PLANNING A MICROSOFT EXCHANGE SERVER 2003 INFRASTRUCTURE

Chapter 2

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OVERVIEW

Installation considerations Preparing forests and domains Performing an Exchange Server 2003

installation Unattended installation Removing an Exchange Server 2003

server from an organization

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WHY PLANNING IS FUNDAMENTAL Exchange Server 2003 is a complex

application It is tightly integrated with Active

Directory Decisions made at this stage have both

installation and operational implications

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INSTALLATION CONSIDERATIONS Supported combinations of Exchange

and Windows Server Hardware requirements Windows services required by Exchange

Server 2003

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SUPPORTED COMBINATIONS OF EXCHANGE AND WINDOWS SERVER

Windows NT 4.0 Server

Exchange Exchange Server 5.5Server 5.5

Windows 2000 Server (any service pack)

Exchange Exchange 2000 Server2000 Server

Exchange Exchange Server 2003Server 2003

Windows 2000 Server (SP1 or later)

Windows 2000 Server (SP3 or later)

Windows Server 2003

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WINDOWS SERVER 2003 FEATURES Volume Shadow Copy service Internet Protocol Security (IPSec) support for

front-end and back-end clusters Cross-forest Kerberos authentication with

Microsoft Outlook 2003 Internet Information Services (IIS) version 6.0 Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) access from

Outlook 2003 Real-time collaboration Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server Web Parts

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HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS

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ROLES AND PERMISSIONS

Run ForestPrep for the first time Schema Admins

Enterprise Admins

TaskTaskRole or Group Role or Group MembershipMembership

Exchange Full Administrator at the organization level

Run ForestPrep, other than for the first time

Exchange Full Administrator at the organization level

Run DomainPrep Domain Admins (in the target domain)

Install the first server in a domain Exchange Full Administrator at the organization level

Install additional servers in a domain

Exchange Full Administrator at the administrative group level

Install a server with the Site Replication Service (SRS) enabled

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SERVICES REQUIRED

Microsoft .NET Framework Microsoft ASP.NET World Wide Web (WWW) service Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)

service Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP)

service

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MICROSOFT .NET FRAMEWORK

Built into the Windows Server 2003 operating system

Automatically installed and enabled in Windows 2000 Server

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ASP.NET

Application Server Windows component Installed and enabled in Windows 2000

Server Not installed and enabled in Windows

Server 2003 Installed using Add Or Remove

Programs in Control Panel

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INTERNET INFORMATION SERVICES (IIS) COMPONENTS WWW service SMTP service NNTP service

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PREPARING FORESTS AND DOMAINS

ForestPrep DomainPrep

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FORESTPREP

A Setup.exe switch Updates the schema and configuration

partitions Must be run in the forest root domain Does not need to be run on the server on

which you are installing Exchange No need to specify an organization name Runs from Run command line or Exchange

Installation Wizard

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FORESTPREP SETUP

Insert the Exchange Server 2003 CD Run ForestPrep from the Run command

box

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MICROSOFT EXCHANGE INSTALLATION WIZARD

Starts when you run Setup with the ForestPrep switch

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MICROSOFT EXCHANGE INSTALLATION WIZARD (CONT.) Read the End User License Agreement

(EULA)

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MICROSOFT EXCHANGE INSTALLATION WIZARD (CONT.) If you try to install Exchange Server

2003 without running ForestPrep the same screen appears

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DOMAINPREP

A Setup.exe switch Updates the domain partition Run it in any domain that will contain

Exchange Server 2003 servers Run it in any domain that will contain

Exchange mailbox-enabled objects Does not need to be run on the server

on which you are installing Exchange

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SECURITY GROUPS CREATED BY DOMAINPREP

Exchange Domain Servers A global group that contains all Exchange

servers running in the domain you selected Exchange Enterprise Servers

A domain local group that contains all Exchange Domain Servers global groups

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INSTALLING EXCHANGE SERVER 2003

Installation types Installing into a new organization

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INSTALLATION TYPES

Create a new Exchange organization Join or upgrade an existing Exchange

Server 5.5 organization

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SETUP.EXE SWITCHES

/choosedc dcname /disasterrecovery

/domainprep/forestprep

/all

/createunattend filename.ini/?

/unattendfile filename.ini/encryptedmode

/showui/password password

/noerrorlogging/noeventlog

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INSTALLATION PROCESS

Accept the EULA Component selection Installation options Installation type Organization name Confirm installation choices Licensing agreement Installation

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COMPONENT SELECTION

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INSTALLATION TYPE

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ORGANIZATION NAME

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CONFIRM YOUR CHOICES

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LICENSING AGREEMENT

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INSTALLATION

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UNATTENDED INSTALLATION

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PERFORMING AN UNATTENDED INSTALLATION

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VERIFYING INSTALLATION

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REMOVING AN EXCHANGE SERVER FROM AN INSTALLATION This operation is performed when:

Retiring an aging server Phasing out a previous version of Exchange

The operation can be done by: Using the Exchange Installation Wizard Forcible removal

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REMOVING AN EXCHANGE SERVER USING EXCHANGE INSTALLATION WIZARD Preferred method Setup removes all references to the

server in Active Directory

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PREREQUISITES FOR REMOVING AN EXCHANGE SERVER WITH EXCHANGE INSTALLATION WIZARD Move or remove all mailboxes Not a bridgehead server Not a routing group master Not part of any connection agreements Cannot have any connectors installed

and in use Special roles must be transferred

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FORCIBLE REMOVAL

Not the recommended option Use if you cannot use Exchange

Installation Wizard Use if you have a lot of mailboxes you no

longer need and don’t want to remove them manually

Only removes references in Active Directory

Additional registry editing required

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FORCIBLY REMOVING EXCHANGE SERVER 2003

Use Exchange System Manager Click Yes to ignore the warning Delete the required registry keys as

listed in the Help file Remove the IIS components required by

Exchange Server 2003 (if they are not used for anything else)

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AFTER FORCIBLY REMOVING EXCHANGE SERVER 2003 Reboot the server Delete the folder structure and contents

for Exchange Server installation If server is installed in an Exchange

Server 5.5 site, delete the object in Exchange Server 5.5 Administrator

(Optionally) reinstall Windows Reapply service packs

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SUMMARY

Plan installation Prepare forest and domains Ensure necessary services are installed Perform an Exchange Server 2003

installation Unattended installation can be used for

subsequent servers Use Exchange Installation Wizard to

remove an Exchange Server 2003 server