I am coming to the exchange gods for help. I was in a rush and forgot to
uninstall exchange before blowing away an old server. All accounts were off
it and everything else was moved (server was shutdown for a few days to
verify) but I erased the box last night and went to go rebuild it this
morning and of course am being told that the server already exists.

Can anyone offer any advice?

Thx!!!

Ryan

Re: idiot idiot idiot...I screwed up! by Ryan

Ryan
Tue Aug 19 10:32:36 CDT 2008

By the way...this is an exchange 2003 server.


"Ryan" <ryan@ilovespam.com> wrote in message
news:uW8sxAhAJHA.4252@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>I am coming to the exchange gods for help. I was in a rush and forgot to
>uninstall exchange before blowing away an old server. All accounts were off
>it and everything else was moved (server was shutdown for a few days to
>verify) but I erased the box last night and went to go rebuild it this
>morning and of course am being told that the server already exists.
>
> Can anyone offer any advice?
>
> Thx!!!
>
> Ryan
>



Re: idiot idiot idiot...I screwed up! by Mark

Mark
Tue Aug 19 10:40:51 CDT 2008

On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:32:36 -0500, "Ryan" <ryan@ilovespam.com> wrote:

>By the way...this is an exchange 2003 server.
>
>
>"Ryan" <ryan@ilovespam.com> wrote in message
>news:uW8sxAhAJHA.4252@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>I am coming to the exchange gods for help. I was in a rush and forgot to
>>uninstall exchange before blowing away an old server. All accounts were off
>>it and everything else was moved (server was shutdown for a few days to
>>verify) but I erased the box last night and went to go rebuild it this
>>morning and of course am being told that the server already exists.
>>
>> Can anyone offer any advice?
>>
>> Thx!!!
>>
>> Ryan
>>
>

setup.com /disasterrecovery would be the easiest way of doing it.
Another way would be http://support.microsoft.com/kb/833396/
Either is fine but would depend on how complex your original config
was.

Re: idiot idiot idiot...I screwed up! by Lee

Lee
Tue Aug 19 10:41:08 CDT 2008

"Ryan" <ryan@ilovespam.com> wrote in message
news:uW8sxAhAJHA.4252@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>I am coming to the exchange gods for help. I was in a rush and forgot to
>uninstall exchange before blowing away an old server. All accounts were off
>it and everything else was moved (server was shutdown for a few days to
>verify) but I erased the box last night and went to go rebuild it this
>morning and of course am being told that the server already exists.
>
> Can anyone offer any advice?
>
> Thx!!!
>
> Ryan

What tells you that it already exists? The Windows setup, or the Exchange
setup? If it's just the Exchange setup, you will need to remove it from AD.
Look for the heading
Remove the Exchange 2003 server from Active Directory
here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/833396

Lee.

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Re: idiot idiot idiot...I screwed up! by Ryan

Ryan
Tue Aug 19 10:54:37 CDT 2008

Its the exchange setup on the new box that is telling me that it already
exists.

What if I do this...
Install using disaster recovery switch
create empty DBs for public and first storage
uninstall to properly remove everything
reinstall clean

??

"Lee Derbyshire [MVP]" <email a@t leederbyshire d.0.t c.0.m> wrote in
message news:ufQoBIhAJHA.1228@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> "Ryan" <ryan@ilovespam.com> wrote in message
> news:uW8sxAhAJHA.4252@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>I am coming to the exchange gods for help. I was in a rush and forgot to
>>uninstall exchange before blowing away an old server. All accounts were
>>off it and everything else was moved (server was shutdown for a few days
>>to verify) but I erased the box last night and went to go rebuild it this
>>morning and of course am being told that the server already exists.
>>
>> Can anyone offer any advice?
>>
>> Thx!!!
>>
>> Ryan
>
> What tells you that it already exists? The Windows setup, or the Exchange
> setup? If it's just the Exchange setup, you will need to remove it from
> AD.
> Look for the heading
> Remove the Exchange 2003 server from Active Directory
> here:
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/833396
>
> Lee.
>
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Re: idiot idiot idiot...I screwed up! by Lee

Lee
Tue Aug 19 11:04:23 CDT 2008


Whichever you think is easiest. I'd have thought ADSI Edit would be
simplest, but then I already have it installed. You would need to find it
on the CD, then install it, etc.


"Ryan" <ryan@ilovespam.com> wrote in message
news:eGyAjPhAJHA.2276@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Its the exchange setup on the new box that is telling me that it already
> exists.
>
> What if I do this...
> Install using disaster recovery switch
> create empty DBs for public and first storage
> uninstall to properly remove everything
> reinstall clean
>
> ??
>
> "Lee Derbyshire [MVP]" <email a@t leederbyshire d.0.t c.0.m> wrote in
> message news:ufQoBIhAJHA.1228@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> "Ryan" <ryan@ilovespam.com> wrote in message
>> news:uW8sxAhAJHA.4252@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>I am coming to the exchange gods for help. I was in a rush and forgot to
>>>uninstall exchange before blowing away an old server. All accounts were
>>>off it and everything else was moved (server was shutdown for a few days
>>>to verify) but I erased the box last night and went to go rebuild it this
>>>morning and of course am being told that the server already exists.
>>>
>>> Can anyone offer any advice?
>>>
>>> Thx!!!
>>>
>>> Ryan
>>
>> What tells you that it already exists? The Windows setup, or the
>> Exchange
>> setup? If it's just the Exchange setup, you will need to remove it from
>> AD.
>> Look for the heading
>> Remove the Exchange 2003 server from Active Directory
>> here:
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/833396
>>
>> Lee.
>>
>> --
>> ______________________________________
>>
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>> www.leederbyshire.com
>> email a@t leederbyshire d.0.t c.0.m
>> ______________________________________
>>
>
>



Re: idiot idiot idiot...I screwed up! by Mark

Mark
Tue Aug 19 12:14:02 CDT 2008

The links I already provided to you give you the two options that Lee
aludes to. Follow one of them.

Re: idiot idiot idiot...I screwed up! by Ryan

Ryan
Tue Aug 19 13:38:44 CDT 2008

Phew...

Thanks guys!! Glad to see that after not being out here for a few years
there are still people to help in a idiotic pinch!

I tried doing the disaster recovery install which didnt do it so I ended up
going with the manual uninstall.

Thanks Mark and Lee!!

Ryan

"Mark Arnold [MVP]" <mark@mvps.org> wrote in message
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> The links I already provided to you give you the two options that Lee
> aludes to. Follow one of them.