Shutdown Script for Exchange 2007
This is the Exchange 2007 version of this article.
If you are running Exchange 2007 on a domain controller, then you will find that it takes the machine a long time to shutdown. This is because the domain functionality stops quicker than Exchange, therefore Exchange is unable to write to the domain controller and has to be be “killed” by the operating system.
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This continual “killing” of the Exchange services, instead of allowing them to shutdown gracefully is not good for the database and is one of the prime reasons for recommending that Exchange is not installed on a domain controller.
A better option is to stop the services before you begin to shutdown the server. This will also cause the server to shutdown more quickly because it isn’t waiting for the services to timeout. Continue reading “Shutdown Script for Exchange 2007”