No. In Exchange, did you check to see what Exchange is using? Not in AD. In System Manager, server properties, Directory Access. John Tolmachoff MCSE CSSA Engineer/Consultant eServices For You 626-737-6003 john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx www.eservicesforyou.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Vadim Shulaev [mailto:vshulaev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 11:02 AM > To: [ExchangeList] > Subject: [exchangelist] RE: Demoting Win2000 server with Exchange 2000 > > http://www.MSExchange.org/ > > Yes, i did go through the AD and made sure that DC server with Exchange > running, doesn't have GC selected in it. I check it in NTDS settings. > Also, i only have one site in domain. > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Tolmachoff (Lists) [mailto:johnlist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 10:54 AM > To: [ExchangeList] > Subject: [exchangelist] RE: Demoting Win2000 server with Exchange 2000 > > > http://www.MSExchange.org/ > > Actually, the problems you are having may be because Exchange is still > seeing that server as a GC. > > Have you gone through the Exchange configuration and made sure it was > using > the correct server as a GC? > > BTW, it is only one GC per site. If you have one domain but multiple > sites, > you would want a GC in each site. > > John Tolmachoff MCSE CSSA > Engineer/Consultant > eServices For You > www.eservicesforyou.com > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Vadim Shulaev [mailto:vadim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > > Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 10:35 AM > > To: [ExchangeList] > > Subject: [exchangelist] Demoting Win2000 server with Exchange 2000 > > > > http://www.MSExchange.org/ > > > > I have been thinking about it for a while now... > > I have Exchange 2000 sp3 running on 2K server which is also DC2 in the > > domain. It is not a GC or anything, just a secondary DC in the domain. > > I installed DC on the server first and then Exchange software. > > Everything seems to running good, except i have some replication > issues > > with GC DC. Someone previously made both of the DC's GC and AD was > getting > > confused, but i made the chages back as you can have only one GC > server > > per domain. > > > > Now i am having all kinds of "strange" issues with replication and i > was > > wondering if i can demote this server to memeber server, remove AD > from it > > and later on proote it back to DC. This should cleanup my connections > and > > regenerate them again. > > > > If i do demote this server which has Exch2000 on it, will the mail > server > > sill work without DC on it??? 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