In this topic you will add Mailbox Databases and Public Folder Databases to the Microsoft Provisioning System (MPS) Exchange Server 2007 Resource Manager and to the Offline Address Book (OAB) Resource Manager.

Tasks

  1. Add Mailbox and Public Folder Databases to Resource Manager
  2. Add a Public Folder-based OAB Server to Resource Manager

Add Mailbox and Public Folder databases to Resource Manager

In this procedure you will use the AddExchangeResources Sample XML to add the mailbox and public folder databases to the Exchange Server 2007 Resource Manager.

Procedure W08-DWHE.100: To add Mailbox and Public Folder databases to Resource Manager

  1. Log on to MPS01 as a Fabrikam\administrator.

  2. Edit<installdir>:\Program Files\Microsoft Hosting\Provisioning\Samples\Exchange 2007 Resource Manager\AddExchangeResources.xml.

  3. Modify the <mailStores> section so there is a unique entry for each Exchange mailstore that you want added to Resource Management. Ensure that the <serverName>, <mailStoreName>, <megabytes> and <shared> values are appropriate for your organization. For example:

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    <mailStores> 
   <mailStore> 
	<serverName>EXMBXCLUS01</serverName> 
	<mailStoreName>EXMBXCLUS01-SG01-HostedMailstore01</mailStoreName> 
	<megabytes>20000</megabytes> 
	<shared>1</shared> 
   </mailstore> 
   <mailStore> 
	<serverName>EXMBXCLUS01</serverName> 
	<mailStoreName>EXMBXCLUS01-SG02-HostedMailstore02</mailStoreName> 
	<megabytes>20000</megabytes> 
	<shared>1</shared> 
   </mailstore> 
</mailStores>

  4. Modify the <publicStores> section so there is a unique entry for each Exchange Public Folder store that you want added to Resource Management. Ensure that the <serverName>, <publicStoreName>, and <megabytes> values are appropriate for your organization. For example:

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    <publicStores> 
   <publicStore> 
	<serverName>ExMBXOAB01</serverName> 
	<publicStoreName>PublicFolderStore1</publicStoreName> 
	<megabytes>50000</megabytes> 
   </publicStore> 
</publicStores>

  5. Edit the <preferredDomainController> element to match the name of the preferred Active Directory domain controller; for example:

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    <preferredDomainController>ad01.fabrikam.com</preferredDomainController>

  6. Save the edited file.

  7. At a command prompt, change to the <installdir>:\Program Files\Microsoft Hosting\Provisioning\Samples\Exchange 2007 Resource Manager directory and run the following command:

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    provtest AddExchangeResources.xml /x2
    Note:
    /x2 formats the XML results for maximum readability.

Add a Public Folder-based OAB Server to Resource Manager

In this procedure you will use the AddOABResources Sample XML to add the OAB server EXMBXOAB01 to the Exchange 2007 SP1 OAB Resource Manager.

Procedure W08-DWHE.101: To add an OAB server to Resource Manager

  1. Log on to MPS01 as a domain administrator.

  2. Edit <installdir>:\Program Files\Microsoft Hosting\Provisioning\Samples\Exchange 2007 OAB Resource Manager\AddOABServer.xml.

  3. Edit the <preferredDomainController> element to match the name of the preferred Active Directory domain controller; for example:

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    <preferredDomainController>ad01.fabrikam.com</preferredDomainController>

  4. Modify the <servers> section so there is a unique entry for each Exchange OAB Server that you want added to Resource Management. Ensure that the <name> and <capacity> values are appropriate for your organization. For example:

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    <servers> 
   <server> 
	<name>EXMBXOAB01</name> 
	<capacity>1000</capacity> 
   </server> 
</servers>

  5. Save the edited file.

  6. At a command prompt, change to the <installdir>:\Program Files\Microsoft Hosting\Provisioning\Samples\Exchange 2007 OAB Resource Manager directory and run the following command:

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    provtest AddOABServer.xml /x2
    Note:
    /x2 formats the XML results for maximum readability.
Note:
The current release of Microsoft Exchange Server is limited to supporting a maximum of 1000 Exchange Server Offline Address Lists per server. Because of this, it is necessary in a hosting environment to distribute OABs among several available servers instead of keeping the OABs on the same server where the hosted organization's mailboxes reside.

This limit is controlled by ADMaxPageSize setting and can be increased by changing the setting. For more information about how to change the setting, see KB Article 945629.