dear all, the old machine was turn off for a long time and so far the email service is work fine. i want to know how to remove the offline exchange 2000 in AD.And I dont know is there any object point to the offline exchangeserver? existing environment: same organization, same administrative group, same routing group exchange 2003 (locate in HK, online) exchange 2000 (locate in HK, offline) same organization, same administrative group, different routing group exchange 2000 (locate in PRC, online) Thx

You need to use ADSIEDIT to do this. It is installed as a part of the support tools found on the windows 2003 cd. Run ADSIEDT.MSC on a DC Expand: +Configuration Container|_CN=Configuration, DC=Domain_Name,DC=com |_CN=Services |_CN=Microsoft Exchange |_CN=Your_Organization_Name |_CN=Administrative Groups |_CN=Your_Administrative_Group_Name |_CN=Servers Select the server object you want to remove from AD & Delete it. Be 100% sure to delete the correct server object as this action is only reverseable by performing an authoritative restore of AD.

hi johan, Thx you for your advise. is there any risk if i delete this server object? Existing i dont know is thereany object which is link to this offline exchange (like mailbox store in that exchange).Butso far no problemwas encounter for over 2yrs whichthe offline machinewas shutdown.

hi johan, Thx you for your advise. is there any risk if i delete this server object? Existing i dont know is thereany object which is link to this offline exchange (like mailbox store in that exchange).Butso far no problemwas encounter for over 2yrs sincethe offline machinewas shutdown.

Yes there is a risk of deleting this object if you ever expect that exchange server to come back online. however, if you do not expect this & wish to format & recycle that server completely thenI dont think you have anything to worry about here. I would say that if it has been offline for 2 years with no problems then there is no need to bring that server up as exchange again so you shouldnt have any adverse effects coming from "cleaning up" its AD objects.

hi Johan, Thx for your kindly support. i would try your advise in a testing environment first. thx a lot

Johan Dreyer wrote: You need to use ADSIEDIT to do this. It is installed as a part of the support tools found on the windows 2003 cd. Run ADSIEDT.MSC on a DC Expand: +Configuration Container|_CN=Configuration, DC=Domain_Name,DC=com |_CN=Services |_CN=Microsoft Exchange |_CN=Your_Organization_Name |_CN=Administrative Groups |_CN=Your_Administrative_Group_Name |_CN=Servers Select the server object you want to remove from AD & Delete it. Be 100% sure to delete the correct server object as this action is only reverseable by performing an authoritative restore of AD..thanks for this Johan, saved me a lot of work after a failed exchange server refused to boot up due to hardware issues

Hi , I find your problems. I take advise for remove offline exchange server.You can take to help this Microsoft Exchange Server Recovery for remove the the offline exchange 2000.