Puremessage installation in a culster

RE: Puremessage installation in a culster

Md Musfiqur Rahman — Wed, 02 Aug 2017 23:52:03 GMT

Hello Cal,

Thanks for your response and we will get back to you after trying this.

RE: Puremessage installation in a culster

CalEbey — Wed, 02 Aug 2017 11:37:01 GMT

Unlike a single-node Exchange Environment, a clustered Exchange server cannot host the PureMessage SQL Database. The SQL Database must be hosted on a separate server altogether. The installation instructions were a little vague about this but after much trial and error I did get it to work. Under the database requirements it does say "For cluster server installations, PureMessage cannot use a local MSDE or SQL Server Express instance."

What I found which worked very well was having a member server (not a domain controller) as a dedicated dedicated SQL Server hosting Sophos Enterprise Endpoint. Once I started the PureMessage installation on each of the Exchange Servers in the cluster, I pointed them to the server hosting SQL. From that point each machine immediately connected and started filtering content from the message stores.

Concerning the logs, the following article was very helpful: https://community.sophos.com/kb/en-us/117388

Cal

RE: Puremessage installation in a culster

Md Musfiqur Rahman — Wed, 02 Aug 2017 06:12:39 GMT

Thank you Christian for your prompt response and suggestion.

RE: Puremessage installation in a culster

QC — Wed, 02 Aug 2017 06:05:00 GMT

Hello Musfiqur Rahman,

thanks for your trust in me, unfortunately I have no hands-on experience with PureMessage, let alone in a clustered Exchange environment. All I know is that there's Appendix A in the Startup Guide.

Then there's a post (PureMessage 4.03 on Exchange 2016 Cluster) by CalEbey who apparently ha some experience (but perhaps not with a single node→cluster scenarion). I don't follow this forum but I suggest that you search for puremessage cluster exchange - there might be some relevant threads.

Christian

RE: Puremessage installation in a culster

Md Musfiqur Rahman — Wed, 02 Aug 2017 05:24:52 GMT

QC please help me regarding this.

RE: Puremessage installation in a culster

Md Musfiqur Rahman — Wed, 02 Aug 2017 05:23:34 GMT

No one knows anything regarding this?