To restore a server in Exchange 2000 for a lab or disaster testing scenario, you should clone your Active Directory onto a separated subnet and practice the restore there.
If you're trying to move everything to a new server, do it this way: http://www.swinc.com/resource/e2kfaq_appxa.htm Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP Freelance E-Mail Philosopher Protecting the world from PSTs and Bricked Backups!T -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wade Robinson Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 11:37 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: RE: DR question Sorry I am running Exchange 2000. The Disaster Recovery white paper outlines several scenarios including recovering to a standby by server but it list as a first step to restore the Exchange servers windows system state info. I am not sure if an issue I am having is hw or possibly sw related so I would like to recovery to a new windows install. thanks I'm assuming you're running Exchange 5.5 since you didn't say. Trust me that http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq_appxa.htm is the best way to do what you want. You can restore an Exchange database to a server with the same name and it should work fine. The bible for such things is http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/techinfo/administration/55/BackupResto re.a sp. Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP Freelance E-Mail Philosopher Protecting the world from PSTs and Bricked Backups!T -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wade Robinson Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 10:58 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: DR question I would like to perform an Exchange disaster Recovery to a stand by server without restoring the original server system state information. I want to move this Exchange environment to a system with a clean OS. If I rename the current Exchange server than take it off line, bring up the new box using the original's name add it to the domain and reinstall Exchange / DR mode restore the Exchange databases and meta data will this work? I would like to have the original standing by with the ability to bring it back online if necessary. Thanks _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&; lang =english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&; lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang =english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
