Hi: I am wanting to remove one of the domain controllers that exchange sees and add the newer one to replace it. The domain controller I want to relplace is no longer in place, and shows up nowhere except in the 2010 Exchange Hub Transport system Settings. This would seem like it should be an easy thing, but I havent seen how to do it. Any help is appreciated

Hi, Please, refer to the below threads, http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-IE/exchange2010/thread/924f0b55-5819-4d44-8606-554e05769ac5 http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/exchange2010/thread/62269213-6034-4c60-9b69-37eb302f5e5b Hope it will helpful.MCTS: Microsoft Exchange Server 2007/2010 | MCSA

Hello, run the following command to see if you have set this DC as static DC To see the current settings, run Get-ExchangeServer Identity <server_name> -Status | FL. By default StaticDomainControllers and StaticGlobalCatalog will be blank. if you have a static entry, you might want to replace it with your new DC name, run following To set new settings run: Set-ExchangeServer -Identity <server_name> -StaticDomainControllers DC-01.dc.local,DC-02.dc.local to set the StaticDomainControllers Set-ExchangeServer -Identity <server_name> -StaticGlobalCatalogs DC-01.dc.local,DC-02.dc.local to set the StaticGlobalCatalogs

Hi: I know it is a static entry, but will this set this as the default DC? We have 5 locqations with 5 domain controllers. I do need to add the new one, but I also need to remove the old one which is really just a phantom entry as it shows up no place else but in the list of exchange DC's. The exchange server is 2010, running on Win08R2, and the domain controller i need to ad is running Win 03. I have taken the liberty of making it a glocal catalog.

Hello, Can you get me the output of following? Get-ExchangeServer Identity <server_name> -Status | FL thanks

Hi rbeamer, Please try to delete the File C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\MMC\Exchange Management Console first. If the issue still appears, please do: 1, Server Configuration->Modify Configuration Domain Controller->Specify a domain controller to point to new DC. 2, run the cmdlet Set-ExchangeServer -staticdomaincontrollers -staticglobalcatalogs -staticconfigurationdomaincontroller to point to the new DC. 3, Restart the Exchange server. If it works, you can change it back: set-exchangeserver -staticdomaincontrollers $null -staticglobalcatalogs $null -staticconfigurationdomaincontroller $null Set-ExchangeServer http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb123716.aspx Please remember to mark the replies as answers if they help and unmark them if they provide no help. If you have feedback for TechNet Subscriber Support, contact tnmff@microsoft.com.Frank Wang TechNet Community Support

You can also use the reverse -StaticExcludedDomainControllers if you just want to exclude your bad one.James Chong MCITP | EA | EMA; MCSE | M+, S+ Security+, Project+, ITIL msexchangetips.blogspot.com

That worked easiest. Thanks