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Combining affinity rule types

Recently a customer asked if host-vm affinity rules and VM-VM anti-affinity rules can be combined and what the impact and caveats are of this particular configuration. Example scenario In this scenario two virtual machines run an application that is clustered at application level. Virtual machine 1 and 2 provide the service of App-cluster1, similar clustersContinue reading “Combining affinity rule types”

Deployment Prerequisites Exchange 2010

Need to install before 1. PowerShell 2. Remote AD DS Management tools 3. Open powershell and run the following command ◦Import-Module ServerManager •For a server that will have the typical installation of Client Access, Hub Transport, and the Mailboxroles: ◦Add-WindowsFeature NET-Framework,RSAT-ADDS,Web-Server,Web-Basic-Auth,Web-Windows-Auth,Web-Metabase,Web-Net-Ext,Web-Lgcy-Mgmt-Console,WAS-Process-Model,RSAT-Web-Server,Web-ISAPI-Ext,Web-Digest-Auth,Web-Dyn-Compression,NET-HTTP-Activation,RPC-Over-HTTP-Proxy,Web-WMI -Restart •For a server that will host the Client Access and Hub Transportserver roles:Continue reading “Deployment Prerequisites Exchange 2010”