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From: TrueFX (TrueFX_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 10/20/04

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    Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 12:49:10 -0700

    Hello, I have a problem with my Exchange Domain.

    Our environment was orignally setup with 2 Domain Controllers, DC01 and
    DC02. DC01 was corrupted and I had to run a forced DCPromo down and finish
    removing the machine from the domain using NTDSUTIL. Several weeks later it
    seems the Exchange server is still pointing to DC01. How do I remove this
    connection?

    I get the following error in the event log on the Exchange Server :

    Event ID : 8026. LDAP Operations.
    LDAP Bind was unsuccessful on directory DC01 for distinguished name.
    Directory returned error:[0x51] Server Down.

    Why would my Exchange server still try to connect to the old Domain
    Controller ? During the demotion process, I moved all FSMO roles to DC02 and
    made it the Global Catalog. My DC is Windows 2003.

    Thanks for any advice in advance!

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