Professional Windows® PowerShell for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1

Chapter 13: Single Copy Clusters

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This script may seem a little excessive at first, but it takes PowerShell, calls the Exchange snap - in for

PowerShell, calls an Exchange cmdlet, and then uses part of the native .NET functionality to manipulate

the variable into something useful!

Thus far this chapter has shown how to use PowerShell to create, format, and present disks to the

servers and to create the necessary connections. From there an automated installation and configuration

of the MSCS cluster was performed, which then allowed for a scripted install of the Mailbox role in a

clustered mailbox configuration. After the Mailbox role was installed, further PowerShelling provided

the rest of the Exchange resource configuration. A manual deployment of a two - node cluster can take

several hours and is prone to error if the administrator is not diligent in making sure that both systems

are configured properly. However, by using PowerShell the deployment time is cut considerably, system

configuration is reduced in complexity, and the scripts can be reused for future deployments or for

disaster testing.

Resource Management

Exchange Server 2007 allows Exchange administrators the ability to control cluster resources, natively,

from PowerShell. The cluster cmdlets perform the same essential functions as the

cluster.exe

command, but are simpler to use, have a streamlined appearance, ...