System attendance and information store not starting

[kevin2003]

Hi,

I've 2 win2k server (SP4), one 1 just domain controller and the other is also a domain controller with exchange 2000 on its. This morning I lost the "just domain controller" and the exchange server is my domain controller right now. But, exchange is having problem starting as this point. Is there a way to fix this so exchange can start. I trully appreciated this.

Thanks,

Kevin

 

[Davetoo]

Is the DC that your Exchange server on also a GC? If not, make it one.

What do the error logs on your Exchange server indicate?

Obviously, you're aware that Exchange should not be installed on a DC as a best practices step.

I'm Certifiable, not cert-ified.
It just means my answers are from experience, not a book.

There are no more PDC's! There are DC's with FSMO roles!

 

[kevin2003]

Hi Davetoo,

What is GC? and how do I make one? I know the best practices, what why I have 1 machine as DC only but I lost this machine this morning, so I have to switch over to the exchange server as tempory DC until I got this machine back.

Thanks,

 

[Davetoo]

I'm confused. Before your domain controller failed, was it the only domain controller in your environment? and when it failed, you then made your Exchange server a DC? How did you recover your AD schema if you did that?

GC is Global Catalog, established via AD Sites and Services NTDS properties of the server.

I'm Certifiable, not cert-ified.
It just means my answers are from experience, not a book.

There are no more PDC's! There are DC's with FSMO roles!

 

[kevin2003]

Davetoo,

Exchange was also the DC in my environment.

Thanks,

 

[Davetoo]

Make it a GC as well, and again, what do the logs say on the Exchange server?

I'm Certifiable, not cert-ified.
It just means my answers are from experience, not a book.

There are no more PDC's! There are DC's with FSMO roles!

 

[kevin2003]

Hi Davetoo,

Thank you for all your help, after the exchange server became GC it is working now. When I got my other DC back on line, do I need to make the switch of GC back to the orginal DC?

Thanks,

Kevin

 

[Davetoo]

No, you can have, and should have, multiple GC's within your domain.

I'm Certifiable, not cert-ified.
It just means my answers are from experience, not a book.

There are no more PDC's! There are DC's with FSMO roles!

 

[Zelandakh]

At least 2 GCs in the org and at least 1 of those should be on the same LAN as the Exchange server.