I am trying to duplicate my current exchange installation onto a new server, or basically, I want to “restore” the exchange databases on a freshly installed system.
Here are the steps I’ve followed so far:
1. Installed Windows NT 4.0 Server on a new hardware platform. (SP6 high enc, etc)
2. Installed Exchange 5.5 Enterprise with SP3. (that’s what I’m currently running)
3. Created partitions matching the source system.
4. Ran the optimizer to move the database files onto the appropriate drives.
5. Restore the PRIV.EDB, PUB.EDB, DIR.EDB and transaction logs onto the new system.
6. Ran a number of eseutil’s and isinteg tools, including isinteg –patch and eseutil /p, /r and /p
For some reason, the exchange services will not start after a restore… I am really stuck and now and the documentation on this specific problem is minimal.
The latest problem is the DS_E_COMMUNICATIONS problem and I know that the error comes from not being able to communicate with the services..!
Has anyone experienced this problem before, or does anyone have some good docs on restoring exchange databases?
Thanks a million!
Here are the steps I’ve followed so far:
1. Installed Windows NT 4.0 Server on a new hardware platform. (SP6 high enc, etc)
2. Installed Exchange 5.5 Enterprise with SP3. (that’s what I’m currently running)
3. Created partitions matching the source system.
4. Ran the optimizer to move the database files onto the appropriate drives.
5. Restore the PRIV.EDB, PUB.EDB, DIR.EDB and transaction logs onto the new system.
6. Ran a number of eseutil’s and isinteg tools, including isinteg –patch and eseutil /p, /r and /p
For some reason, the exchange services will not start after a restore… I am really stuck and now and the documentation on this specific problem is minimal.
The latest problem is the DS_E_COMMUNICATIONS problem and I know that the error comes from not being able to communicate with the services..!
Has anyone experienced this problem before, or does anyone have some good docs on restoring exchange databases?
Thanks a million!