Re: I broke it, Now InfoStore and System Attndnt won't start

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From: Mark Fugatt [MVP] (news_at_4mcts.com)
Date: 07/14/04


Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 00:12:15 -0400

Don't know.

-- 
Mark Fugatt
Exchange MVP
http://www.exchangetrainer.com
http://www.msexchange.org
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:2bb9001c4694f$83ad6bd0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> Then how have I had it running for the last eight months ?
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>There is no workaround that is supported, and it applies
> to all versions of
>>Windows 2003:
>>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
> us;321648&Product=exch2k
>>
>>-- 
>>Mark Fugatt
>>Exchange MVP
>>http://www.exchangetrainer.com
>>http://www.msexchange.org
>><anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>news:2bb1501c46942$16a88f40$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>>> Oh?  It's been running successfully for eight months
> like
>>> that.  I think you might be remembering the Beta...
>>> Windows server 2003 Beta, or RC1 would not let you
> install
>>> Exchange 2000...
>>>
>>>   Either that, or there must have been a workaround
> which
>>> I've forgotton, because as I said, it's been running
> like
>>> this for eight months.
>>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>Exchange 2000 is not supported on a Windows 2003 Server.
>>>>
>>>>-- 
>>>>Mark Fugatt
>>>>Exchange MVP
>>>>http://www.exchangetrainer.com
>>>>http://www.msexchange.org
>>>>"Charles Bretana" <bretana@msn.com> wrote in message
>>>>news:2c3a001c46916$2d758510$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>>>>> My Exchange 2000 is in Win server 2003 domain. (all
>>>>> Servers are 2003)
>>>>> I decided to replace the original DC box (it was a
>>> pentium
>>>>> II) with a new box, so, based on idea I got that all
> DCs
>>>>> on Act Dir are equivilent (by comparison with PDC/BDC
>>>>> concept in NT4 domains), so I just added a new DC on a
>>> new
>>>>> box, and then removed and trashed the old box.
>>>>>
>>>>> Then I discovered my Exchange server was no longer
>>>>> starting. (Box starts very slow, Exchange Information
>>>>> Store and System Attendant services fail)
>>>>>
>>>>> After much event log digging and research, I learned
>>> about
>>>>> the five AD DC roles that are unique to one and only
> one
>>>>> DC, (now gone), and about NTDSUTIL., and FSDMO, and
> how
>>>>> to "seize" the roles from the new DC, even though the
>>> old
>>>>> DC box is gone.
>>>>> But this has still not fixed the problem. My Exchange
>>>>> server box is still somehoe looking for the old box,
> and
>>>>> since it's gone, MS Exchange is failing to start.
>>>>>
>>>>> I also tried to just install Exchange 2003, but the
>>>>> Exchange 2000 Uninstall also fails because it "can't
>>> find
>>>>> the domain". Even though the Active Directory tools
> can
>>>>> find it ok...
>>>>>
>>>>> Any ideas before I lobotomize the entire box and
>>> reinstall
>>>>> everything from scratch?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>.
>>>>
>>
>>
>>.
>> 


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