Administrator's Guide

Figure 12 Keyboard, mouse, and monitor
1. Messaging system enclosure
2. Monitor
3. Keyboard
4. Mouse
Adding expansion disk enclosures to an installed messaging system
1. Rack the expansion disk enclosures.
2. Use the Exchange Management Console or the Exchange Management Shell to failover the
databases from the Bay 1 server to the Bay 2 server.
3. Power on the expansion disk enclosures.
CAUTION: In some cases, when adding new expansion disk enclosures, disks are seen
through a single path. This condition is reported as an error in the diagnostics initially performed
by the E5000 Configuration Wizard. To fix this problem, power cycle the expansion disk
enclosures by pressing and holding the button on the back of the unit, then pressing and
holding the button once again to power them back on. Then run the E5000 Configuration
Wizard from the All Programs shortcut.
For instructions, see “Configuring server software” (page 23).
The messaging system identifies the new storage and creates new LUNs.
4. Once the E5000 Configuration Wizard has completed, on the Bay 2 server, use the Exchange
Management Console or the Exchange Management Shell to manually failover the databases
from the Bay 2 server to the Bay 1 server.
5. Rebalance the databases using the RedistributeActiveDatabases.ps1 script located
(by default) at \Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V14\scripts. Run
this script within the Exchange Management Console.
6. Within the Microsoft Exchange Management Console, select New Mailbox Database:
a. Name the new database the next item in the sequence (for example, DB10).
b. Select a server.
c. Set the path based on the newly created LUNs.
7. Use Microsoft Exchange Management Console to add a mailbox copy.
Adding hard drives to an installed E5000 system
If you are running an E5000 system with fewer than the maximum number of hard drives, you can
add drives as follows:
1. Install the new drives as described in “Replacing the drive drawer hard drive” (page 106).
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