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:
4. Enable check-box "Show only attributes that have values"
5. Make a note of the following values:
6. Lookup the "serialNumber" and "versionNumber" and download corresponding Exchange Service Pack files.
7. Installed pre-requisite components on Exchange computer using the following commands;
(* each command may take up to 20 minutes to complete)
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
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
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
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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