I need some Disaster Recovery help. I have a windows 2000 server with Exchange 2000 Enterprise. This server is also my companyâ??s domain controller, DHCP, DNS, and Active Directory. My Exchange Server is a Compaq Proliant Server. Now, my job is if our Exchange 2000 Server goes down I have to restore my Exchange Server to a backup machine. Now, this backup machine is a Dell Server (Different Hardware). This is what I have done so far.
I have backup my System State, Boot Partition, WINNT directory, and Documents and Settings directory (Windows Backup Set) from my Primary Exchange 2000 Server. Now, I restored this backup set to my backup Dell Server. My Dell server already had Windows 2000 Installed and the machine was just a standalone work group server.
Now, once the restore was completed to my Backup Dell Server the system was restarted. Now, the backup Dell Server is like my Primary Exchange 2000 Server (Same Computer Name, etc.). Next, I reinstalled my video driver. Now, I have no question marks in my device manager.
Next, I installed Exchange 2000 Enterprise in Disaster recovery mode. Then, I installed Exchange 2000 SP3 in Disaster Recovery Mode. Next, I installed Windows 2000 SP4.
Now, My Information Store Service did not start, but I figured the reason is on my Primary Exchange 2000 Server I had virus scan. Therefore, on my Backup Dell Server I did not have virus scan, but it was still an entry in add/remove programs. Therefore, I uninstall virus scan from my Backup Dell Server. Restarted the server and this time all of the Exchange 2000 services started on my backup Dell Server.
Now, the information store databases are not mounted. Next, I copied the contents of my MDBDATA from my primary Exchange 2000 Server to my backup Dell Server into the same directory as was the primary server. I mounted the databases. Now, everything seemed ok.
Therefore, I went into Outlook on the Disaster Recover Dell Server (Backup) and log on. Now, in the left had panel I see the 2 entries for public folders and my E-mail account. I can get to the public folders and see the messages in the public folder; however, I can not get into my E-mail account.
Now, when I go into the Event view on my Backup Machine there is an error message that says that there was a â??logon failure to the database of the information storeâ?? and something â??about canâ??t create E-mail accountâ?? I think. Therefore, what do I do to get pass this error? How do I get into my E-mail account? I must have missed a step or did something wrong. How do I correct this problem? Any and all information would be greatly appreciated.
Thank You
Paul