Which command should you run first?

You have an Exchange Server 2013 organization that contains the servers configured as shown in the
following table.

All mailbox servers are members of a database availability group (DAG) named DAG1. DAG1 has
Datacenter Activation Coordination (DAC) mode enabled. The data center in Dallas experiences a
power failure, causing quorum to be lost.
You need to mount the databases in the data center in Houston.
Which command should you run first?

You have an Exchange Server 2013 organization that contains the servers configured as shown in the
following table.

All mailbox servers are members of a database availability group (DAG) named DAG1. DAG1 has
Datacenter Activation Coordination (DAC) mode enabled. The data center in Dallas experiences a
power failure, causing quorum to be lost.
You need to mount the databases in the data center in Houston.
Which command should you run first?

A.
Stop-DatabaseAvailabilityGroup -Identity DAG1 -MailboxServer EX1 -ConfigurationOnly.

B.
Restore-DatabaseAvailabilityGroup -Identity DAG1 -ActiveDirectorySite Exchange-Site –
AlternateWitnessServer -AlternateWitnessDirectory D:\DAG1

C.
Stop-DatabaseAvailabilityGroup -Identity DAG1 -ActiveDirectorySite Exchange-Site

D.
Stop-Service -DisplayName ClusSvc -Force.

Explanation:
Datacenter Switchovers
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potpal

potpal

On the test

joe

joe

Definitely not B, it has to be A or C first… Stop DAG, Stop Service, Restore DAG

joe

joe

Must be A as there is only 1 AD site (this rules C out)