Troubleshooting

Migrating Exchange 2010 To Dell Advanced Infrastructure Manager Environment
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Contents
Introduction ............................................................................................................. 4
Audience and Scope .................................................................................................... 4
Hardware Summary..................................................................................................... 5
Dell AIM and Its Components ......................................................................................... 5
AIM Controller ........................................................................................................ 5
Personas ............................................................................................................... 5
Management Consoles ............................................................................................... 5
Networking with AIM ................................................................................................ 6
Overview of Exchange ................................................................................................. 7
Exchange Database Availability Group ........................................................................... 7
Exchange Sample Solution Summary ............................................................................. 8
Deploying Exchange with AIM - A Brownfield scenario ......................................................... 11
Preparation for an AIM Environment ........................................................................... 11
Network Planning for Exchange with AIM ...................................................................... 11
Preparation for deploying AIM Software ....................................................................... 13
Installing AIM Software ........................................................................................... 14
Installing the AIM License file and Final Steps ................................................................ 16
AIM CLI Editor Setup and Use .................................................................................... 17
Migrating Exchange 2010 to AIM Environment ................................................................ 18
Creating and Configuring AIM Networks ....................................................................... 19
Configure AIM Networks .......................................................................................... 20
Boot up Persona and Install Agent .............................................................................. 20
Bring up Exchange services and mount the DB Copies on AIM managed Exchange Server ............ 20
Completing the Migration by Migrating Second Exchange 2010 server ................................... 20
Deploying Exchange with AIM - A Greenfield scenario ......................................................... 21
Upgrading firmware ............................................................................................... 21
Plan and configure Networking .................................................................................. 21
Install and setup AIM Controller software ..................................................................... 21
Discover the hardware resources to be managed by AIM ................................................... 21
Operating System Installation on local drives ................................................................ 21
Prepare the image for net boot ................................................................................. 21
Clone the Gold Copy .............................................................................................. 21
Creating and Configuring AIM Networks ....................................................................... 22