You can catch me at 9810078189 Thanks Jitendra Singh On Mon, 08 Sep 2008 Rick Boza wrote : >Seize the roles? Wait, didn't we already establish that this was not the only >DC in the environment? >There's no reason to seize the roles, and chances are you're going to cause AD >issues. A role seizure should only be done if you are certain that the >previous role holder will never be back on the network. Doing a seizure >without killing the previous DC could result in all sorts of problems, not the >least of which is issues because of duplicate GUIDs when you create >conflicting RID masters, problems with having 2 PDCEms on the net, and a whole >slew of other stuff I can't think of right now. >The way I read this thread, there are other DCs in the environment. If so, >there is unlikely to be a need for role seizure unless you lost the role >holder, and in a multi-DC environment hopefully you did not lose all the FSMOs. >I suggest you step back from the keyboard, reaccess where you are, and >evaluate the recovery strategy befre doing anything. Best case: document >(even on a whiteboard would be fine) the list of steps for recovery, and why >you need each step. Send them out for review if you like, but until you have >a clear step-by-step plan (and understand why you are doing each one) I would >suggest you slow down, take a breath, and develop a plan. >Rick >On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 11:07 AM, Ravi Dogra >< >dogra.ravi@xxxxxxxxx >> >wrote: >http://www.msexchange.org >-------------------------------------------------------Thanks Jitendra, >Can we be on call.. you can buzz me at 9899647200... i will call you back. >Thanks for your response. >Thanks >RD >On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 5:31 AM, jitendra singh >< >jiten_rwt2003@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> wrote: >> >> Dear , >> >> You also have other option. >> Create Aditional DC, Transfer all FSMO roles,GC & seize.Make it Domain >> controler now format the current DC and run setup/disasterrecovery. >> But keep in mind, don;t restore system state back up to new formated server. >> >> On Mon, 08 Sep 2008 jitendra singh wrote : >> >>> >>>Ceate a new exch. orginazation & Use LegancyDN tool. >>> >http://support.microsoft.com/kb/324606 >>>Kindly reply it is use full for you or not.So that i can give you >>>other solutions. >>> >>>Regards >>>Jitendra >>>DCA,Caliber Tech Solutions Pvt. Ltd. >>>B1/J2 MCIE, New Delhi-44 >>>India >>> >>>On Mon, 08 Sep 2008 Ravi Dogra wrote : >>> > >http://www.msexchange.org >>> >-------------------------------------------------------Hi James, >>> > >>> >This server was also my Domain Controller (on WAN and the gud one is >>> >on Site) and holds DNS as well, that is why i restored system state. >>> >Please suggest if i can still go with what you have suggested above. >>> >Thanks for you Help!!! >>> > >>> >Thanks >>> >RD >>> > >>> > >>> >On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 3:54 AM, James Chong < >jchong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> >>> > wrote: >>> > > >http://www.msexchange.org >>> > > -------------------------------------------------------What's the >>> > > error when the /disasterecovery failed? You can perform this without >>> > > backup >>> > > of C: or systemstate of this computer (as long as AD is still alive) >>> > > Maybe >>> > > the systemstate restore is bad or had corrupted registry. Rebuild >>> > > without >>> > > the system state. >>> > > >>> > > If you cannot get it to work; you always have an option of blowing >>> > > away the server object using adsiedit and just doing a new install using >>> > > same name. >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > James Chong >>> > > Sr. Systems Engineer >>> > > Simplexity, LLC. >>> > > 11130 Sunrise Valley Drive, Suite 300 >>> > > Reston, VA 20191 >>> > > O (703) 657-4612 >>> > > C (703) 863-1483 >>> > > ________________________________________ >>> > > From: >exchangelist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> > > [ >exchangelist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >] On Behalf Of Ravi Dogra >>> > > [ >dogra.ravi@xxxxxxxxx >] >>> > > Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2008 5:22 PM >>> > > To: >exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> > > Subject: [ExchangeList] Re: Moving Mailbox from Crashed server (BE) to >>> > > healthy Server (BE) >>> > > >>> > > >http://www.msexchange.org >>> > > -------------------------------------------------------Hi, >>> > > >>> > > I tried everything and it looks like that either i need to cleanup >>> > > (bad entries for .net framework and other components) my registry or >>> > > look for any other solution, other than resolving the problem. >>> > > >>> > > Now, the only +ve is that i have my exchange database intact. want to >>> > > know how in can restore data or mailboxes for the mailboxes on crashed >>> > > server using best method available. >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > Thanks >>> > > RD >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > On Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 10:30 AM, Ravi Dogra < >dogra.ravi@xxxxxxxxx >> >>> > > wrote: >>> > >> Hi, >>> > >> >>> > >> Urgent Help needed!!! >>> > >> >>> > >> I have got one of my BackEnd server OS crashed and didnt have Backup >>> > >> of C Drive although i have backup of System State. 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