RE: Questions about rebuilding an exchange server.
- From: "Chad Roush" <croush@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "[ExchangeList]" <exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 09:02:00 -0500
I haven't seen IIS permissions cause Exchange mailbox moves to fail. Joining a
new server to the site and properly configuring IIS so that mail flows in and
out of the new server before moving the mailboxes and removing the old server
to me would be the most secure option. If the install is that hosed, isn't it
possible that he would have problems restoring from the backup?
Another option would be to set all the users mailboxes to be dumped to PST
files, blow away and rebuild the server, recreate the mailboxes and import the
PST files. There is a utility available to export the mailboxs to PST files.
I'm not sure how many mailboxes there are there, this could be a time consuming
process but should eliminate the potential of not being able to restore users
data.
Chad
-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Liddekee [mailto:mliddekee@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 8:36 AM
To: [ExchangeList]
Subject: [exchangelist] RE: Questions about rebuilding an exchange server.
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Only problem with doing this is that if he already knows the initial
installation was misguided, there is no guarantee that he'll be able to get
this to work properly. If he can get a good backup, I'd start from scratch. I
might even recommend doing a restore to a test computer to make sure you can
get it to work properly.
Regards,
Mike Liddekee
Network Engineer
Humco Holding Group, Inc.
7400 Alumax Dr.
Texarkana, TX 75501
Ph: (903) 831-7808 ext 697
-----Original Message-----
From: Chad Roush [mailto:croush@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 9:57 AM
To: [ExchangeList]
Subject: [exchangelist] RE: Questions about rebuilding an exchange server.
http://www.MSExchange.org/
You could try bringing up another exchange 2000 server in your site and moving
the mailboxes and services to the new server, then rebuild the old server and
move them back.
-----Original Message-----
From: Jack Spradling [mailto:jack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 9:09 AM
To: [ExchangeList]
Subject: [exchangelist] Questions about rebuilding an exchange server.
http://www.MSExchange.org/
I have an exchange server that was mangled before I started working here. It is
an Exchange 2000 Enterprise server running on windows 2000. I want to upgrade
it to Server / Exchange 2003 but I know that there are MANY MANY problems with
the IIS permissions , and the server design including the hard drive layout is
totally wrong for the size of the server.
What is the best way to move the databases off the server , format / reinstall
and move the databases back in place, or is this even possible? Please help.. ;)
Jack Spradling
IT Manager
¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬
200 Michael Angelo Way, Austin, TX 78728
(512) 218-3636
(512) 736-3108
jack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
ICQ 218803
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