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On Windows 2000, a batch file, instead of a configuration file, is used to launch the quiesce and unquiesce files. |
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File location/name |
Description |
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c:\WINNT\Scripts\quiesce.bat |
The batch file that contains hooks for quiesce and unquiesce batch files that you must prepare for your application. The quiesce and unquiesce batch files can be located anywhere in your image, but the quiesce.bat file must remain in the original location |
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stop_Exchange.bat |
the batch file that stops Microsoft Exchange; run prior to splitting the BCVs |
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start_Exchange.bat |
the batch file that starts Microsoft Exchange; run after the BCVs have been split, to restart the services and minimize downtime for the application |
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stop_SQL.bat |
the batch file that stops Microsoft SQL Server; run prior to splitting the BCVs |
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start_SQL.bat |
the batch file that starts Microsoft SQL Server; run once the BCVs have been split, to restart the services and minimize downtime for the application |
The Microsoft Exchange service need to be stopped in order for the BCVs to be split off. Once the service have been stopped, the application buffers are flushed to force Windows 2000 to write data from the host cache to the physical disk. The BCVs are then split and the Windows 2000 services restarted.
The batch files include:
Microsoft Exchange services - used for starting and stopping the Microsoft Exchange services:
Microsoft SQL Server services - used for starting and stopping the Microsoft SQL Server services:
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