All Exchange media is the same. You can install fresh from Exchange service pack download on the public web site. You do not have to use whatever is on the volume site.
If you get a hub transport server in place then you can start to queue email. It is unusual to have mailbox and hub transport together and CAS separate. I would have had CAS and Hub transport together and mailbox on its own. However this is not the time to change things around. Simon. -- Simon Butler MVP: Exchange, MCSE Sembee Ltd. e: [email protected] w: http://www.sembee.co.uk/ w: http://www.amset.info/ w: http://blog.sembee.co.uk/ Need cheap certificates for Exchange, compatible with the iPhone? http://CertificatesForExchange.com/<http://certificatesforexchange.com/> for certificates from just $26.99. Need a domain for your certificate? http://DomainsForExchange.net/<http://domainsforexchange.net/> Exchange Resources: http://exbpa.com/ From: Sobey, Richard A [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 17 January 2011 07:15 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange server went for a swim, now need to restore CAS first if you can, but I the grand scheme of things it won't make much difference since you will be doing the other server(s) immediately. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of James Hill Sent: 17 January 2011 07:03 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Exchange server went for a swim, now need to restore MVLS only has with SP1 for some reason. I can get with SP2 on technet so I'll have to use that. Should I be installing a particular server first, mailbox or cas&hub transport? On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 4:57 PM, Sobey, Richard A <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Reinstall with the /RecoverServer switch from the SP2 media. Then patch - optionally! - to the latest CU. The optional bit being if you have time, but in a pinch it won't hurt to leave it at SP2 native. Good luck James. From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf Of James Hill Sent: 17 January 2011 05:38 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Exchange server went for a swim, now need to restore Just rejoined. I know it's late there, thanks again for your help. Hopefully MBS will be around tomorrow and can provide a suggestion on the patching level. James. On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 3:32 PM, <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: I am not 100%, the purpose of the reset is to maintain all of the SID and security ACL's for that computer account. Doing the recoverswitch basically just reinstalls Exchange without doing a full install..security checking, domain prep, etc... its assuming that's all done already. Did you delete and rejoin or did you just rejoin? I believe if you just rejoined and no errorsthen everything should be ok, if you deleted it and rejoined you will have some problems installing Exchange. Most likely errors saying Exchange already exists in the org or unable to start services at the end of the install. Greg Sweers CEO ACTS360.com<http://www.acts360.com/> P.O. Box 1193 Brandon, FL 33509 813-657-0849 Office 813-758-6850 Cell 813-341-1270 Fax From: James Hill [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] Sent: Monday, January 17, 2011 12:02 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Exchange server went for a swim, now need to restore Thanks Greg. I forgot about the account reset and the server has been joined to the domain. What should I do? On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 2:45 PM, <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: James, good luck. I successfully used this document to perform a DR. We combined two servers into one, standardizing on the Mailbox Role Server being the one we made sure the name matched. Once it was up they split the roles again. Don't forget to reset the computer account that your MB Role was installed on. http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/Recovering-Exchange-2007-Server-RecoverServer-switch.html I seem to remember being told by PSS once that being on a higher SP is better than being on a lower one when restoring Databases. There are many more saavy than I in this realm, but considering the hour I thought I would get you something that I had used to read through. Greg Sweers CEO ACTS360.com<http://www.acts360.com/> P.O. Box 1193 Brandon, FL 33509 813-657-0849 Office 813-758-6850 Cell 813-341-1270 Fax From: James Hill [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2011 10:56 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Exchange server went for a swim, now need to restore As those on the sysadmin list know, our data centre was flooded. I'm now preparing to restore exchange and have a few challenges so I'm hoping the list can help. We had two exchange servers. Exchange01 - Windows Server 2008 SP2, Exchange 2007 with SP2, Client Access Exchange02 - Windows Server 2008 SP2, Exchange 2007 with SP2, Mailbox and Hub Transport(I think). My understanding is that I need to build the servers with the exact names then install Exchange using the recoverserver switch, then restore the databases etc. The problems I have:- 1. I'm not sure which server had the Hub Transport on (I THINK it was the mailbox server). 2. I'm unsure what patch level exchange was at. It had SP2 and a CU but I don't know what CU level it was at. What I have:- 1. System State and mailbox backups. 2. Functioning AD. Thanks for any assistance. 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