Re: AD and EX2K question

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From: George (George_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/24/05 

Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 19:43:02 -0800

Hi,

Got this problem solved. While attempting to transfer the Schema Master role
I found out the the Schema Master was in ERROR and is seen as offline. I
seized the Schema Master to a new server and rebuild the original server from
scratch without a trace of its exisitence. Now I can reboot the Active
Directory without affecting the Exchange Server.

Cheers,
George

"George" wrote:

> Hi Leif,
>
> Thanks for your response. Yes, I have configured the second domain
> controller to be a global catalog.
>
> George
> "Leif Pedersen [MVP]" wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Have you configured your second domain controller to be a global catalog
> > server?
> >
> > Leif
> >
> > "George" <George@discussions.microsoft.com> skrev i en meddelelse
> > news:7F296888-EF23-434E-909B-F66DB3A0E472@microsoft.com...
> > > Hi! I have two W2k AD and one EX2K SP2. We use to have an ADC between this
> > > W2K AD and the EX2K since it was an EX5.5 before the in-place upgrade. Why
> > is
> > > it that whenever I turn-off the first W2K AD we are not able to send and
> > > receive e-mail even though the other W2K AD is up and running??? I can say
> > > that this may not be an ADC problem since we can still send and receive
> > > e-mail even if we disable the ADC service. It can't even be a network
> > related
> > > problem since this W2K AD doesn't have any other role except for being the
> > > first Active Directory in the network. Our internal DNS is hosted in
> > another
> > > machine.
> > >
> > > My dilemma is that I need to rebuild the first Active Directory from
> > scratch
> > > but I just want to know why is it that the EX2K depends on this server
> > when
> > > there's an additional Active Directory that is up and running?
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance!-George
> >
> >
> >

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