Great!! Thanks.. I will look back at my install notes and write up a doc to follow. I do better with some notes instead of relying on memory. :) LOL
From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Michael B. Smith Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2015 3:48 PM To: exchange@lists.myitforum.com Subject: [Exchange] RE: Steps to Combine existing Exchange 2010 CAS/HUB servers with Mailbox Servers Hahahahaha. Pretty much the obvious. At a high level: Ensure you've got enough memory and processor resources on the MB servers. Install CAS+HT on the MB servers. Configure CAS+HT on the MB servers. Update send+receive connectors. Test test test! Redirect LBs Test test test! Update send+receive connectors (removing old CAS+HT) Remove old CAS+HT. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com> [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Alice Goodman Sent: Friday, February 13, 2015 7:11 PM To: exchange@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:exchange@lists.myitforum.com> Subject: [Exchange] RE: Steps to Combine existing Exchange 2010 CAS/HUB servers with Mailbox Servers Yes, of course. :) And the process is? From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com> [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Michael B. Smith Sent: Friday, February 13, 2015 3:01 PM To: exchange@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:exchange@lists.myitforum.com> Subject: [Exchange] RE: Steps to Combine existing Exchange 2010 CAS/HUB servers with Mailbox Servers Are the MB servers in a DAG? If so, proceed. If not, why not? And don't proceed. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com> [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Alice Goodman Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2015 9:23 PM To: exchange@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:exchange@lists.myitforum.com> Subject: [Exchange] Steps to Combine existing Exchange 2010 CAS/HUB servers with Mailbox Servers Existing 2010 architecture is 2 primary MBX servers, 2 primary CAS/HUB virtuals, 1 virtual MBX Server just for file share witness and as a console for Kroll OnTrack so Outlook is installed, and 1 HA Server Mailbox/CAS/HUB server in another office for HA. Has anyone combined existing Exchange 2010 CAS/HUB servers with Mailbox Servers? There is a push here to combine the roles all on the existing Mailbox Servers, which are physical servers, and take the CAS/HUB servers down, which are virtuals. The reasoning is that 4 years ago, when these were built, MS Best Practices were to separate the roles, but that seems to have shifted now. It would save us some licensing costs as well as having fewer servers to patch and manage. There is a KEMP load balancer in front of the CAS/HUBS and a Barracuda in front of that. I am looking for some suggestions on steps to take and things to look out for. :) Thanks, Alice
