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Mission-Critical Microsoft Exchange 2003: Designing and Building Reliable Exchange Servers

Cochran, Jerry

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Table of contents
  • Cover
  • Copyright Pageiv
  • Contentsvii
  • Forewordxiii
  • Preface and Acknowledgementsxvii
  • The Increasing Importance of being Mission Criticalxvii
  • Chapter 1. Has Anyone Seen My Mission-Critical Microsoft Exchange Server?1
  • 1.1 Why are we here?1
  • 1.2 What does mission critical mean?5
  • 1.3 The four pillars of mission-critical11
  • 1.4 Assumptions about the reader21
  • 1.5 Who should read this book22
  • 1.6 How this book is organized23
  • Chapter 2. Public Enemy #1: Exchange Downtime27
  • 2.1 How do you measure downtime?28
  • 2.2 Step 1: What is the cost of Exchange downtime?30
  • 2.3 Step 2: Understanding the anatomy of Exchange downtime35
  • 2.4 Step 3: Assessing the causes of downtime for Exchange42
  • 2.5 Step 4: Defining mission-critical service-level agreements47
  • 2.6 The Final Step: Architecting mission-critical Exchange servers49
  • Chapter 3. The Heart of Exchange: Exchange Store Technology51
  • 3.1 Storage paradigms51
  • 3.2 Exchanges storage workhorse„the store64
  • 3.3 Microsoft’s Extensible Storage Engine (ESE)67
  • 3.4 Additional resources and information92
  • Chapter 4. When Exchange Servers Fall Down95
  • 4.1 How can an Exchange server fail?96
  • 4.2 Focus: Exchange recovery technology112
  • 4.3 Additional resources and information114
  • Chapter 5. Protecting and Recovering Exchange Data115
  • 5.1 Exchange backup/restore fundamentals115
  • 5.2 In depth: Exchange 2003 backup operation123
  • 5.3 In depth: Exchange 2003 restore operation132
  • 5.4 Supercharged disaster recovery for Exchange Server 2003135
  • 5.5 Additional resources and information153
  • Chapter 6. Exchange Server Disaster-Recovery Best Practices155
  • 6.1 Best practice #1: Understand Exchange technology155
  • 6.2 Best practice #2: Plan and partition data157
  • 6.3 Best practice #3: Establish disaster-recovery service-level agreements159
  • 6.4 Best practice #4: Select the right disaster-recovery technology161
  • 6.5 Best practice #5: Select the right backup and recovery strategy167
  • 6.6 Best practice #6: Look for ways to shrink disaster-recovery windows171
  • 6.7 Best practice #7: Develop an Exchange disaster-recovery plan174
  • 6.8 Best practice #8: Train personnel and practice disaster-recovery176
  • 6.9 Best practice #9: Disaster-recovery management177
  • 6.10 Best practice #10: Plan for growth’s impact on disaster-recovery184
  • Chapter 7. Mission-Critical Server and Storage Technologies187
  • 7.1 What’s your Exchange server made of?187
  • 7.2 Key server technologies for Exchange Server 2003190
  • 7.3 Key storage technologies for Exchange Server 2003198
  • 7.4 Storage technologies overview214
  • Chapter 8. Leveraging Exchange Clusters241
  • 8.1 High availability is a key concern241
  • 8.2 The problems clustering does and does not solve243
  • 8.3 Windows cluster technology fundamentals244
  • 8.4 A history lesson in Exchange Server clustering257
  • 8.5 Successfully deploying Exchange clusters272
  • Chapter 9. Locking Down Mission-Critical Exchange Servers297
  • 9.1 Threat: Denial of service298
  • 9.2 Threat: Viruses and spam/UCE300
  • 9.3 Threat: Unauthorized access and information disclosure301
  • 9.4 Threat: Forgery, spoofing, and relay302
  • 9.5 Windows Server security features303
  • 9.6 Locking down and securing your Exchange servers316
  • Chapter 10. Proactive Management for Mission-Critical Exchange Severs349
  • 10.1 Proactive versus reactive management350
  • 10.2 Establishing service-level agreements353
  • 10.3 Performance management362
  • 10.4 Configuration management370
  • 10.5 Fault management373
  • 10.6 Leveraging Microsoft Operations manager for Exchange server management374
  • 10.7 Putting it all together„mission-critical Exchange377
  • 10.8 Additional resources and information382
  • A. Supplemental Resources385
  • A.1 Microsoft-provided information on Exchange Server385
  • A.2 Supplemental Exchange security information388
  • A.3 Exchange backup and restore API information391
  • Index393
Book details
  • Vendor Elsevier S & T
  • SKU 9781555582944
  • ISBN-13 9780080491899
  • Author Cochran, Jerry
  • Category Computers
  • Subject General

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Mission-Critical Microsoft Exchange 2003 provides a complete update of Cochran's Mission-Critical Microsoft Exchange 2000, and complements Tony Redmond's new book, the best-selling Microsoft Exchange Server 2003. This book includes many of the same high-availability topics as the first edition but also expands the coverage of storage technology, server technology, management, and security. The book meets the needs of an Exchange administrator or system implementer who is striving to maintain a production Exchange environment that delivers superior service levels, high availability, manageability and scalability with the lowest cost of ownership.

· Gives "lessons learned" and other best practices from organizations that have successfully deployed Exchange
· Includes material on the forthcoming release of Exchange 2003
· Offers advice from one of the most experienced storage practitioners