I have exchange 2007 installed on a windows 2003 server and 1 DC on Windows 2003. My DC was stolen during a break-in. We have a backup of the system state but I do not have a similar system to restore it on. Can I setup a new domain controller and have the exchange server join that domain. And are there any tools to recover the mailboxes on this orphan exchange server that would export them to a pst file. Thanks, Bernard
You should post this in AD newsgroups because I am wondering if there may still be a path for you to do a bare metal restore of AD to another server. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb727048.aspx#EPAA "Bernard J." wrote in message news:74F85F9A-4A59-4D45-B215-59BE389045D8@microsoft.com... >I have exchange 2007 installed on a windows 2003 server and 1 DC on Windows > 2003. My DC was stolen during a break-in. We have a backup of the system > state but I do not have a similar system to restore it on. Can I setup a > new > domain controller and have the exchange server join that domain. And are > there any tools to recover the mailboxes on this orphan exchange server > that > would export them to a pst file. > > Thanks, > > Bernard
I'd try restoring the DC onto new hardware, usually it'll work OK, if the disk drivers aren't compatible and it won't boot after the restore just pop the CD in and do a repair install over the top Peter Lawton "Bernard J." wrote in message news:74F85F9A-4A59-4D45-B215-59BE389045D8@microsoft.com... >I have exchange 2007 installed on a windows 2003 server and 1 DC on Windows > 2003. My DC was stolen during a break-in. We have a backup of the system > state but I do not have a similar system to restore it on. Can I setup a > new > domain controller and have the exchange server join that domain. And are > there any tools to recover the mailboxes on this orphan exchange server > that > would export them to a pst file. > > Thanks, > > Bernard
