Deleted domain controller

[AdonisL81]

Hello,

I was planing on restoring an exchange server which was also
serving as a domain controller to new hardware , and so I deleted the
domain controller object from the primary domain controller.

now I am keeping the same exchange server which still has the AD
information on it because it has not been replicating how can I
restore the object on the primary domain controller?


Thanks in advance

 

[Milos Puchta]

Hello,

have a look at the function ntdsutils (It is comman line
tool but very effective one)

Regards,
Milos
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[Ace Fekay [MVP]]

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Hello,

I was planing on restoring an exchange server which was also
serving as a domain controller to new hardware , and so I deleted the
domain controller object from the primary domain controller.

now I am keeping the same exchange server which still has the AD
information on it because it has not been replicating how can I
restore the object on the primary domain controller?


Thanks in advance

That's a very difficult task. Most of Exchange's identifiying attributes in
AD will be based on the server name it was installed on and almost
impossible to change over. I would suggest to try to recover the old DC and
once up, install an additional Exchange server on a different machine, then
move all the mailboxes over to it, and follow the other steps in the
following article:

822450 - How to Remove the Last Exchange Server 5.5 Computer from an
Exchange Server 2003 Administrative Group (Look at Step 4 about how to view
the System Folders and how to replicate them and remove the original
instances):
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/822450

You can also try a third party tool:
Recovery Manager for Exchange:
http://www.quest.com/recovery-manager-for-exchange/


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[AdonisL81]

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That's a very difficult task. Most of Exchange's identifiying attributes in
AD will be based on the server name it was installed on and almost
impossible to change over. I would suggest to try to recover the old DC and
once up, install an additional Exchange server on a different machine, then
move all the mailboxes over to it, and follow the other steps in the
following article:

822450 - How to Remove the Last Exchange Server 5.5 Computer from an
Exchange Server 2003 Administrative Group (Look at Step 4 about how to view
the System Folders and how to replicate them and remove the original
instances):http://support.microsoft.com/kb/822450

You can also try a third party tool:
Recovery Manager for Exchange:http://www.quest.com/recovery-manager-for-exchange/

--
Regards,
Ace

This posting is provided "AS-IS" with no warranties or guarantees and
confers no rights.

Ace Fekay, MCSE 2003 & 2000, MCSA 2003 & 2000, MCSE+I, MCT, MVP
Microsoft MVP - Directory Services
Microsoft Certified Trainer

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or any other newsreader), and configure a news account, pointing to
news.microsoft.com. Anonymous access. It's free - no username or password
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connects directly to the Microsoft Public Newsgroups. OEx allows you
o easily find, track threads, cross-post, sort by date, poster's name,
watched threads or subject. It's easy:

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Thanks for the replies, I got it back running I used ntdsutil to clear
the meta data from the working DC then I demoted exchange from a DC
and the repromoted it with the same name and everything worked

thanks