Thursday, December 10, 2009

Installing Update Rollup 1 for Exchange 2010 on DAG Members

Hi , My friend Scott Schnoll has published this article with the steps required for the installation of Rollup 1 for Exchange Server 2010 on DAF Members

Installing Update Rollup 1 for Exchange 2010 on DAG Members

http://blogs.technet.com/scottschnoll/archive/2009/12/10/installing-update-rollup-1-for-exchange-2010-on-dag-members.aspx

Install a Update Rollup on a Database Availability Group Member

Suspend activation for the database copies on the server being updated
  1. Run the following command in the Exchange Management Shell:

Get-MailboxDatabaseCopyStatus -Server <Server> | Suspend-MailboxDatabaseCopy -ActivationOnly -Confirm:$False -SuspendComment "Install update rollup for Exchange 2010"

Perform a server switchover on the server being updated
  1. In the console tree, navigate to Server Configuration > Mailbox.
  2. In the result pane, select the Mailbox server you want.
  3. In the Actions pane, select Switchover Server.
  4. In the Switchover server database copies dialog box, do one of the following:
  • Accept the default setting of Automatically choose a target server (in which case, the system automatically selects the best Mailbox server for each database being switched over), and then click OK.
  • Use the specified server as the target for switchover, click Browse to select a Mailbox server, and then click OK.
Install the update rollup
  1. Close all Exchange management tools.

  2. Right-click the update rollup file (.MSP file) you downloaded and select Apply.

  3. On the Welcome page, click Next.

  4. On the License Terms page, review the license terms, select I accept the License Terms, and then click Next.

  5. On the Completion page, click Finish.

Resume activation for the databases on the updated server
  1. Run the following command in the Exchange Management Shell:

Get-MailboxDatabaseCopyStatus -Server <Server> | Resume-MailboxDatabaseCopy

Perform database switchovers as needed
  1. In the console tree, navigate to Organization Configuration > Mailbox.

  2. In the result pane, click the Database Management tab, and then right-click the mailbox database whose copy you want to activate.

  3. In the action pane, click Activate a Database Copy.

  4. On the Activate a Database Copy page, click Browse to select the server you updated.

  5. Select the desired setting for the automatic database mount dial setting on the selected server.

  6. Click Move to activate the selected passive copy of the database to the updated server.

  7. On the Completion page, review the following, and then click Finish to close the wizard.

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