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Re: Test Environment for ADSM Exchange Agent

1999-09-14 11:07:57
Subject: Re: Test Environment for ADSM Exchange Agent
From: "Ryan, Damian [NCSUS]" <DRyan5 AT NCSUS.JNJ DOT COM>
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 11:07:57 -0400
Chris,

Very good suggestions.

I take it from your comment that setting up a separate system is the way to
go.  That is what I had suspected.
I just read up on the mailstorm.exe utility in the resource kit.  That
should help also.

Thanks again,


Damian Ryan


        -----Original Message-----
        From:   Jordan, Chris (ELS) [SMTP:c.jordan AT ELSEVIER.CO DOT UK]
        Sent:   Tuesday, September 14, 1999 10:13 AM
        To:     ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
        Subject:        Re: Test Environment for ADSM Exchange Agent

        When building your test environment, always start from scratch.
Document how
        you build the system ACCURATELY and EXACTLY - you will need this
later.

        Create a few user accounts, and then use MailStorm.EXE (the actual
name may
        be slightly different) to send some mail messages. This can be used
to
        quickly populate a database and bring it up to a reasonable size
(say 1
        GByte or so). (Remember as 1 message to 1000 people generates the
same
        amount of database space as 1 message to 1 person you actually need
to send
        1000 messages).

        Then do some ADSM tests - backups via GUI, backups via command line,
backups
        via schedules, restores both with and without log files.
        Then kill the server (format c:) and re-build it, and restore the
data.
        Then get a second server (i.e. different hardware) and build
Exchange onto
        it and restore the data.
        Then use MailStorm again to increase the database size to 10 GBytes
or so,
        and re-check the performance.

        Cheers, Chris

        -----Original Message-----
        From: Ryan, Damian [NCSUS] [mailto:DRyan5 AT NCSUS.JNJ DOT COM]
        Sent: 14 September 1999 14:55
        To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
        Subject: Test Environment for ADSM Exchange Agent


        Hello,

        First off, I apologize if this is not the correct forum for this
type of
        question.

        I was hoping to get some input on how to configure a lab for testing
the
        ADSM Exchange connect agent.

        I was considering setting up a server using the "Spare Server
On-line"
        concepts mentioned in TechNet as well as ADSM documentation.  You
configure
        the Exchange system with the same organization and site name and
choose
        Create New Site having a unique computer name during installation.
I would
        then have a replicated database of actual mail boxes after restoring
the
        PRIV.EDB and running the DS/IS consistency adjuster.

        Having never done this before I am a little concerned over the
potential for
        any minor or serious repercussions to production environments.

        The alternative would be to set up a separate system altogether,
manually
        creating a couple of test mail boxes and users and just do some
small scale
        testing.

        If anyone has any suggestions on documentation or real world
experience
        input I would greatly appreciate hearing from you.


        Damian Ryan
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