Parallels

Cause

The registration of new Public Folder store in POA can be used by resellers/providers to increase the public folders capacity. Also in case of using exclusive Public Folder storages for customer or group of customers depending on service plans.

Resolution

Each Exchange 2003 Back-end server already contains one Public Folder Store created during installation. To add one more Public Folder Store the new Public Folder Tree should be created because of each Public Folder Tree can be associated only with one Public Folder Store from each Back-end server. But some Exchange 2003 clients (for example Outlook, OWA) do not support several Public Folder Tree. Therefore to increase the public folders capacity in Exchange 2003, new Back-end server can be added.

Exchange 2007

By default Exchange 2007 Mailbox server does not contains Public Folder database. If you want to create Public Folder database on Mailbox server it is strongly recommended to place this database in its own storage group.

Note that some restrictions apply to Public Folders database in Exchange 2007:

1. A Mailbox server can contain only one Public Folder database
2. If Continuous Replication (Local, Standby or Cluster) enabled for storage group where Public Folder database reside then no additional Public folder databases can be created in this Exchange organization.

The following section describes how to create additional Storage Group for Public Folder database:

1. Log on to Exchange Mailbox server (ex. EXMBX01) using an account that is a member of the domain administrators group.
2. Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, and then click Exchange Management Console.
3. In the console tree, expand Server Configuration, and then click Mailbox.
4. In the result pane, select the server on which you want to create a new storage group.
5. In the action pane, click New storage group. The New Storage Group wizard appears.
6. On the New StorageGroup page, complete the following fields:
   • Storage group name – Use this box to type the name of the new storage group.
   • Log files path – This box shows where the new storage group log files will be placed. To change the location of the log files for the new storage group, click Browse, and then select a new location.
   • System files path – This box shows where the new storage group system files will be placed. To change the location of the system files for the new storage group, click Browse, and then select a new location.
7. Click New to create the storage group.
8. On the Completion page, confirm whether the new storage group was created successfully. A status of Completed indicates that the wizard completed the task successfully. A status of Failed indicates that the task was not completed. If the task fails, review the summary for an explanation, and then click Back to make any configuration changes.
9. Click Finish to complete the New Storage Group wizard. The new storage group appears in the work pane of the Exchange Management Console

This section describes how to create a Public Folder database in storage group created on previous step:

1. Log on to Exchange Mailbox server (ex. EXMBX01) using an account that is a member of the domain administrators group.
2. Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, and then click Exchange Management Console.
3. In the console tree, expand Server Configuration, and then click Mailbox.
4. In the result pane, select the mailbox server and then, in the work pane, select the storage group in which you want the new public folder database to be created.
5. In the action pane, click New Public Folder Database. The New Public Folder Database wizard appears.
6. On the New Public Folder Database page, complete the following fields:
   • Public folder database name – Use this box to type the name of the new public folder database.
   • Database file path – This box shows where the new public folder database will be created. To change the location of the Exchange database (.edb) file for the new public folder database, click Browse, and then select a new location.
   • Mount this database – Select this check box to mount the public folder database immediately after it is created. Mounting a database puts it online and making its data available to users.
7. Click New to create the public folder database.
8. On the Completion page, confirm whether the new public folder database was created successfully. A status of Completed indicates that the wizard completed the task successfully. A status of Failed indicates that the task was not completed. If the task fails, review the summary for an explanation, and then click Back to make any configuration changes.
9. Click Finish to complete the New Public Folder Database wizard. The new public folder database appears under its storage group in the work pane of the Exchange Management Console.