Resolved: Exchange 2003 on non RAID 2 drive server. Exchange and store are on drive with bad sectors.
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.ukwrote: 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 ATT -- *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?
RE: Resolved: Exchange 2003 on non RAID 2 drive server. Exchange and store are on drive with bad sectors.
Cool!!! Well done or Bravo Zulu in Naval parlance. Did you leave it virtual or did you move everything back? Quite an experience the first time you do it right? Regards [cid:image001.jpg@01CB2E74.374DA2F0] Peter Johnson I.T Architect United Kingdom: +44 1285 658542 South Africa: +27 11 252 1100 Swaziland: +268 442 7000 Fax:+27 11 974 7130 Mobile: +2783 306 0019 peter.john...@peterstow.com This email message (including attachments) contains information which may be confidential and/or legally privileged. Unless you are the intended recipient, you may not use, copy or disclose to anyone the message or any information contained in the message or from any attachments that were sent with this email, and If you have received this email message in error, please advise the sender by email, and delete the message. Unauthorised disclosure and/or use of information contained in this email may result in civil and criminal liability. Everything in this e-mail and attachments relating to the official business of Peterstow Aquapower is proprietary to the company. Caution should be observed in placing any reliance upon any information contained in this e-mail, which is not intended to be a representation or inducement to make any decision in relation to Peterstow Aquapower. Any decision taken based on the information provided in this e-mail, should only be made after consultation with appropriate legal, regulatory, tax, technical, business, investment, financial, and accounting advisors. Neither the sender of the e-mail, nor Peterstow Aquapower shall be liable to any party for any direct, indirect or consequential damages, including, without limitation, loss of profit, interruption of business or loss of information, data or software or otherwise. The e-mail address of the sender may not be used, copied, sold, disclosed or incorporated into any database or mailing list for spamming and/or other marketing purposes without the prior consent of Peterstow Aquapower. No warranties are created or implied that an employee of Peterstow Aquapower and/or a contractor of Peterstow Aquapower is authorized to create and send this e-mail. [cid:image002.jpg@01CB2E74.374DA2F0] From: Stephan Barr [mailto:stephanbarr.li...@gmail.com] Sent: 28 July 2010 15:30 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Resolved: Exchange 2003 on non RAID 2 drive server. Exchange and store are on drive with bad sectors. 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.ukmailto: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.commailto:bounce-9034484-8066...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com [mailto:bounce-9034484-8066...@lyris.sunbelt-software.commailto: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.ukmailto: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.commailto:bounce-9032628-8066...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com [mailto:bounce-9032628-8066...@lyris.sunbelt-software.commailto: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
Re: Resolved: Exchange 2003 on non RAID 2 drive server. Exchange and store are on drive with bad sectors.
Thanks but not the first time by far. Still virtual and running great. P2V'd a DC as well. I'm now dangerous. Cheers. On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 9:44 AM, Peter Johnson peter.john...@peterstow.comwrote: Cool!!! Well done or Bravo Zulu in Naval parlance. Did you leave it virtual or did you move everything back? Quite an experience the first time you do it right? Regards [image: Description: C:\Users\PeterTJ\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Signatures\peterstow logo2.jpg] Peter Johnson I.T Architect United Kingdom: +44 1285 658542 South Africa: +27 11 252 1100 Swaziland: +268 442 7000 Fax:+27 11 974 7130 Mobile: +2783 306 0019 peter.john...@peterstow.com *This email message (including attachments) contains information which may be confidential and/or legally privileged. Unless you are the intended recipient, you may not use, copy or disclose to anyone the message or any information contained in the message or from any attachments that were sent with this email, and If you have received this email message in error, please advise the sender by email, and delete the message. Unauthorised disclosure and/or use of information contained in this email may result in civil and criminal liability. Everything in this e-mail and attachments relating to the official business of Peterstow Aquapower is proprietary to the company. Caution should be observed in placing any reliance upon any information contained in this e-mail, which is not intended to be a representation or inducement to make any decision in relation to Peterstow Aquapower. Any decision taken based on the information provided in this e-mail, should only be made after consultation with appropriate legal, regulatory, tax, technical, business, investment, financial, and accounting advisors. Neither the sender of the e-mail, nor Peterstow Aquapower shall be liable to any party for any direct, indirect or consequential damages, including, without limitation, loss of profit, interruption of business or loss of information, data or software or otherwise. The e-mail address of the sender may not be used, copied, sold, disclosed or incorporated into any database or mailing list for spamming and/or other marketing purposes without the prior consent of Peterstow Aquapower. *** *No warranties are created or implied that an employee of Peterstow Aquapower and/or a contractor of Peterstow Aquapower is authorized to create and send this e-mail.** *** * **[image: Description: C:\Users\PeterTJ\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Signatures\environment2.jpg]* *From:* Stephan Barr [mailto:stephanbarr.li...@gmail.com] *Sent:* 28 July 2010 15:30 *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* Resolved: Exchange 2003 on non RAID 2 drive server. Exchange and store are on drive with bad sectors. 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:*
