asked on Unable to uninstall Mailbox Role on Exchange 2010
Inherited a botched Exchange removal, what a surprise. Best I can figure out is that all roles where removed successfully except the mailbox role. Looked in ADSIEDIT and someone deleted the databases but not the server and they still show in EMC. Some Exchange services are still running.
I have attached the error message I receive when attempting to remove the mailbox role.
Since the databases were removed w/ADSIEDIT the Powershell commands do not work. What if anything else should be purged from AD and at that point can I ignore the rest of the attempted uninstall? We are planning to shutdown the VM which only function was to run Exchange as a member server. Emails are now in the cloud.
I have attached the error message I receive when attempting to remove the mailbox role.
Since the databases were removed w/ADSIEDIT the Powershell commands do not work. What if anything else should be purged from AD and at that point can I ignore the rest of the attempted uninstall? We are planning to shutdown the VM which only function was to run Exchange as a member server. Emails are now in the cloud.
PowershellExchange
Last Comment
PRADIIP SINGH
As someone has already played around ADSIEDIT so now bets approach would be to remove this server from ADSIEDIT and there should not be any problem but before you do that shutdown the sever for couple of days and make sure there is no dependency on it and then proceed
ASKER
Yes the server was already shutdown for a period of time, not sure how long.
What can I delete through ADSIEDIT?
CN=Databases or everything underneath?
CN=Servers or just what's underneath?
Thanks
What can I delete through ADSIEDIT?
CN=Databases or everything underneath?
CN=Servers or just what's underneath?
Thanks
ASKER CERTIFIED SOLUTION
THIS SOLUTION ONLY AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS.
View this solution by signing up for a free trial.
Members can start a 7-Day free trial and enjoy unlimited access to the platform.