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How to get rid of Exchange 2013

Hi Everyone

My Exchange 2013 server did crash and there is no way that I can uninstall exchange ,I was currently busy setting up the Exchange 2013 server to migrate users from Exchange 2010 ,I know I can use adsiedit but need to know where I need to delete Exchange 2013 ,also will this effect my current Exchange 2010 Server ,I also did build another Exchange 2013 Server which seems fine only thing when I try to migrate its moaning that it can't see the first Exchange 2013 Server.

Please help
DS

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Will Szymkowski

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Dirkie Laubscher

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Hi Will

Thanks for the reply ,you did say I have to remove the healthmailbox object as well ,do you mean the mail data store on the faulty exchange 2013 server , and will this effect my current Exchange 2010 server if I delete those objects.

Thanks
D

Will Szymkowski

No they are objects in AD specifically. Will. Not. Affect 2010.

Will.

Simon Butler (Sembee)

The ADSIEDIT method is technically unsupported for removing Exchange.

What you should have done is recovered the Exchange server. Build a replacement server with the same name. RESET (not delete) the AD computer account, then joined it to the domain. Installed Exchange 2013 with the recovery switches.
Once complete, uninstall Exchange correctly using add/remove programs.

Simon.

Dirkie Laubscher

ASKER

Thanks for all the replies unfortunately I did delete the computer name before using ads edit hope ads edit will work for me

Dirkie Laubscher

ASKER

Hi Simon I will try your method ,did restore the computer name object back into AD and will run exchange recovery ,will be the safest ,will let you know.

Thanks