Hey Brad, Here are some links that might help you remove the Exchange 2000 server from AD
XADM: How to Manually Remove an Exchange 2000 Installation (Q260378) http://support.microsoft.com/search/preview.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q260378 XADM: How to Completely Remove Exchange 2000 from Active Directory (Q273478) http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q273478 Keith > -----Original Message----- > From: Brad Metzler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 8:11 AM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: Installtion issue was: ADC/Extending Schema Problem > > > Ryan Kiste of Pacific Info Systems in Portland, Oregon. I revealed the > answer to him on the phone while our account manager was also > on the line. I > suspect he will be laughed at for quite some time by everyone > in the office. > In the mean time, I have another problem. After continuing with the > installation, we installed E2k SP2 and a few of the hot fixes > including the > information store hot fix and suddenly we were faced by any > number of errors > when trying to mount the store. we tried rolling back to SP2 and still > couldn't mount the store. The answer from his 'guru' on the > phone was to go > ahead and rebuild the e2k server and start over before moving > mailboxes. > Problem is, after the rebuild it won't let me do a reinstall > because the > server object is already there somewhere. Our consultant > hasn't shown up yet > this morning (not really sure which one they will send > today), but I suspect > he won't know the answer. The installation suggests running > in disaster > recovery mode. Is this the best thing to do, or is there a > place I can clean > out the old server name entry and do a clean install? > > Thanks again guys > > Brad > > > -----Original Message----- > From: William Lefkovics [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 1:33 AM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: RE: ADC/Extending Schema Problem > > > NAMES! I WANT NAMES! > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Brad Metzler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 2:02 PM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: RE: ADC/Extending Schema Problem > > > Really? Interesting... our Exchange 2000 migration expert who was here > at $100+ per hour was very convinced that those exchange > tasks and tabs > should be showing up on our DC's after the ADC installation on a > stand-alone server. He actually left about an hour ago planning on > sending out an MCSE tommorrow believing that our Schema was > the problem. > He said even without any action regarding Exchange 2k, we should have > exchange tasks in the AD users and computers manager to manage the > exchange 5.5 mailboxes for our users. > > Brad > > -----Original Message----- > From: Keith Nelson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 2:01 PM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: RE: ADC/Extending Schema Problem > > > Brad those tabs only show up on the computers that have ADC > installed or > Exchange Admin tools. > > Keith Nelson > Network Administrator > Orange County High School of the Arts > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Brad Metzler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 1:56 PM > > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > > Subject: RE: ADC/Extending Schema Problem > > > > > > We did run the forestprep and domainprep as the exchange > > service account. > > There weren't any errors, but afterward there are still no > > exchange tabs or > > tasks in the active directory users and computer. I'm > > assuming the edits > > didn't take place because I am not seeing those items. > > > > Brad > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Cook, Jason [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 1:47 PM > > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > > Subject: RE: ADC/Extending Schema Problem > > > > > > Hmmm...Does the Domain Admin account have Exchange service account > > permissions? To run /forestprep and /domainprep it is > recommended you > > > use the Exchange service account. When you got the ADC up, could > > you create a > > connection agreement? Further, how do you know the schema > > edits didn't take > > place? Did you use the support tool for that? > > > > Jason Cook > > J.H. Ellwood and Associates > > Network Administrator > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Brad Metzler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 3:33 PM > > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > > Subject: ADC/Extending Schema Problem > > > > We are trying to migrate from Exchange 5.5 to 2k and were > > able to install > > the ADC and it replicated user information over to the AD, > > but it appears to > > have not extended the schema. We tried re-installing and > yet again, it > > didn't extend the schema. We tried running the ADC setup with the > > /schemaonly flag on two different DC's (one the schema > > master, one not) and > > still it didn't extend the schema. In despiration, we tried running > > forestprep and domainprep on the new server that will be our > > new exchange 2k > > server to see if that would finally extend the schema, no > > joy. Anyone have > > any viagra for AD schema, cause ours just doesn't seem to > > want to extend :) > > > > > > I am looking for any advice on what I might be missing here, > > and perhaps a > > tool for testing whether it is just exchange or whether the > schema is > > screwed up somehow. We tried all of this logged in as domain > > admin, BTW. > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > Brad > > > > List Charter and FAQ at: > > http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm > > > > List Charter and FAQ at: > > http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm > > > > List Charter and FAQ at: > > http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm > > > > > > List Charter and FAQ at: > http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm > > List Charter and FAQ at: > http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm > > > > List Charter and FAQ at: > http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm > > List Charter and FAQ at: > http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm > > List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
