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SUMMARYWhen you are running Microsoft Exchange Server and doing a recovery of data while off the network, you can significantly decrease the startup time of the Exchange directory by using a HOSTS file. MORE INFORMATION
An Exchange Server computer sometimes must be taken off the network to
recover data from the directory or information store. When the Exchange
directory starts, it tries to communicate with every other server in the
site by host name. If DNS, WINS, and LMHOSTS files are all in place, each
name resolution method must time out multiple times. If DNS, WINS, and
LMHOSTS are not in place, the server attempts to broadcast each host name
for resolution. However, if a HOSTS file is used and points every host name
to the recovery server's loopback IP address, the IP connection will be
established immediately and will fail on the RPC connection. This will
circumvent the server's attempting to contact the host in any other fashion
and significantly cut down the directory startup time.
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