Lesson 3

Lesson 3 Deploying Exchange Server 2007

Learning Objectives
Students will learn to: Meet Active Directory Requirements Prepare Legacy Exchange Servers Meet Hardware Requirements Meet Software Requirements Perform a Graphical Installation Perform an Unattended Installation Finalize the Installation

ODN Skills
installation. installation. Prepare the infrastructure for Exchange 1.1 Prepare the servers for Exchange 1.2 Install Exchange. 1.3

Key Terms
Exchange Best Practices Analyzer A utility that can be used to analyze the performance, configuration, and health of an Exchange Server 2007 computer. Exchange organization An object that represents Exchange Server computers within the same organization and Active Directory forest. Just a Bunch of Disks (JBOD) A series of hard disk drives that are treated as a single contiguous volume. JBOD is also known as RAID level 1 or spanning. link state A method used in Exchange Server 2003 and earlier when determining the best route for email to take when it is transferred between routing groups within the Exchange organization. migration computer. The process of moving a user, configuration, or role to another location or

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Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment (PATA) A hard disk technology that transfers information across a parallel interface cable to the computer. Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) A standard used to define the methods used to create volumes from several different hard disks. routing groups Objects used within Exchange Server 2000/2003 to represent a set of Exchange server computers within the same site or fast LAN. Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) A hard disk technology that transfers information across a serial interface cable to the computer. Small Computer Systems Interface (SCSI) A hard disk technology that is commonly used within server computers due to its fast transfer speed. Storage Area Network (SAN) A series of network-available storage devices that are available to computers for storage via a fast interconnect. Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) A server software component that automates and simplifies the distribution of updates to the computers within your organization.

Lesson 3 Deploying Exchange Server 2007

Knowledge Assessment Fill in the Blank
Complete the following sentences by writing the correct word or words in the blanks provided. 1.The recommended size of the paging file on your Exchange server is equal to the amount of RAM in your server plus 10 MB. 2.Fault tolerant RAID configurations are most appropriate for Exchange servers that host the Mailbox server role. 3.MSXML 6.0 or later is a software prerequisite for the Unified Messaging (UM) server role. 4.When an Exchange Server 2007 is added to the forest, its computer account is automatically added to the Exchange Servers universal security group in the forest root domain.

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Lesson 3 5.After you license your Exchange server, you must restart the Microsoft Exchange Information Store service for the changes to be applied. 6.If your existing Exchange Server 2003 infrastructure contains more than one routing group, you must disable link state in the registry of the legacy Exchange server prior to deploying Exchange Server 2007. 7.To remove server roles from an existing Exchange Server 2007 computer, you must be a member of the Exchange Organization Administrators group. 8.To prepare the AD schema for the installation of the first Exchange Server 2007 computer, you can use the setup.com /ps (or setup.com /PrepareSchema) command. 9.The Exchange organization name is usually the same as your Organization name. 10. To quickly view your server configuration from within the Exchange Management Shell, you can type the get-ExchangeServer | Format-List command.

Multiple Choice
Circle the letter that corresponds to the best answer. 1.How much RAM is recommended for a quad-core Xeon computer that will run the Mailbox role only with 800 mailboxes? a. b. c. d. 2 GB 6 GB 8 GB 9 GB Mailbox Role needs 2GB + 5MB(800 mailboxes) = 6GB 2.How much RAM is recommended for a dual-core AMD64 computer that will run the Mailbox, CAS and Hub roles and plans on hosting 200 mailboxes? a. b. c. d. 2 GB 6 GB 8 GB 9 GB Hub Role needs 2 x 1GB/core = 2GB CAS Role needs 2 x 2GB/core = 4GB Mailbox Role needs 2GB + 5MB(200 mailboxes) = 3GB 3.How much disk space do you require across all NTFS partitions to install the CAS and UM roles on a new Exchange server with one UM language pack? a. b. c. d. 1.7 GB 1.9 GB 2.4 GB 2.6 GB

The recommended RAM is 6GB:

The recommended RAM is 9GB:

You need 1.9GB of space - 1.2GB for Exchange files, 200MB on the system partition for Exchange configuration, and 500MB for one language pack

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Lesson 3 4.Which of the following are requirements before running the setup /PrepareSchema command? (Choose all that apply.) a. b. c. d. Your user account must be a part of the Enterprise Admins group Your user account must be a part of the Schema Admins group The DC that hosts the Schema Master FSMO must be on a computer running Exchange Server 2003 SP1 or Exchange Server 2003 R2. Your Exchange server must be in the same AD site as the Schema Master FSMO.

