Hello Everybody, I have an Exchange 2007 Organization (5 servers). One of the five server is permanently crashed. How can I remove this server from my Oraganization. I think that I have to : Clean up users with ADSI Edit because I don't want to delete users but I want to remove their mailboxes (there are only 20 mailboxes on the crashed server) Remove Exchange server from the Exchange Management Console of one of my 4 others servers Clean up AD with ADSI Edit to remove all traces of my crashed server if traces stays Do you think that my procedure is good? Thanks in advance. Regards, Michael

recoemnded way is to recover the server using setup /m:recoverserver and then move mailboxes move PF content if applicable then uninstall the the exchange from control pannel then if ADSIEDIT still shows servr object delete the "server object" your procudure should be last option.. you might want to disable mailboxes .. rather than doing anything with user attributes frm Adsiedit. if you delete the server object from active direcotry using ADSIEDIT.. next time you open EMC it would not show that servr.. so no removal required from management console Dhruv

Manual removal of Exchange 2007 is not supported. If the server still exists in AD ( And it sounds as if it does) I would recover it to another server and gracefully remove it: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb123496(EXCHG.80).aspx How to Recover a Lost Exchange Server You can disconnect those mailboxes from those accounts if you dont care about them, or restore the exchange backup for this server as well if you want to recover the contents of those mailboxes. Alternatively, you can use database portability and restore their mailbox store to another server: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb123954(EXCHG.80).aspx Database Portability

It is unsupported to remove Exchange 2007 from the server manually. The only supported way to remove Exchange 2007 is to use Add/Remove Programs or the Exchange 2007 CD. By design, when you uninstall Exchange 2007, the following Virtual Servers created for Exchange 2007 under the Default Web Site do not get uninstalled: Microsoft-Server-ActiveSync OAB owa However, you can simply delete the 3 Virtual Directories manually if you wish. Alternatively, you can remove IIS from the server and then reinstall IIS and then reinstall Windows service pack and Windows hotfixes. Removing server object from ADSI may leave stale infomation at AD, specially related to server objects.Best Rgds, Ashish | Unified Comunication | MCTS | Please remember to select option "Propose As Answer" if solution work for you.

As replied on other thread, It is not supported to remove exchange 2007 server object manually.Best Rgds, Ashish | Unified Comunication | MCTS | Please remember to select option "Propose As Answer" if solution work for you.

1) Login to Exchange Management Shell. 2) Type this command ---> get-mailbox -server "Server Name" | move-mailbox -TargetDatabase "Database path name" -ConfigurationOnly This will change the mailbox target of your users to the new database. Then you can go ahead and delete the server object from ADSIEdit. However, manually removing an Exchange Server from your Organization is not recommended by Microsoft.

1) Login to Exchange Management Shell. 2) Type this command ---> get-mailbox -server "Server Name" | move-mailbox -TargetDatabase "Database path name" -ConfigurationOnly This will change the mailbox target of your users to the new database. Then you can go ahead and delete the server object from ADSIEdit. However, manually removing an Exchange Server from your Organization is not recommended by Microsoft. Its more than not recommended, its not supported.

OK removing the Exchange server manually is not supported. But how can I move mailboxes and remove the exchange server if my server cannot boot?

OK removing the Exchange server manually is not supported. But how can I move mailboxes and remove the exchange server if my server cannot boot? You can recover the server using the /recoverserver installation switch: http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/Recovering-Exchange-2007-Server-RecoverServer-switch.html Then restore your databases from backup.Tim Harrington | MVP: Exchange | MCITP: EMA 2007/2010, MCITP: Server 2008, MCTS: OCS | Blog: http://HowDoUC.blogspot.com | Twitter: @twharrington

Ok. Since your exchange server cannot boot, you can try the above steps from any working exchange server. But as we have mentioned earlier, Microsoft doesnot support this.

I have created a Virtual Machine on Hyper-V (same OS, same Hard Drive, ...). The named of this machine is exactly matching the named of my old server. I use the Exchange SP2 (to be in the same version) setup to recover my servr from the AD. I laucnhed the command setup /m:recoverserver Setup start to recover but I have the following result: Welcome to Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Unattended Setup Preparing Exchange Setup The following server roles will be recovered Hub Transport Role Client Access Role Mailbox Role Management Tools Performing Microsoft Exchange Server Prerequisite Check Configuring Microsoft Exchange Server Copying Exchange files ......................... COMPLETED Hub Transport Server Role ......................... FAILED Service 'MSExchangeADTopology' failed to start. Check the event log for possible reasons for the service start failure. The Exchange Server Setup operation did not complete. For more information, visit http://support.microsoft.com and enter the Error ID. Exchange Server setup encountered an error. In the eventvwr I have 2 errors : Event ID 2602 Process MSEXCHANGEADTOPOLOGY (PID=2768). Failed to flush Kerberos ticket for local system account - Error code=80070102. Microsoft Exchange AD Topology service could not update token to have Exchange Servers group membership (SID:
). This may be caused by replication latency. Wait for replication to complete and try again. Event ID 1002 Exchange Server component Hub Transport Role failed. Error: Error: Service 'MSExchangeADTopology' failed to start. Check the event log for possible reasons for the service start failure. Have you good an idea?

Ok I have added my server in the Exchange Server Group and now I have the following result : Welcome to Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Unattended Setup Preparing Exchange Setup The following server roles will be recovered Hub Transport Role Client Access Role Mailbox Role Management Tools Performing Microsoft Exchange Server Prerequisite Check Configuring Microsoft Exchange Server Copying Exchange files ......................... COMPLETED Hub Transport Server Role ......................... COMPLETED Client Access Server Role ......................... COMPLETED Mailbox Role ......................... COMPLETED Exchange Management Tools ......................... COMPLETED The Microsoft Exchange Server setup operation completed successfully.

Just take a look at this link below, Also Disable IPv6 and re-run setup /m:recoverserver http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/exchangesvrdeploy/thread/f0c26bef-a587-4d95-a9f1-5c79549197c8 good luck ocd Oz Casey, Dedeal MVP (Exchange) MCITP (EMA), MCITP (SA) MCSE 2003, M+, S+, MCDST Security+, Project +, Server + Http://smtp25.blogspot.com (Blog Http://telnet25.spaces.live.com (Blog) Http://telnet25.wordpress.com (Blog)

Problem Solved. Thanks to Every body and particulary to TWHarrington because it was the solution. I just had to reconfigure my OWA.

Duplicated thread: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/exchangesvradmin/thread/634892a5-b3b3-46f2-bc67-824b664bf50f You have resolved the problem, and I will close the case.Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.