Would I even want to use /recoverserver if the new 2k7 server was never completely installed? We had no setting changes and no customization of the 2k7 what so ever. We encountered our errors after the initial install of 2k7, we had updated the AD and install 2k7 however our hardware errors affected the install to the point where none of the Exchange services would start. So I would assume there is no "data" per se that needs to be backed up and recovered, however I would like to be sure. If I was sure I would have uninstalled and reformatted already. Thanks for all of you help and information thus far.
Bruce Henderson Network Administrator Concordia University t 503-493-6481 2811 NE Holman Street Portland, OR 97211 www.cu-portland.edu <http://www.cu-portland.edu> From: KevinM [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 4:56 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Removal of Exchange 2007 for reinstall When I worked at Microsoft I might have had a finger involved in writing all of the documents that tells you what that switch misses on each sever role. I might have even had a hand in the script to captures all of the CAS stuff. I think that it goes most of the way..... Unless the server is "customized" /recoverserver should get nearly everything on a default installation all of the roles minus Edge. The following link takes you to the section of the Exchange 2007 DR topics that cover what is stored where and how to back it up on each server role. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb124780(EXCHG.80).aspx From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 4:07 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Removal of Exchange 2007 for reinstall Now you see, that's true as far as it goes - but it really doesn't go far enough. /recoverserver reinstall's Exchange with all the same INSTALLATION OPTIONS, but doesn't recover the configuration settings, thus providing an Exchange administrator with a false sense of security. There are a metric buttload (technical measurement, there) of registry and XML file configurations in Exchange 2007 that didn't exist in Exchange 2003 and that you are required to have for proper configuration restoration. CAS is the worst, because you need another buttload of IIS/Metabase settings. Regards, Michael B. Smith, MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP My blog: http://TheEssentialExchange.com/blogs/michael Link with me at: http://www.linkedin.com/in/theessentialexchange From: KevinM [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 6:53 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Removal of Exchange 2007 for reinstall Setup /recoverserver will reinstall Exchange with all of the previous settings. Rebuild the box, and then run setup /recoverserver from the Exchange installation folder and you are good to go. No need to uninstall Exchange if you think that the OS is the issue. From: Bruce Henderson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 3:03 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Removal of Exchange 2007 for reinstall The goal is to have a known good installation of both Win2k8 and Exchange 2k7. I'm afraid when we power cycled the box several times that we might have corrupted the OS. So your suggestion would be to run the repair from the setup disk? How would that affect the Exchange install? From: KevinM [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 12:07 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Removal of Exchange 2007 for reinstall What is your goal of uninstalling the server? Could you meet that goal by creating a new server with the same name by running setup /recover server ? From: Bruce Henderson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 10:34 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Removal of Exchange 2007 for reinstall Thus far our migration to Exchange 2007 from Exchange 2003 has not been a simple one. We are going to be running Exchange 2007 on Win2k8. After installing Win2k8 we had some issues with the Exchange 2k7 installation where the box had to be hard powered off several times and now things do not seem quite right. We would like to uninstall Exchange 2k7, remove the Win2k8 server from the domain, then format and reinstall now that we know what the problem was(hardware error.) My question to the list is, will the uninstall of Exchange 2k7 adversely affect our current Exchange 2k3 infrastructure? Any info would be great. Bruce Henderson Network Administrator Concordia University t 503-493-6481 2811 NE Holman Street Portland, OR 97211 www.cu-portland.edu <http://www.cu-portland.edu> ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~
