When you install Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server or Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 on a
Microsoft Windows 2000-based cluster, there is only one Message Transfer Agent
(MTA) resource per cluster.
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This
behavior is by design. The MTA resource is not cluster-aware.
There is one MTA resource per cluster.
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The MTA is an Active/Passive cluster resource. There can
only be one MTA per cluster. On Active/Active clusters, only one virtual
Exchange server will have the MTA resource. The MTA is created on the first
Exchange virtual server and serves all Exchange virtual servers in the cluster.
For additional information
about how to implement Exchange 2000 Server on a Windows 2000-based
cluster, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
328875 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/328875/)
How to implement Exchange 2000 Server on a Windows 2000-based cluster
For additional information about Exchange 2000 Server components that are
supported in a clustered environment, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
259197 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/259197/)
Status of Exchange 2000 Server and Exchange Server 2003 components on a server cluster
For additional information about installing the Windows 2000 Cluster
service, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
259267 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/259267/)
Microsoft Cluster Service installation resources
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