There is a technet or KB article (don't have it handy) called something like How to remove the First Exchange 2000 server in the organization and/or How to remove the Last Exchange 2000 Server in the Organization. There is a bunch of stuff you need to do so I'd review those.
Thanks, Brian Desmond [email protected] c - 312.731.3132 -----Original Message----- From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, August 22, 2009 9:24 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: how to get rid of phantom exchange server in ESM ? Wow ! Just posted this to the exchange admin list and got 20 "Out of Office" autoreplies !!! Ironic indeed ! Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security -----Original Message----- From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, August 22, 2009 10:14 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: how to get rid of phantom exchange server in ESM ? Got tasked with a weird client site ... They had Exchange 2000, recently upgraded domain to 2003r2 and added Exchange 2003 ... while preparing to remove original Exchange 2000 server, I see in the Exchange System Manager one other Exchange server, but that server no longer exists. In about 6 months I've never heard of that server for email, and their tech basically ripped it off the wire and got rid of the hardware. I ran the ntdsutil metadata cleanup to remove it from the domain controllers in AD, but still can't see how to remove it from Exchange... any tips or ideas here ? thanks Erik Goldoff ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
