01-27-2012 06:42 AM
Good morning, Symantec.
I have an Exchange server that is completely crashed and needs to be reinstalled on new hardware (same make/model server). To my knowledge, the best practice here is to do the following. Please reply with corrections if you disagree. This server is running Windows Server 2003 - Exchange Server 2003
If I do all of the above, does that save me the time and trouble of running forest prep and installing Exchange via disc? If not, any tips and best practices here are very welcome.
Thank you!
-Josh
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01-27-2012 07:47 AM
No need to re-install Exchange, if you have a good backup of Exchange server with information store.
-Rebuild server
-Restore C, system state and shadow copy componenets together
-reboot and restore information store.
01-27-2012 07:34 AM
Reboot server between step 4 and 6 (will work even if you dont restore D: & E:, but need to create partitions)
Disaster recovery for Exchange
01-27-2012 07:35 AM
Great! So, this BEX 2010 Exchange restores are such that I will not have to install Exchange and then restore over top of it?
01-27-2012 07:35 AM
Do you still have Active Directory up and running ?
01-27-2012 07:44 AM
Yes, I have two DC's running AD 2003. My question is, do I need to install Exchange and overwrite the default database or restore without Exchange installed.
Thank you all for your replies!
01-27-2012 07:47 AM
No need to re-install Exchange, if you have a good backup of Exchange server with information store.
-Rebuild server
-Restore C, system state and shadow copy componenets together
-reboot and restore information store.