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Service Restoration Mechanisms

Topic Last Modified: 2009-03-06

The mechanisms you use to restore service to a component of an Office Communications Server 2007 R2 deployment depend partly on how you decide to restore service. You can simply recover data and settings, or you can completely rebuild one or more servers or pools. The next section describes both methods. In general, service restoration mechanisms include:

  • Windows operating system installation software. To restore an operating system, use the deployment procedures and configurations established by your organization for server deployment. Ensure that these procedures and configuration requirements are available for service restoration.
  • SQL Server installation software. To restore a database server, use the appropriate version of SQL Server and the deployment procedures and configurations established by your organization for database server deployment. Ensure that these procedures and configuration requirements are available for service restoration.
  • SQL Server Management Studio Express or SQL Server Management Studio. To restore a database server or a database, use SQL Server Management Studio Express for the database of a Standard Edition server or SQL Server Management Studio for all other databases in your Office Communications Server 2007 R2 deployment, along with deployment procedures and configurations established by your organization for database deployment. Ensure that these procedures and configuration requirements are available for service restoration.
  • Office Communications Server 2007 R2 installation software. To restore Office Communications Server 2007 or to install Office Communications Server 2007 R2 administrative tools on a computer, use the deployment procedures and configuration established by your organization for servers deployed in your organization. Ensure that these procedures and configuration requirements are available for service restoration.
  • The LCSCmd.exe tool. This tool is one of the administrative tools available when you install Office Communications Server 2007 R2 administrative tools on a computer. This documentation includes procedures that describe how to use this tool.
  • Office Communications Server 2007 R2 snap-in. This tool is part of the Office Communications Server 2007 R2 administrative tools that you can install on any computer in the domain. This documentation includes procedures that describe how to use this tool.
  • Communicator Web Access snap-in. To import the backed-up configuration file for the Communicator Web Access virtual server, use the Office Communicator Web Access Import Wizard in the Communicator Web Access snap-in. The Communicator Web Access snap-in is available on any server in the domain on which Office Communications Server 2007 R2 administrative tools are installed.
  • File transfer program used by your organization. This program is used to copy the Group Chat settings file (Group Chat computer-level settings) to a restored Group Chat Server or Group Chat Compliance Server. You cannot use the LCSCmd.exe tool to restore the Group Chat settings.

The procedures provided in this document describe how to use these mechanisms to restore service.