it does help. I was wondering if rather than just building a machine and runnign dcpromo you had to do an AD recovery on it, which would have comlicated things much more. Being able to just do dcpromo makes it much easier.
On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 16:23:19 +1000, Steve Molkentin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My limited experience (1 time) in dealing with the situation lead me to > do this: > > - Rebuild machine > - Join domain > - dcpromo > - allow time or force replication from other sites > - install Exchange > - stop services > - restore mailboxes/public folders > - run eseutil /p on both > - restart services > > Worked a treat for me. I have probably missed a step, but that was the > grander picture. > > NOTE: In my case, it wasn't the only DC in enterprise, so it had no > roles to account for. Sorry if this is of no help. > > themolk. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of subsoniq > > Sent: Tuesday, 11 January 2005 2:13 PM > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: Recovering an E2K server that was also a DC > > > > I've been asked several times how to recover an E2K mailbox > > server that was also a DC, and I've never been able to give a > > good answer. I tried googling it for half an hour and came > > up empty, and MS doesn't seem to want to touch the subject in > > the KB. Has anybody here ever had to do this and have a good > > idea of the procedural steps that would be needed? I'd > > imagine it would go something like > > > > 1 - Deal with FSMO roles if necessary > > > > 2 - recover the server as a DC first > > > > 3 - then do the exchange /disasterrecovery install > > > > 4 - then restore from backup. > > > > I've never had the "priveledge" of having to recover a DC so > > I don't know the steps involved; terms like "authoritative > > restore" give me the willys. Does the fact that the server > > was an exchange server cause complications for recovering it > > as a DC? And yes, this is assuming there was another DC in > > the domain that didn't die. > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > > Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=exchange > > To subscribe: http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: > > Jupitermedia Corp. > > Attn: Discussion List Management > > 475 Park Avenue South > > New York, NY 10016 > > > > Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=exchange > To subscribe: http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: > Jupitermedia Corp. > Attn: Discussion List Management > 475 Park Avenue South > New York, NY 10016 > > Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. > > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=exchange To subscribe: http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
