Topic Last Modified: 2005-11-18
The Microsoft® Exchange Server Analyzer Tool queries the Win32_Service Microsoft Windows® Management Instrumentation (WMI) class to determine the value of the Started key for the Microsoft SQL Server™ service (MSSQLSERVER). A value of True indicates that the SQL Server service is running on this Exchange server.
The Exchange Server Analyzer also queries the Win32_OperatingSystem WMI class to determine the value for the OSProductSuite key. The value returned for this key indicates the version of Windows operating system that is running on the Exchange Server computer.
Additionally, the Exchange Server Analyzer also queries the Active Directory® directory service to determine the count of the entries listed in the homeMDBBL attribute of each mailbox store. The count of this attribute represents the number of mailboxes on the mailbox store.
If the Exchange Server Analyzer determines that the SQL Server service is started on an Exchange Server computer that meets all the following criteria, a warning is displayed:
- The Exchange Server computer hosts more than 100 mailboxes.
- The Exchange Server computer is not running on Windows Small
Business Server 2003 or Small Business Server 2000.
Running SQL Server on the same computer as a production Exchange mailbox server is not recommended. Both SQL Server and Exchange mailbox servers consume a large amount of memory and disk resources to operate optimally. Co-hosting SQL Server and Exchange Server on the same computer in a production environment will likely lead to poor performance by one or both of the servers. Additionally, troubleshooting and securing such an installation is not well understood.
Finally, there are a number of known interoperability issues that you may encounter if you are running SQL Server and Exchange Server on the same computer. Most of these issues are the result of version inconsistencies with files or programs common to the two servers, such as Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MS DTC), Microsoft ActiveX® Data Objects (ADO), and OLE Database (OLE DB).
To correct this
warning
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You should consider one of the following options to correct this warning:
- Move either Exchange Server or SQL Server off the computer.
Completely removing one of these programs from the computer is
recommended.
- Move the Exchange mailboxes off the server. At a minimum, you
should remove the mailboxes and convert the Exchange server to a
protocol or infrastructure server. This will reduce the load
considerably for disk I/O and marginally for CPU (the latter is
dependent on the Exchange infrastructure role).
- Consider installing Small Business Server instead. If you are
running Exchange in a small environment where you do not require
more than one Exchange server, you may benefit from installing
Small Business Server. Small Business Server includes both SQL
Server and Exchange Server, along with other core Microsoft server
applications and has been developed, tested, and optimized for a
single-computer installation.
- Move either Exchange Server or SQL Server off the computer.
Completely removing one of these programs from the computer is
recommended.
For more information about moving mailboxes and Exchange servers, see the following Microsoft Knowledge Base articles:
- 822892, "Move Mailbox improvements in Exchange 2003" (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=3052&kbid=822892)
- 224975, "XADM: Differences Between Move Mailbox Methods"
(http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=3052&kbid=224975)
- 297289, "How to move Exchange 2000 to new hardware and keep the
same server name" (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=3052&kbid=297289)
For more information about Small Business Server, see "Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003" (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=23456),