I upgraded in July of 07 and I used the MS book 'Exchange server 2007' Chapter 16. There wasn't a lot of documentation back then. I must have read that book 20 times before I made the change, but compared to the documentation today it is pretty much worthless. Obviously I must have missed one of the steps or went out of order.
My issue now is how do I remove that server reference? Is there a way to query the exact part the old server plays? And how would I remove what is left? All the instructions in the MS Documentation have to do with the server still being up and running. I don't believe it's giving me any problems but I do have to rebuild that server and don't want any weird surprises. Thanks Mike for your input!!! Phil From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 5:20 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Old 03 server The systemmailbox isn't a problem. You will have one of those on every server which hosts both a SMTP Virtual Server and an Information Store. Those get deleted when you delete the server. So...the question becomes, how did you delete the server? 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: Phil Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 1:31 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Old 03 server After some researching on this, let me rephrase my question. In the ADSI edit, looking at the 'exchange system objects' - 'system mailbox' There are 3 references to the 'home' server that are pointing to the old server. - HomeMTA - - HomeMDB - - MsExchHomeServerName - Maybe all I need change the server name? Thank you, Phil From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 4:13 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Old 03 server Take a look at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/822931 and http://support.microsoft.com/kb/833396. If they don't help, we'll have to go directory diving. 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: Phil Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 3:02 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Old 03 server Last year I upgraded from exch03 to 07 on new 03 server. I'm sure I removed the old server correctly but(obviously I didn't) it still pops up and I can see it being referenced in the 07 server. It doesn't seem to be causing any problems -yet. I need to rebuild the old server and I'm afraid it is going to mess with my current server. Any direction I can go to find out more about this and remove it? It is the bottom server. [cid:image001.png@01C93998.8539CDE0] Thank you, Phil ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~
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