Refer http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q260378 --Sabeer On 2/21/06, rolamohammed <rolamohammed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > http://www.MSExchange.org/ > > > > dear all, > > we have here 2 servers as the following :- > > 1. Domian Controller Acting as Schema Master. > 2. Exchange server 2003 as one & Only exchange server and it has all the > mailbox of all the users. > > 3. 100 users have mailbox, and all the e-mails are stored on PST file on > clients. > > > due to some resons, we decide to formate the server of the exchange server > it self. > > after we formate the server, we install the windows server 2003,with all > the > service pack. > > we did forest prep & domain Prep agian on the eexchange server , and when > we > trying to install the exchange server, i got this error message :- > > > > > ============================================================================= > > THE COMPONENET " MICROSOFT EXCHANGE MESSAGING AND COLLABORATION SERVICES" > CANNOT BE ASSIGNED THE ACTION " INSTALL " BECAUSE: > > - A SERVER OBJECT FOR THIS SERVER ( " HO-SRV-XCH ") ALREADY EXISTS IN THE > ADMINISTRATIVE GORUP " FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP ". IF YOU ARE ATTEMPTING > TO REOVER THIS SERVER, PLEASE RUN SETUP WITH THE DISASTER RECOVERY SWITCH, > OTHER WISE YOU MUST FIRST REMOVE THIS SERVER OBJECT FROM THE ACTIVE > DIRECTORY BY USING EXCHANGE SYSTEM MANAGER. > > > ============================================================================= > > I DID NOT DO ANY THING ON THE DOMAIN CONTROLLER, THEN I CHANGE THE > COMPUTER > NAME, BUT I FOUND THAT THE SERVER NAME - OLD ONE - IS STILL APPEAR IN THE > EXCHANGE SYSTEM MANAGER UNDER SERVERS. > > > CAN ANY ONE PLEASE GUIDE ME WHAT CAN I DO IN ORDER TO SOLVE THIS ISSUE ? > > ------------------------------------------------------ > List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist > Exchange Newsletters: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/newsletter.asp > ------------------------------------------------------ > Visit TechGenix.com for more information about our other sites: > http://www.techgenix.com > ------------------------------------------------------ > You are currently subscribed to this MSExchange.org Discussion List as: > sabeer.ahamed@xxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe visit > http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist > Report abuse to info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx >