I may be missing something here. You have two separate forests that you want to use? That's could be more complicated. Have you had a chance to read the disaster recovery whitepapers yet? If not, now would be a good time to have a peek. There is a lot of good information about the architecture and approaches that are recommended. Drop me a note off-line if I can be of any help. Al -----Original Message----- From: Tim Lamberth [mailto:tlamberth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, October 17, 2003 12:49 PM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] RE: Recovery server not recognized http://www.MSExchange.org/ I am using Win2k backup and I believe you are correct...that it is not registering its services in DNS. I set up saferecovery.com as the internal domain for the recovery server. It has AD and DNS on it as I had mentioned earlier. Since AD is linked to DNS can I delete the domain in DNS and then add it back? I know you can with non-AD domains. DNS does show the MX record for the recovery domain and when queried it answers properly, but I know that is different than registering its services in DDNS. I setup the primary DNS server is our valid FQDN domain to act as a secondary for the recovery domain. Thanks, Tim -----Original Message----- From: Mulnick, Al [mailto:Al.Mulnick@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 4:15 PM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] RE: Recovery server not recognized http://www.MSExchange.org/ What are you using to restore with? What application? If NTBackup, have a look at DNS to be sure that the server is properly registered. Al -----Original Message----- From: Tim Lamberth [mailto:tlamberth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 4:49 PM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] Recovery server not recognized http://www.MSExchange.org/ Hi list, I am attempting to setup an Exchange 2000 recovery server and have run into a snag. I can browse through the network to find the Exchange recovery server yet when I choose to restore to it I get a message stating that either the server is not an Exchange server or the services are not turned on - neither of which are true. I have followed the directions from the MS PDF entitled "Mailbox recovery for MS Exchange server" in setting up the new server. I can even query the ports via telnet successfully. I have not updated any Exchange service packs but I do have SP4. AD, DNS (actually DDNS) and such are also running on the recovery machine. Thanks for any ideas, Tim ------------------------------------------------------ List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Exchange Newsletters: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/newsletter.asp Exchange FAQ: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/larticle.asp?type=FAQ ------------------------------------------------------ Other Internet Software Marketing Sites: Leading Network Software Directory: http://www.serverfiles.com No.1 ISA Server Resource Site: http://www.isaserver.org Windows Security Resource Site: http://www.windowsecurity.com/ Network Security Library: http://www.secinf.net/ Windows 2000/NT Fax Solutions: http://www.ntfaxfaq.com ------------------------------------------------------