Complete. - Exchange 2003 fully patched on WIndows 2003 E fully patched installed on Dell SC1425 (1U 2 160GB SATA drives on SATA controller, No RAID) - Had a recent Acronis snapshot of the failing server - Deployed a virtual Exchange 2003 on HyperV 2008 - Moved all mailboxes to secondary server - Rehomed all folders to secondary - Pointed RUS to secondary and rebuilt - Modify DNS and firewall accordingly (SMTP, SSL, HTTP, OWA) - Made secondary the routing group master - Reissue SSL for secondary server - Replace drives in SC1425 and rebuild server with everything on c: and Acronis everything once daily to D: and to backup - Considering staying virual. No performance degradation but HyperV is a Dell 2950 III 32GB big dog. - Play Q2 then Q3 for about 10 minutes. - Wonders why any Congressperson would vote against the campaign disclosure bill. - Bah - Thanks for all the remarks, truly appreciated!
On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 4:00 AM, Sobey, Richard A <r.so...@imperial.ac.uk>wrote: > Well, the OP said “uninstall and reinstall Exchange”. If he uninstalls > Exchange, the /DisasterRecovery switch will do no good at all. > > > > *From:* bounce-9034484-8066...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com [mailto: > bounce-9034484-8066...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] *On Behalf Of *Carl > Houseman > *Sent:* 27 July 2010 21:46 > *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Exchange 2003 on non RAID 2 drive server. Exchange and > store are on drive with bad sectors. > > > > Not if you re-install Exchange with the /DisasterRecovery switch. > > > > *From:* Sobey, Richard A [mailto:r.so...@imperial.ac.uk] > *Sent:* Tuesday, July 27, 2010 4:24 AM > *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Exchange 2003 on non RAID 2 drive server. Exchange and > store are on drive with bad sectors. > > > > Won’t uninstalling Exchange completely invalidate any existing backups that > you want to restore? Database GUID mismatches etc.. > > > > *From:* bounce-9032628-8066...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com [mailto: > bounce-9032628-8066...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] *On Behalf Of *Michael > B. Smith > *Sent:* 26 July 2010 22:17 > *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Exchange 2003 on non RAID 2 drive server. Exchange and > store are on drive with bad sectors. > > > > Sure, as long as it is a full/complete backup. > > Sent from my HTC Tilt™ 2, a Windows® phone from AT&T > ------------------------------ > > *From: *Stephan Barr <stephanbarr.li...@gmail.com> > *Sent: *Monday, July 26, 2010 4:09 PM > *To: *MS-Exchange Admin Issues <exchangelist@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> > *Subject: *Exchange 2003 on non RAID 2 drive server. Exchange and store > are on drive with bad sectors. > > Server has two physical drives, OS on C: and Exchange on D:. D: is > reporting bad sectors so can't image it. If I recall correctly, can't I get > a backup of the stores then uninstall and reinstall Exchange on healthy > drives and then restore the Information store? >
