Re: Exchange Server was a domain controller forcibly demoted and cannot be promoted again



outlawclique@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
We have a backup on another server via remote agent, which is also a
DC, but cannot connect to it.

But its a consistent backup of your exchange stores and the systemstate from this server?
If yes, you can try to install your server from scratch and restore the systemstate and then doing an Exchange desasterrecovery.

20 email users via exchange and outlook.

Worst case: buy Ontrack powercontrols and backup your data from the offline exchangestores. For restoring exchange I would suggest that you try one of the exchange newsgroups.

HTH
Norbert

PS: For the future it is not recommended to install Exchange on a DC.

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