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Removing old 2000 servers that are no longer available ... - 15.Dec.2004 3:24:00 AM

polysulfide

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I just installed an Exchange 2003 infrastructure into an exisitng Active Directory for a company I just started working for.

There is an existing GroupWise infrastructure, so when a ghost server called GROUPWISE appeared in my server list for the new organization, I figured that it was some GroupWise connector Exchange detected.

Now I'm pretty sure that this server was an Exchange 2000 server that an earlier administrator set up.

This GROUPWISE server had all the master roles for the organization and I had to change several things over to my new server.

I ignored the server for a while while but now I want to get rid of it.

I tired right-click -> remove server in system manager but it said this:
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The server "GROUPWISE" cannot be removed because:
- You cannot uninstall this server as there is at least one postmaster account currently homed on this server. Please move this account to another server before attempting to uninstall.
- 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 before uninstalling this server.

Facillity: Exchange System Manager
ID no: c103f492
Excahnge System Manager
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My books say that you can remove a server with mailboxes through the System Manager, but I don't know about postmaster accounts. Is there a primary postmaster account that maybe this server hijacked along with the other roles?

The server isn't around anymore to uninstall manually.

Any suggestions?

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RE: Removing old 2000 servers that are no longer availa... - 15.Dec.2004 4:52:00 PM

ConnyRask

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You probably have to use ADSI Edit to find out which account stopping you from removing the server from System Manager. But be careful with ADSI Edit...
Start ADSI Edit.
Expand Configuration Container [ServerName.domain.com], where ServerName is the name of your server, and where domain.com is the name of your domain.
Expand CN=Configuration,DC=domain,DC=com., expand CN=Services, expand CN=Microsoft Exchange, expand CN=OrganizationName, expand CN=Administrative Groups, expand CN=AdministrativeGroupName, expand CN=Servers, expand CN=ServerName, expand CN=Information Store, and then expand CN=StorageGroupName.
In the right pane, right-click CN-Mailbox Store (ServerName), and then click Properties.
In the Select which properties to view list, click Both.
In the Select a property to view list, click homeMDBBL.
View the contents of the Value(s) box to determine if a user account that is similar to the following appears:
CN=user name,CN=Recipients,CN=Users,DC=example,DC=com

Note You only have to consider user account mailboxes when you view the homeMDBBL property. You do not have to consider the following mailboxes:
SystemMailbox
Microsoft DSA
SMTP
Microsoft System Attendant

Click Cancel, and then start Active Directory Users and Computers.
Right-click the user account that appeared in the Value(s) box in step g, and then click Exchange Tasks.

Note Before you perform this step, make sure that you have already moved the user mailboxes to another Exchange Server computer.
In the Exchange Task Wizard, click Next, click Remove Exchange Attributes, and then click Next.
Click Next, and then click Finish.

After that try to remove the server again.

(in reply to polysulfide)

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