All of these are required in order to extended the AD Schema within the forest. 5.Which of the following Exchange server roles require that IIS is installed? (Choose all that apply.) a. b. c. d. CAS Mailbox Hub Edge

The CAS and Mailbox roles require IIS. 6.Which log in the Windows Event Viewer contains Exchange-related events? a. b. c. d. Security Directory Services System Application

The Application log in Event Viewer is used to record Exchange events. 7.Which of the following Exchange server roles requires that the RPC over HTTP Proxy be installed? a. b. c. d. CAS Mailbox Hub Edge

The CAS role requires the RPC over HTTP Proxy component in order to allow email clients to connect using the RPC over HTTP protocol. 8.Which of the following storage configurations use external hard disks that can be shared by multiple servers? a. b. c. d. RAID SAN SCSI PATA

SANs maintain data in external hard disks. 9.Which of the following log files lists the tasks that were performed during the Exchange Server 2007 installation process? a. b. c. %systemroot%\ExchangeSetup.msilog %systemroot%\ExchangeSetup.log %systemroot%\ExchangeSetupLogs\ExchangeSetup.msilog

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Lesson 3 d. %systemroot%\ExchangeSetupLogs\ExchangeSetup.log %systemroot %\ExchangeSetupLogs\ExchangeSetup.log contains the actions that were performed during the Exchange installation. %systemroot %\ExchangeSetupLogs\ExchangeSetup.msilog contains information regarding software extraction during the installation process. 10. Which of the following directories contains Exchange-related programs following a successful Exchange Server 2007 installation? a. b. c. d. %systemroot%\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\bin %systemroot%\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\OAB %systemroot%\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\Scripts %systemroot%\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\ExchangeMTA

%systemroot%\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\bin contains the programs used by Exchange server.

True/False
Circle T if the statement is true or F if the statement is false. TF 1. TF 2. TF 3. TF 4. TF 5. TF 6. TF 7. TF 8. TF 9. A typical Exchange installation installs the CAS, UM and Mailbox roles by default. You must have at least one Hub role in each AD site that will contain Exchange servers or recipients. Mailbox roles cannot share hardware with other roles. Edge roles cannot share hardware with other roles. All domains that will have Exchange servers or recipient objects must be set to Windows 2000 Native functional level or higher. You must ensure that at least one DC in each domain that will contain Exchange servers hosts the GC. To install the CAS role, you must ensure that the server contains the ASP.NET component of IIS. All Exchange server roles require the .NET Framework 1.0 or later. You can not perform an in-place upgrade of Exchange Server 2003 to Exchange Server 2007.

TF 10. Exchange Server 2007 can not be installed on the Itanium 64-bit architecture. 1.False 2.True 3.False 4.True 5.True 6.False 7.True 8.False 9.True 10. True

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Review Questions
1.Explain why smaller organizations are more likely to implement Exchange servers that contain multiple roles. Smaller organizations will likely have fewer users, email requirements, and monetary resources to spend on server hardware. As a result, smaller organizations are likely to implement an Exchange server that contains the CAS, Hub and Mailbox roles in each location and add additional Exchange servers as the organization grows. 2.Give some reasons why the command setup /PrepareAD /OrganizationName:name would fail (where name is the Exchange organization name). This command would fail if the user who ran it is not part of the Enterprise Admins group. It could also fail if there is a special character in the Exchange organization name or if there is an existing Exchange organization in the forest from a previous Exchange infrastructure.

Case Scenarios Scenario 3-1: Planning Exchange Server Roles You are the network administrator for a clothing retailer that has the following locations in the U.S., Canada and Europe: Denver 500 users across two sites. Miami 1100 users across three sites. Toronto 600 users in one site. Berlin 400 users in one site. London 800 users across two sites. All locations should perform virus and spam filtering on all incoming email as well as provide encrypted access for employees that check their email from home. In addition, Toronto and Miami require Unified Messaging functionality. Diagram a sample Exchange Server 2007 infrastructure for this organization that lists the number of Exchange servers required in each location and the roles that should be present on each Exchange server. Provide a rationale for all recommendations. Answers will vary, but will include several server roles in each location. The Edge role cannot share hardware with other server roles and the UM role must exist in the Miami and Toronto locations. In general, the number of roles in each location should be proportionate to the number of users and should provide for multiple locations where necessary.

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Scenario 3-2: Planning Exchange Hardware and Software For the servers that you recommended in Scenario 3-1, detail the hardware and software required to support the Exchange Server 2007 server roles and user requirements in a short memo. Justify all of your decisions. Answers will vary, but will obey the hardware and software recommendations and requirements listed in this Lesson. In general, the hardware requirements should be proportionate to the number of users in each location.

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