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Removing an Exchange server with Failed Hardwarefailed and we were only keeping it around for restores. I right clicked on the Exchange server in the ESM and selected "all tasks" and then "remove server" and I got the following error message: The action could not be completed because the Microsoft Exchange Information Store service is unavailable. Be sure the service is running and you have network connectivity to the Microsoft Exchange Server computer. Operation: Retrieving mount information ID no: c1041721 Exchange System Manager If I right click and select "Delete" on the Exchange server in question then I get the following: The server "Exchange" cannot be removed because: - One or more users currently use a mailbox store on this server. These users must be moved to a mailbox store on a different server or be mail disabled befoer uninstalling this server Facility: Exchange System Manager ID no: c103f492 Exchange System Manager What is the best way to find these users. What can I do with them once I find them. I'm sure none of them are real users, at most they are accounts created just to restore. Any help would be appreciated. This is an Exchange Server 2003 with 6 other Exchange 2003 servers in the same Enterprise, all SP2. Is it problematic to use ADSIEdit as described below:
Warning If you use the ADSI Edit snap-in, the LDP utility, or any other LDAP version 3 client, and you incorrectly modify the attributes of Active Directory objects, you can cause serious problems. These problems may require you to reinstall Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server, Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, or both Windows and Exchange. Microsoft cannot guarantee that problems that occur if you incorrectly modify Active Directory object attributes can be solved. Modify these attributes at your own risk. To use the ADSI Edit snap-in to remove an Exchange 2003 server from an Exchange 2003 administrative group, follow these steps: 1. Click Start, point to Programs, point to Windows 2000 Support Tools, point to Tools, and then click ADSI Edit. 2. Expand each of the following items: Configuration Container CN=Configuration, DC=Domain_Name,DC=com CN=Services CN=Microsoft Exchange CN=Your_Organization_Name CN=Administrative Groups CN=Your_Administrative_Group_Name_Or_Exchange5.5_Site_Name CN=Servers Note In this procedure, Domain_Name is a placeholder for the name of your domain, Your_Organization_Name is a placeholder for the name of your organization, and Your_Administrative_Group_Name_Or_Exchange5.5_Site_Name is a placeholder for the name of your administrative group or Exchange 5.5 site. 3. Right-click the Exchange 2003 server object, and then click Delete. 4. Click Yes in every adsiedit dialog box that prompts you to confirm the deletion. it's not problematic to use if you understand what you are doing
as far as determining who is reported in AD to have a mailbox on that server, open ADUC, right click on your domain and select find. in the find drop down list, select exchange recipients. on the general tab, uncheck everything except 'users with exchange mailboxes' on the storage tab, select 'mailboxes on this server' and put in the server name click find now and it will show you everything configured to have a mailbox on that machine Show quote "CK" <C*@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:E260170F-6129-4A5D-8599-561B9639E93C@microsoft.com... > Is it problematic to use ADSIEdit as described below: > > Warning If you use the ADSI Edit snap-in, the LDP utility, or any other > LDAP > version 3 client, and you incorrectly modify the attributes of Active > Directory objects, you can cause serious problems. These problems may > require > you to reinstall Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, Microsoft Windows Server > 2003, Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server, Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, or > both > Windows and Exchange. Microsoft cannot guarantee that problems that occur > if > you incorrectly modify Active Directory object attributes can be solved. > Modify these attributes at your own risk. > To use the ADSI Edit snap-in to remove an Exchange 2003 server from an > Exchange 2003 administrative group, follow these steps: > 1. Click Start, point to Programs, point to Windows 2000 Support Tools, > point to Tools, and then click ADSI Edit. > 2. Expand each of the following items: > Configuration Container > CN=Configuration, DC=Domain_Name,DC=com > CN=Services > CN=Microsoft Exchange > CN=Your_Organization_Name > CN=Administrative Groups > CN=Your_Administrative_Group_Name_Or_Exchange5.5_Site_Name > CN=Servers > > Note In this procedure, Domain_Name is a placeholder for the name of your > domain, Your_Organization_Name is a placeholder for the name of your > organization, and Your_Administrative_Group_Name_Or_Exchange5.5_Site_Name > is > a placeholder for the name of your administrative group or Exchange 5.5 > site. > 3. Right-click the Exchange 2003 server object, and then click Delete. > 4. Click Yes in every adsiedit dialog box that prompts you to confirm the > deletion. > |
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