You do what you have to do and of course Microsoft does this in SBS BUT....... Single point of failure for your domain - not good! Recovery of AD and Exchange in the same disaster - fill in your own horror story. Both Exchange and Active Directory are based on resource hungry databases, and are serving users in time critical functions. Both systems can use large amounts of RAM; disk capacity and bandwidth; and processor time. If these processes have to compete for those resources then poor performance is your most likely outcome. Any DC that runs Exchange needs to be a Global Catalogue server. If you haven't made your Sharepoint box a GC as well you need to consider it as a very important move. There are potential security issues (especially if you publish OWA) but that should do for now.
John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership For Strong Families 315 SE 2nd Ave Gainesville, Fl 32601 Office (352) 393-2741 x320 Cell (352) 215-6944 Fax (352) 393-2746 MCSE, MCTS, MCP+I, A+, N+, VSP4, VTSP4 From: Doug Rooney [mailto:d...@sonomatilemakers.com] Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 4:59 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Mail store issues What do you mean Very BAD? For the longest time this was our only server, so it had everything. When we got a new server I move SQL services to that, then we got a server just for file serving and I moved all of the files off, we now have a SharePoint server that is a BDC and a couple of terminal servers. Thank You ~Doug Rooney Sonoma Tilemakers IT Manager 7750 Bell Rd. Windsor Ca, 95492 (707) 837-8177 X211 (707) 837-9472 FAX i...@sonomatilemakers.com<mailto:i...@sonomatilemakers.com> From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org] Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 1:44 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Mail store issues A few quick points as I'm no Master of exchange like MBS, Lefkovics, Blackstone, et al Exchange on a DC = Very BAD! You can move mailboxes without dismounting the DB but the users involved will not have access during the move. Creating a new DB and moving the mailboxes into it are the preferred way to regain white space but not really necessary unless you have a huge amount (25%+) of whitespace (event 1221 will tell you what is there). The movement MIGHT cure the corruption issue, nothing to lose but time. John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership For Strong Families 315 SE 2nd Ave Gainesville, Fl 32601 Office (352) 393-2741 x320 Cell (352) 215-6944 Fax (352) 393-2746 MCSE, MCTS, MCP+I, A+, N+, VSP4, VTSP4 ________________________________ CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT: The information transmitted, or contained or attached to or with this Notice is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain Protected Health Information (PHI), confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, transmission, dissemination, or other use of, and taking any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient without the express written consent of the sender are prohibited. This information may be protected by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), and other Federal and Florida laws. Improper or unauthorized use or disclosure of this information could result in civil and/or criminal penalties. Consider the environment. Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to. This email and any attached files are confidential and intended solely for the intended recipient(s). If you are not the named recipient you should not read, distribute, copy or alter this email. Any views or opinions expressed in this email are those of the author and do not represent those of the company. Warning: Although precautions have been taken to make sure no viruses are present in this email, the company cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage that arise from the use of this email or attachments.
