  • Preferred ownership of your Exchange Virtual Servers   By default, the new node is not a preferred owner of any Exchange Virtual Server. Therefore, if you want the new node to be listed as a preferred owner you must change the properties on the respective Exchange Virtual Server in Cluster Administrator.

  • Possible ownership of the Exchange resources in an Exchange Virtual Server   By default, the new node that you created is added as a possible owner for all the resources for the Exchange Virtual Servers in your cluster. If you do not want the new node to be a possible owner for any of the resources in the Exchange Virtual Servers in your cluster, remove that node from the list of possible owners in Cluster Administrator.