Exchange 2003 Installation

I have Exchange 2003 Enterprise Edition already installed. We bought a new
server which I installed Exchange 2003 Enterprise Edition and updated with
Exchange Service Pack 2.

The old Exchange Server Name is AESEX the new server's name is AESEXC. When
I opened the Exchange System Manager on the new server I recognized that
under the administration group I can see both the new and old servers.

My question is, is this the way it is suppose to be. If not, please let me
know how I can correct it.

What is the sequence of steps to successfully move everything to the new
server and the old server not to show up.

How can I make the new server the same name as the old.

Ed
Thu May 01 20:29:46 CDT 2008

That's the way it's supposed to be. You installed a new server. There' s
now way to make it automatically replace the old one, so you now have two
servers. But that's a good thing, becuase you've apparently not done
anything wrong yet.

This is written for Exchange 2000 but applies just as well to 2003.

http://www.swinc.com/resource/e2kfaq_appxa.htm

Plus: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/822931
--
Ed Crowley MVP
"There are seldom good technological solutions to behavioral problems."
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"msw" <msw@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:O6qGus9qIHA.4544@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>I have Exchange 2003 Enterprise Edition already installed. We bought a new
>server which I installed Exchange 2003 Enterprise Edition and updated with
>Exchange Service Pack 2.
>
> The old Exchange Server Name is AESEX the new server's name is AESEXC.
> When I opened the Exchange System Manager on the new server I recognized
> that under the administration group I can see both the new and old
> servers.
>
> My question is, is this the way it is suppose to be. If not, please let
> me know how I can correct it.
>
> What is the sequence of steps to successfully move everything to the new
> server and the old server not to show up.
>
> How can I make the new server the same name as the old.
>

John
Thu May 01 20:30:29 CDT 2008

So far so good, you can now use the Exchange Task Wizard to Move Mailboxes
from AESEX to AESEXC. When finished follow,
http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2006/11/16/431531.aspx. Turn off AESEX
for about one week to insure everything is working properly then you can
uninstall Exchange from the Server. No need to change the server name.

--
John Oliver, Jr
MCSE, MCT, CCNA
Exchange MVP 2008
Microsoft Certified Partner

"msw" <msw@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:O6qGus9qIHA.4544@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>I have Exchange 2003 Enterprise Edition already installed. We bought a new
>server which I installed Exchange 2003 Enterprise Edition and updated with
>Exchange Service Pack 2.
>
> The old Exchange Server Name is AESEX the new server's name is AESEXC.
> When I opened the Exchange System Manager on the new server I recognized
> that under the administration group I can see both the new and old
> servers.
>
> My question is, is this the way it is suppose to be. If not, please let
> me know how I can correct it.
>
> What is the sequence of steps to successfully move everything to the new
> server and the old server not to show up.
>
> How can I make the new server the same name as the old.
>