How can we build a new server to use for just SMTP archiving?
We currently have an EV server deployed that is used for vaulting our on premise Exchange server as well as journaling. We are no migrating to Office 365 and want to build a new EV server that will just handled SMTP journaling. We built a new Windows server and installed just SMTP journaling on it, however every time we try and create a new vault store group/vault store/partition, EV wants to store it on the "legacy" server where we are doing exchange archiving (even if we use a completely different database). Is the only way to setup SMTP journaling (only) on a new server to install EV as if it is a brand new site? The idea is to try to limit the number of changes needed on the legacy EV server while allowing us to easily shut it down once we have everyone moved to Exchange Online and we shut down our on premise mail servers.
You need the Storage Service on the new server too.
Expand server, select Services. Rightclick, select New, then select the Storage Service. You also need Taskcontroller service (if you don't have that already), for the SMTP Archiving task.
Just to be sure, you have added this new server to the existing EV environment yes?