It depends on whether you are trying to recover a clustered server or a non-clustered server. If you are trying to recover a cluster you want to install as a passive node and then run /RecoverCMS.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb124095(EXCHG.80).aspx Chuck Robinson _______________ Sr. Solutions Architect MCITP:EA, Messaging / MCSE: Messaging EMC Consulting Mobile: 973-865-0394 chuck.robin...@emc.com<mailto:chuck.robin...@emc.com> www.emc.com/consulting<http://www.emc.com/consulting> Transforming Information Into Business Results From: McCready, Rob [mailto:rob.mccrea...@dplinc.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 3:29 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: What came first, the chicken or the egg???? I did not. From the articles I've been looking at, they mention using the...... Setup.com /M:RecoverServer Command, but I don't see a switch for passive node? What syntax should I use to "recover" Exchange AND install it as a passive node? Thanks! From: Robinson, Chuck [mailto:chuck.robin...@emc.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 10:15 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: What came first, the chicken or the egg???? Did you install Exchange server as a passive node? That installs Exchange but doesn't create a cluster. When you run /RecoverCMS from the \Bin directory, it creates the cluster from the information in AD. Chuck Robinson _______________ Sr. Solutions Architect MCITP:EA, Messaging / MCSE: Messaging EMC Consulting Mobile: 973-865-0394 chuck.robin...@emc.com<mailto:chuck.robin...@emc.com> www.emc.com/consulting<http://www.emc.com/consulting> Transforming Information Into Business Results From: McCready, Rob [mailto:rob.mccrea...@dplinc.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 9:02 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: What came first, the chicken or the egg???? We are trying to do a disaster recovery test by rebuilding our Exchange 2007 lab from the ground up. We have recovered the Exchange 2007 Hub Transport Server. Now, we are trying to recover our Exchange 2007 Clustered Mailbox Servers. We have setup the Windows 2003 Cluster. Now, we are going to the first node of the cluster and typing in.... Exsetup.exe /RecoverCMS /CMSName:clustered_server /CMSIPAddress:x.x.x.x It starts to run the setup, but then displays this message. Cannot specify installation mode sine no Exchange Server is installed on this machine. Try to install Exchange first. To run the requested installation mode, you must specify the SourceDir parameter. (I did an exsetup.exe /? But I did not found a SourceDir parameter???) If we try to just run the..... Setup.com /M:RecoverServer To install Exchange first, we get this message..... Cannot specify installation mode since no Exchange Server is installed on this machine. Try to Install Exchange first. The requested clustered mailbox server (CMS) name is not found in Active Directory. CMS should pe present in the Active Directory to recover. (I have checked Active Directory, and the CMS name is indeed present). I'm perplexed. Can anybody help? Thanks, Rob --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com<mailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com> with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com<mailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com> with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com<mailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com> with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist
