Hi James, You MUST* reinstall/recover to the version currently in use i.e. SP1. Rollups are irrelevant. You can then do an in-place upgrade to SP3.
However, after that, you will be able to perform future recoveries directly to SP3. Cheers Richard *You'll just get blocked/Powershell error if you try to recover an SP1 installation to SP3. -----Original Message----- From: bounce-9013087-8066...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com [mailto:bounce-9013087-8066...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] On Behalf Of James Bensley Sent: 13 July 2010 10:23 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: SP3 Install Hey List. Got an E2k7 SP1 server reinstall to perform; this particular server is undergoing hardware changes. I have read the documentation regarding reinstalling exchange and using the "/M:RecoverServer" switch to pull some details out of AD back into the server to get some of the rolls back up and running quicker. (http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/Recovering-Exchange-2007-Server-RecoverServer-switch.html) What I am wondering is; can I install Exchange from fresh with the SP3 set up rather than installing Exchange and then upgrading with the /M:RecoverServer switch. Does the SP3 set up support this mode so this server and go strait to SP3 and pull the previous configuration out of AD or is this a no no because the settings in AD were from when the server was a Exchange 2k7 SP1 set up? -- Regards, James. http://www.jamesbensley.co.cc/ There are 10 kinds of people in the world; Those who understand Vigesimal, and J others...?
