How do I create a database availability group in Exchange 2013?
Highlight the new Database Availability Group and click the icon to manage DAG membership. Add the servers that you wish to join the DAG and then click Save. This process will install and configure the Failover Clustering feature of Windows Server 2012 and add the new DAG members to the cluster.
Can we install Exchange Server on domain controller?
Installing Exchange on domain controllers isn’t supported when the Exchange organization is configured for Active Directory split permissions. To install Exchange on a domain controller, you need to configure the Exchange organization for Role Based Access Control (RBAC) split permissions or shared permissions.
What is quorum in Exchange 2013?
Quorum represents a shared view of members and resources, and the term quorum is also used to describe the physical data that represents the configuration within the cluster that’s shared between all cluster members. As a result, all DAGs require their underlying failover cluster to have quorum.
What is database availability group in Exchange 2013?
A database availability group (DAG) is a set of up to 16 Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Mailbox servers that provides automatic, database-level recovery from a database, server, or network failure.
Does Exchange server need Active Directory?
Each Exchange server must communicate with Active Directory to retrieve information about recipients and information about the other Exchange servers. Mailbox servers store configuration information about mailbox users and mailbox stores in Active Directory.
Is Exchange server a domain controller?
Since the Exchange server is already a domain controller and they say, “Demoting a domain controller to a member server isn’t supported,” this question is pretty much academic. On Small Business Servers, my practice has been to shut down the Exchange services before shutting down or restarting the server.
Is a dag a cluster?
A failover cluster is created using the name of the DAG.