I have a client that recently moved all Exchange 2003 mailboxes and public
folders from an existing Exchange 2003 server to a new Exchange 2003 server.
The existing/old exchange server died unexpectedly before they deleted the
existing exchange server as a replica. The public folders are working fine
from the client end since everyone connects to the new server and public
folders replication completed before the old server died. However, I am
having trouble openning the properties of the "Public Folder" folder inside
System Manager on the new server. While trying to go to the Properties of
Public Folder, the system manager would display a message stating that "the
HTTP service is not available......" ( i do not have the full message at
this time). Going under the "Public Folders" folder under the new server
would display the folder structure but shoots out the same error message
when I attempt to view the properties of any folder. Needless to say, I can
not delete the now invalid replica from the dead old exchange server. How
can I forcibly do this without hosing the public folder structure on the new
server?
thanks