Re: Primary server went down Need help!

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From: Robert Osenbaugh (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 08/15/04 

Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2004 15:09:42 -0700

I have looked them over they confirmed what I was
thinking any idea on the Exchange server; can/should I
restore exchange to the same box after?

>-----Original Message-----
>look at those articles, they may assist you:
>
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
us;240655
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
us;265089
>
>--
>
>Omer Maydan
>MCSE, Security+
>
>"Robert Osenbaugh" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote in message
>news:677201c482bf$2f2ed7e0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>> Sorry I have not had to do this before, so I need to
have
>> sanity check and some additional advice. Have a guy who
>> was running 2 W2K servers both DC with AD. The first
>> server was set up with Exchange 2000 and is the primary
>> domain controller. It is getting an error when starting
>> up:
>> lsass.exe - system error
>> Security Accounts Manager initialization failed because
>> of the following: Directory Services cannot start.
Error
>> Status: 0xc0002e1
>>
>> I can boot to DS restore mode, So I was able to make a
>> image copy of everything on the disk drives (most
>> important the exchange stuff)
>>
>> I have checked the AD files using ntdsutil backwords
and
>> forwards, I also checked the permissions on the folders
>> there does not seem to be anything wrong there. I
believe
>> my only recourse is to manually remove it(1st domain
>> controller)from the AD on the the remaining 2nd server
>> and sieze FSMO manually to get the other server doing
>> what needs to be done for the AD.
>>
>> Another big issue is the exchange portion, I need to
get
>> it back up and I am not sure what steps to take, once I
>> reload the server. Will I be able to rejoin the AD and
>> restore Exchange Store with out much to do?
>>
>> Also is there a quick way to get certain mail out
quickly
>> for them while all this is being done.
>
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>

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