I will try to explain this as best as I can. We were in the process of migrating an Exchange server from one domain to another. We put up a temporary Exchange server where we could make some required changes without affecting the original Exchange server. This would also be our back out plan in the event of some type of failure.
Once our work was done on this "temporary server" we began migrating the data again to a new Exchange Server. For internal configuration reasons, the name of the Exchange server was preserved when moving to the new domain which is why the "temporary server" could not be used. (Explaining this part of the story would be too difficult and only add to the confusion.) Now that everything is all said and done, the temporary Exchange server is no longer needed. Everything went well during the migration and we are all pleased with the results. So what is the problem? After the migration was complete we decided to use the temporary Exchange server for another purpose. The problem is that we forgot to remove the temporary exchange server from the new domain. Therefore we have two Exchange servers configured in Active Directory, but one of them that is not valid. My question is, how can I remove the temporary Exchange Server within the new domain that is no longer in existence without affecting any of our current settings? Thank you all in advance for your replies. Edwin List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
