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512 Chapter 8 • High Availability for Exchange 2007 Mailbox Servers Figure 8.35 Confi guring WINS Settings for the Private Network Interface Adding the Servers to the Active Directory Domain Since a CCR setup requires both nodes to be part of the same Active Directory domain, now would be a good time to make this the case. You can add the nodes to the domain by right-clicking My Computer and selecting Properties in the context menu. Now click the Computer Name tab (see Figure 8.36), then the Change button, and specify the domain. High Availability for Exchange 2007 Mailbox Servers • Chapter 8 513 When you have added both servers to the domain as well as rebooted each, we can move on to creating the necessary cluster service account. Figure 8.36 Adding the Nodes to the Domain 514 Chapter 8 • High Availability for Exchange 2007 Mailbox Servers Creating a Cluster Service Account Because each node belonging to the cluster needs to use the same account, we need to create a cluster service account. The cluster service account must be a member of either the Exchange Server Administrators (ServerName) group or the Exchange Organization Administrators group. In addition, it must be a member of the local administrators group on each node in the cluster. For our purposes, we’ll add it to the Exchange Organization Administrators group. To create the cluster service account: 1. Log onto a domain controller in the respective Active Directory domain, then click Start | Run and type DSA.msc to open the Active Directory Users and Computers MMC snap-in. Now right-click the Organizational Unit (OU) in which you want the service account to be created, then choose New | User in the context menu. Give the account a meaningful name and user logon name (such as Cluster Service Account and svc-cluster), as shown in Figure 8.37. Now click Next. Figure 8.37 Creating the Cluster Service Account High Availability for Exchange 2007 Mailbox Servers • Chapter 8 515 2. Give the service account a complex password and uncheck User Must change password at next logon, then check Password never expires, as shown in Figure 8.38. Click Next. Figure 8.38 Specifying the Password for the Cluster Service Account On the New User object completion page click Finish. 3. Now we need to give the new cluster service account the appropriate permissions. To do so, open the Properties page for the user object and select the Member Of tab. Make sure it’s the respective Active Directory domain that’s shown in the From this location fi eld, then click the Add button and type Exchange Organization Administrators, as shown in Figure 8.39. Click OK. 516 Chapter 8 • High Availability for Exchange 2007 Mailbox Servers 4. Now switch over to the server that will be the fi rst node in the cluster and click Start | Run. Type compmgmt.msc. Expand Local Users and Groups and select the Groups container. Open the Properties page for the Administrators group object in the right pane, then click the Add button. Make sure that the Active Directory Figure 8.39 Adding the Cluster Service Account to the Exchange Organization Administrators Group . Availability for Exchange 2007 Mailbox Servers 4. Now switch over to the server that will be the fi rst node in the cluster and click Start | Run. Type compmgmt.msc. Expand Local Users and Groups and select. name and user logon name (such as Cluster Service Account and svc-cluster), as shown in Figure 8.37. Now click Next. Figure 8.37 Creating the Cluster Service Account High Availability for Exchange. user object and select the Member Of tab. Make sure it’s the respective Active Directory domain that’s shown in the From this location fi eld, then click the Add button and type Exchange Organization