Should the public folder store be deleted on other servers when youhave dedicated PF servers?

05-28-09, 04:17 PM

Alan

Hello,

We're expanding our existing Exchange 2003 installation and are in the
middle of installing clustered mailbox servers. Once they're
installed, we'll add two, dedicated non-clustered servers just for
Public Folders.

Just wanted to check: when we re-home our public folders to the new,
dedicated public folder servers, what should we do with the default
public folder stores on the other servers? Can they be deleted, or is
a public store needed on every Exchange server just for the system
folders?

Thanks,

- Alan.

05-28-09, 05:38 PM

Michael Dragone

Leave them alone. Exchange 2003 needs them for OAB distribution and
Free/Busy data as well as system folders (OWAScratchPad, etc.).

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05-28-09, 05:40 PM

Mark Arnold [MVP]

On Thu, 28 May 2009 08:17:52 -0700 (PDT), Alan <bruguy>
wrote:

>Hello,
>
>We're expanding our existing Exchange 2003 installation and are in the
>middle of installing clustered mailbox servers. Once they're
>installed, we'll add two, dedicated non-clustered servers just for
>Public Folders.
>
>Just wanted to check: when we re-home our public folders to the new,
>dedicated public folder servers, what should we do with the default
>public folder stores on the other servers? Can they be deleted, or is
>a public store needed on every Exchange server just for the system
>folders?
>
>Thanks,
>
>- Alan.

You can delete the PFs if you want. What you will need to do is to go
into the properties of each store and point them at a PF server that
will look after the free/busy information. Failure to do this part
will result in nobody being able to properly do any scheduling.

05-28-09, 05:41 PM

Mark Arnold [MVP]

Oh yeah, remember that there will be some extra network traffic and
(oh so small) delay as free/busy info traverses the network.

05-28-09, 07:22 PM

Mark Arnold [MVP]

On Thu, 28 May 2009 12:38:24 -0400, "Michael Dragone"
<newsgroup> wrote:

>Leave them alone. Exchange 2003 needs them for OAB distribution and
>Free/Busy data as well as system folders (OWAScratchPad, etc.).
>
He's fine so long as he follows my advice which covers what you said
about F/B.
Tons of folk offload PF to other servers.

05-28-09, 10:00 PM

Michael Dragone

"Mark Arnold [MVP]" <mark> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 28 May 2009 12:38:24 -0400, "Michael Dragone"
> <newsgroup> wrote:
>
>>Leave them alone. Exchange 2003 needs them for OAB distribution and
>>Free/Busy data as well as system folders (OWAScratchPad, etc.).
>>
> He's fine so long as he follows my advice which covers what you said
> about F/B.
> Tons of folk offload PF to other servers.

This is because you're smarter than I am; I didn't even think of simply
changing the default PF stores on the mailbox databases. That's what
skipping your daily coffee dose will do to you.

05-28-09, 11:09 PM

Mark Arnold [MVP]

>This is because you're smarter than I am; I didn't even think of simply
>changing the default PF stores on the mailbox databases. That's what
>skipping your daily coffee dose will do to you.

Skipping coffee = dumb.
That way dragons lie.

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