Installing a new Exchange 2000 Server.....

Hi Folks;

I have a really old server with Exchange 2000 on it. I want to replace it
with a newer sever.

Both machines run Windows 2000/Exchange 2000.

The problem is, I want the new server to have the same machine name as the
old one.

Is it possible to do this without loosing the existing data?

Thanks!
Dave Onex

On Sat, 7 Nov 2009 02:47:10 -0800, "Dave Onex" <dave@microsoft.com>
wrote:
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>Hi Folks;
>
>I have a really old server with Exchange 2000 on it. I want to replace it
>with a newer sever.
>
>Both machines run Windows 2000/Exchange 2000.
>
>The problem is, I want the new server to have the same machine name as the
>old one.
>
>Is it possible to do this without loosing the existing data?
>
>Thanks!
>Dave Onex
>[/color]
There is no purely Exchange need to keep the machine name. Only do
this if you have some other thing on that hardware that's hard codewd
to the machine name. [url]http://support.microsoft.com/kb/297289[/url]

"Mark Arnold [MVP]" <mark@mvps.org> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 7 Nov 2009 02:47:10 -0800, "Dave Onex" <dave@microsoft.com>
> wrote:
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>>Hi Folks;
>>
>>I have a really old server with Exchange 2000 on it. I want to replace it
>>with a newer sever.
>>
>>Both machines run Windows 2000/Exchange 2000.
>>
>>The problem is, I want the new server to have the same machine name as the
>>old one.
>>
>>Is it possible to do this without loosing the existing data?
>>
>>Thanks!
>>Dave Onex
>>[/color]
> There is no purely Exchange need to keep the machine name. Only do
> this if you have some other thing on that hardware that's hard codewd
> to the machine name. [url]http://support.microsoft.com/kb/297289[/url]
>[/color]

Thank you Mark - I missed that KB article (oh how I wished I'd see it a 3am
last night!).
There is a reason the machine name has to stay the same.

I'll try again today with the KB article in hand :-)

Best!
Dave

Just an update - and a really big thank you.

I started over from scratch and followed the KB article closely. 5 hours
later the server was back in action (that included a complete O/S install
etc).

I was (still am) really shocked at how easy it was in the end. I just needed
to be armed with the right info from someone in the know.

Thanks again!
Dave


"Dave Onex" <dave@microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> "Mark Arnold [MVP]" <mark@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:8g5bf5h64g9vtrgsq56hmhfoo4nv5hre00@4ax.com...[color=green]
> > On Sat, 7 Nov 2009 02:47:10 -0800, "Dave Onex" <dave@microsoft.com>
> > wrote:
> >[color=darkred]
> >>Hi Folks;
> >>
> >>I have a really old server with Exchange 2000 on it. I want to replace[/color][/color][/color]
it[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
> >>with a newer sever.
> >>
> >>Both machines run Windows 2000/Exchange 2000.
> >>
> >>The problem is, I want the new server to have the same machine name as[/color][/color][/color]
the[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
> >>old one.
> >>
> >>Is it possible to do this without loosing the existing data?
> >>
> >>Thanks!
> >>Dave Onex
> >>[/color]
> > There is no purely Exchange need to keep the machine name. Only do
> > this if you have some other thing on that hardware that's hard codewd
> > to the machine name. [url]http://support.microsoft.com/kb/297289[/url]
> >[/color]
>
> Thank you Mark - I missed that KB article (oh how I wished I'd see it a[/color]
3am[color=blue]
> last night!).
> There is a reason the machine name has to stay the same.
>
> I'll try again today with the KB article in hand :-)
>
> Best!
> Dave
>
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