I was looking at this thread here http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/exchangesvrdeploy/thread/4b47475e-45b8-439e-ae1f-845837661037/ It discusses uninstalling exchange, then running the setup in recovery mode to move the installation. Im trying this out in a test VM where my Exchange program folder is on the C drive. I moved the database via EMC to the other drive already. When it comes to uninstalling Exchange, it wants to delete the mailbox database. I've tried running setup.exe /M:recoverserver. It unpacks the data, but then says an error has occured. Not sure what else to try here.

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If you uninstall Exchange then recover server isn't going to work. The uninstall will remove attributes from the domain. What is the objective here? I would leave the Exchange binaries where they are and just move the databases and logs to another location. You will find life is a lot easier if you do, as many things will presume C:\Program Files is being used. Simon.Simon Butler, Exchange MVP Blog | Exchange Resources | In the UK? Hire Me.

The reason is, the current disk our Exchange install and database resides on is Dynamic. We want it to reside on a basic disk. So the idea is mount another drive, move the data over, delete the old drive. In the case of the production server, it's all on a separate drive from the SO. I didn't feel the need to separate the Exchange install from C drive on my test setup when I built it. There's a suggestion from the link above to turn off the exchange services, move everything to the new drive and then swap drive letters. But I'd also like to test the recovery option. So when I run setup /m:recoverserver I get: The following server roles are already installed: BridgeheadRole, ClientAccessRole, MailboxRole, AdminToolsRole. Exchange Server setup encountered an error. Not much to go on :(

Hi You can try delete value from regedit HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\ExchangeServer\v14\AdminTools\ConfiguredVersion HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\ExchangeServer\v14\ClientAccessRole\ConfiguredVersion HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\ExchangeServer\v14\HubTransportRole\ConfiguredVersion HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\ExchangeServer\v14\MailboxRole\ConfiguredVersion You can read this similar case. http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/exchange2010/thread/05ff5f39-8bbc-4c6b-90bb-e851d0920665Terence Yu TechNet Community Support

Hi You can try delete value from regedit HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\ExchangeServer\v14\AdminTools\ConfiguredVersion HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\ExchangeServer\v14\ClientAccessRole\ConfiguredVersion HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\ExchangeServer\v14\HubTransportRole\ConfiguredVersion HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\ExchangeServer\v14\MailboxRole\ConfiguredVersion You can read this similar case. http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/exchange2010/thread/05ff5f39-8bbc-4c6b-90bb-e851d0920665 Terence Yu TechNet Community Support This seems to be working. I then ran setup /m:recoverserver /targetdir:"E:\\Exchange Server\V14". It didn't work from the disk, I had to run it in the folder where the service pack 2 files were from the SP2 install I performed.

I rebuilt the environment to have the original install on a 2nd drive. Ive attached a third drive and manually moved the databases to there. I ran the command again, pointing the destination to the new drive. The recover job completes successfully, I restart the machine but the Exchange install location hasnt changed.