Re-installing Exchange 2007

[Uberwilhelm]

Hello everyone.
I have completed my testing for our new Exchange 07 servers and I want to wipe them and re-build them. Can I just remove them from the domain, re-build them, then add them back in or is there something special I need to do? Many thanks!

 

[xmsre]

You've already extended the schema. THere are also entries in AD for each Exchange Server.

If you want the same org name, then the schema extensions aren't really an issue. You'll need to uninstall each Exchange server so that it gets removed from AD properly. Make sure you follow the kb article on how to remove the last one.

If you'd like to keep the server information, but just want a clean build (possibly on new hardware), then wipe the boxes and install with recoverserver.

 

[Uberwilhelm]

Thank you for replying. Just to clarify, did you mean to uninstall exchange from each server or from the domain? I'm brand new to exchange so I am trying to be careful with what I do. Do you by any chance know the KB article number? I did some searching but am not finding anything.

 

[58sniper]

You need to uninstall Exchange from each server. Take a look at

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927464

and

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb123893(EXCHG.80).aspx

Pat Richard MVP
Plan for performance, and capacity takes care of itself. Plan for capacity, and suffer poor performance.

http://www.ucblogs.net/blogs/exchange/

 

[xmsre]

Pat beat me to it.

 

[Uberwilhelm]

Excellent. Many thanks for the help.