The mechanisms you use to restore service to a component of an Office Communications Server 2007 R2 deployment depend partly on how you decide to restore service. You can simply recover data and settings, or you can completely rebuild one or more servers or pools. The next section describes both methods. In general, service restoration mechanisms include:
- Windows operating system installation software. To restore an
operating system, use the deployment procedures and configurations
established by your organization for server deployment. Ensure that
these procedures and configuration requirements are available for
service restoration.
- SQL Server installation software. To restore a database server,
use the appropriate version of SQL Server and the deployment
procedures and configurations established by your organization for
database server deployment. Ensure that these procedures and
configuration requirements are available for service restoration.
- SQL Server Management Studio Express or SQL Server Management
Studio. To restore a database server or a database, use SQL Server
Management Studio Express for the database of a Standard Edition
server or SQL Server Management Studio for all other databases in
your Office Communications Server 2007 R2 deployment, along with
deployment procedures and configurations established by your
organization for database deployment. Ensure that these procedures
and configuration requirements are available for service
restoration.
- Office Communications Server 2007 R2 installation software. To
restore Office Communications Server 2007 or to install Office
Communications Server 2007 R2 administrative tools on a computer,
use the deployment procedures and configuration established by your
organization for servers deployed in your organization. Ensure that
these procedures and configuration requirements are available for
service restoration.
- The LCSCmd.exe tool. This tool is one of the administrative
tools available when you install Office Communications
Server 2007 R2 administrative tools on a computer. This
documentation includes procedures that describe how to use this
tool.
- Office Communications Server 2007 R2 snap-in. This tool is part
of the Office Communications Server 2007 R2 administrative
tools that you can install on any computer in the domain. This
documentation includes procedures that describe how to use this
tool.
- Communicator Web Access snap-in. To import the backed-up
configuration file for the Communicator Web Access virtual server,
use the Office Communicator Web Access Import Wizard in the
Communicator Web Access snap-in. The Communicator Web Access
snap-in is available on any server in the domain on which Office
Communications Server 2007 R2 administrative tools are installed.
- File transfer program used by your organization. This program
is used to copy the Group Chat settings file (Group Chat
computer-level settings) to a restored Group Chat Server or Group
Chat Compliance Server. You cannot use the LCSCmd.exe tool to
restore the Group Chat settings.
The procedures provided in this document describe how to use these mechanisms to restore service.