I am writing a series of blog where I will guide you on test cases that should carry out when upgrading from either Exchange 2003 or Exchange Server 2007 to Exchange 2010. This blog is second of this series.
Each blog will contain two or three test cases that will guide you on various testing conditions that should help you streamline your Exchange upgrade.
Simulate HUB Server loss
User Scenario
Pause all external mail delivery.
Login with an Outlook client and send an email to an external email address
Locate message in Message Queue on Exchange server, in the EMC, under Toolbox, Queue Viewer
Examine message queue for message, if not found, connect to the other HUB servers
Shut down the server on which the queue resides where the message is stored
Default heartbeat is 5 minutes and 3 retries. After 15 minutes check the active HUB servers to look for the same message
To validate Shadow queue config, check: get-TransportConfig | FL Shadow*
Method
Outlook and Queue Viewer under the Exchange 2010 EMC
Expected Results
Single item found in active HUB server’s Message Queue
Simulate Delivery to Smart Host
Restart external mail delivery
Single item found in Hub server’s Message Queue cleared after smart host started
Simulate Automated Service Recovery
Connect to a HUB server
Stop the Microsoft Exchange Transport service
Locate the file “mail.que” on the server
Open file with Notepad and type some words/characters anywhere in the file. After that, save the file.
Re-start the Microsoft Exchange Transport service
Return to the queue directory
Explorer and Windows service manager
New mail.que file created and the corrupted file moved to the Queue.old folder
Enjoy and don’t forget to read the other blogs of this series at:
Microsoft Exchange 2010 upgrade Test cases – Part 1
Microsoft Exchange 2010 upgrade Test cases – Part 3
Read my favorites blogs:
Designing a backup less Exchange 2010 Architecture
Step by step guide for upgrading Active Directory from Microsoft Windows 2003 to Microsoft Windows Server 2008