Tech Tip: How to Recover Microsoft Exchange server 2007 configuration from Active directory

Work: How to Recover Microsoft Exchange server 2007 configuration from Active directory

 1. On the domain controller open AdsiEdit.msc

 2. Navigate to:

  • Configuration [dcsrvname.domain.dom]
  • CN=Configuration,DC=eaglebankmd,DC=com
  • CN=Services
  • CN=***ORGANIZATION NAME***
  • CN=*** ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP NAME ***
  • CN=Servers
3. Right click on the server name "CN=MyExchangeServeName" and select properties

4. Enable check-box "Show only attributes that have values"

5. Make a note of the following values:

  • msExchDataPath
  • msExchELCAuditLogPath
  • msExchHomeRoutingGroup
  • msExchInstallPath
  • name
  • serialNumber
  • versionNumber

6. Lookup the "serialNumber" and "versionNumber" and download corresponding Exchange Service Pack files.

  •    You don't need to have Exchange installation and Serivce Pack. Service Pack includes everything.

  
7. Installed pre-requisite components on Exchange computer using the following commands;

(* each command may take up to 20 minutes to complete)

  • ServerManagerCmd -i RSAT-ADDS (reboot is required - rebooted the server)
  • ServerManagerCmd -i PowerShell
  • ServerManagerCmd -i Web-Server
  • ServerManagerCmd -i Web-ISAPI-Ext
  • ServerManagerCmd -i Web-Metabase
  • ServerManagerCmd -i Web-Lgcy-Mgmt-Console
  • ServerManagerCmd -i Web-Basic-Auth
  • ServerManagerCmd -i Web-Digest-Auth
  • ServerManagerCmd -i Web-Windows-Auth
  • ServerManagerCmd -i Web-Dyn-Compression
7. Reboot the server

      Run recovery command - setup /m:recoverserver

      * Check the path exchange server was installed and correct if needed.

8. Restore databases from the backup

   * Make sure to check the box not to mount the stores after restore is complete.

   * When restored and .edb file is in-place check the state of the database

   X:\Exchange Install Folder\Bin>eseutil /mh "Path to DDB file\myEDBFile.edb"

  Look for the line "State: Clean Shutdown" to make sure the database is in clean
  shutdown state

   * Mount the database

   * Make sure you have all requied IP addresses are configured on the server

   You may have nat to a different IP on the firewall and that will prevent incoming emails

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