Exchange Setup Error

Trigger · 6 Dec 2006 at 13:03

Hi,

I have recently installed Exchange 2007 but had to format the server for several reasons. I now have the server back up and running and am trying to reinstall exchange however when I run the setup, I get the error:

Exchange 2007 Setup said:
The Exchange Server is in an inconsistent state. Only disaster recovery mode is avaliable

Anyone have any ideas how I can install exchange?

Thanks for any help

Ben

J1nxy · 6 Dec 2006 at 13:11

Did you uninstall Exchange before formating? As it ties into AD and will have left all the rubbish behind if you just trashed the box.

Steve

Trigger · 6 Dec 2006 at 13:22

Wasn't possible to uninstall as I couldn't get into windows on the exchange server

Anything I can do to get it to install properly or have I got to bin the domain? :eek:

Thanks for the help,

Ben

J1nxy · 6 Dec 2006 at 13:25

Have a rummage around the MS site as there are instructions for removing a defunct Exchange server (at least for 2003) as you need to use ADSI Edit to strip out the details of the data store etc. You can use a different machine name but its going to confuse the situation as you'll end up with stuff thats install on the 1st Exchange server being located on a defunct box.

Steve

marc2003 · 6 Dec 2006 at 14:15

i do believe there is actually a /disasterrecovery switch you can use when you run setup? i don't know if that's much use.....

oddjob62 · 6 Dec 2006 at 14:21

You should be able to use adsiedit to delete the configuration container for the old exchange server. I have done this before, but i'm not sure if it causes any underlying issued that i didn't notice at the time.

EDIT: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/833396

tonyyeb · 6 Dec 2006 at 15:32

oddjob62 said:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/833396

Not sure if this will work as the article is for Exchange 2003 not 2007.

ruffneck · 6 Dec 2006 at 15:47

tonyyeb said:
Not sure if this will work as the article is for Exchange 2003 not 2007.

pretty sure exchange 2007 implements itself into AD the same way 2003 does

tonyyeb · 6 Dec 2006 at 15:49

ruffneck said:
pretty sure exchange 2007 implements itself into AD the same way 2003 does

Hmm pretty sure wouldn't be good enough for me. Particulary if it was a production environment.

J1nxy · 6 Dec 2006 at 16:45

Don';t know if you have access to technet

http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=981859&SiteID=17

oddjob62 · 6 Dec 2006 at 16:52

tonyyeb said:
Hmm pretty sure wouldn't be good enough for me. Particulary if it was a production environment.

Unfortinately, documentation for 2007 in a production environment is severaly lacking
I had assumed from the comment

Anything I can do to get it to install properly or have I got to bin the domain?

That this was a test environment.