I have an Exchange 2003 frontend server running on Windows Server 2003 that is having some issues with its hard drive. I have another identical hardware server. I've loaded Windows Server 2003 on the new hardware but no Exchange. It's not a domain member, has a different NetBIOS name and it does not have all the Windows patches installed on the limper. My plan was to restore the backup from the limping server to the other server, unplug the limping server from the network and then reboot the new server. My hope is of course that the new server will come up and begin functioning as the limper did (but without the hard drive issue). However, if the new server doesn't come back up I figure I can just power it down, plug the limper back in and get things up again quickly. Does anyone see any issues in doing things this way? I'm using Backup Exec 12.0.
Thanks for your help. Curt
