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Exchange Server 5.5 Configuration Support

Backup and Disaster Recovery Plan for Exchange 5.5 Server

MMA Server Backup Strategy:

Use paired servers in each office. Backup Domain Controller (mab01) and Primary Domain Controller (mab00) reside in NYO (Michigan). BDC (mabsco2) and PDC (mabsco) reside in SCO (California).
The BDC and PDC are connected with LAN. Mab00 connects to Japan with T1, it also has DSL access to Internet using a private IP. To make DSL connection work for mab00, one needs to run a batch file t1.bat. This file has a command to add route 192.168.23.240 (DSL router) to the routing table.
Mab01 has only DSL connection, but it has a public IP. Hence, it’s possible to use PcAnywhere to access it. Do not install VPN, since it causes a conflict with ATT dialer.
Mabsco and mabsco2 both use public IP. Hence, it is important to have Firewall and Antivirus programs up and running. Mabsco connects to Japan using ATT Globalnet, a 56K modem dialup connection.
BDC has a file mirror program (Idem). This program download source servers (selected folders, Exchange, and Sys) to target server at every 6000 seconds. This operation is done with LAN. The source folders are mapped to local drives on the bdc first. Every time the server is restarted, the mapped locally drive must be manually reconnected.
2ndary backup is done from a workstation, also running Idem. The mirror time is set to every 48 hours. Thus a 2-tier backup strategy can be implemented.
NYO BDC mab01 and SCO BDC mabsco2 are synchronized with a different program.
Several WAN mirror programs are evaluated: PeerSync uses ftp; Idem does not support WAN, CDS Back Again II does not support WAN, Veritas Backup Exec. Veritas’ Backup Exec accepts backup to disk and tape, from remote source. It backups Exchange folders specifically, but costs over $1000, and it can not install on a server with SQL Database installed.
An in-house program will be developed to accomplish the remote backup over IP. For the time being, Idem is deployed for LAN backup, and Remote backup are done manually.
Database and other Office documents are originated in mab00 server. These files will be moved to mab01. All NYO clients will map mab01/sys folder locally. SCO clients will map mabsco2/sys locally.
NYO and SCO BDC will copy sys folder to PDC sys folder every 24 hours and every 48 hours respectively.
Exchange folders and database will be backup to BDC from PDC in a preset interval (6000 seconds). This is in addition to BDC being configured as a join-site Exchange server.

Restoration:

Option 1: Work if PDC is still running

· Install Exchange on the new machine. it will ask you if you to join a site, or create a new site. Check to join an existing site, and locate the home server name and site name. Continue to finish the installation.

· Install Exchange SP4 and other updates (spoof prevention, see Computer Doc database).

· Go to your home server and then go into the "server recipients" folder.

· Highlight all the mail boxes and then click Tools/move mailbox, this will bring up a list of the available servers, pick your new server.

· From Exchange Admin, add IMS: File/new others/IMS. Check Routing/Routing Restrictions/Client and Host must be authenticated.

· Once you've moved the mailboxes, run the exchange optimizer on the new server, there will be an option to recreate the connectors, make sure you have this checked

Option 2: will lost all email and folder contents

· Install NT Server as a Backup Domain Controller (BDC), install SP6, and all Windows Security updates.

· Synchronize to the PDC to get all user’s name and password to BDC

· Disconnect BDC from LAN

· Install Exchange Server 5.5 with the same Organization, site name, and server name.

· Recreate user mailboxes

· Change IP to the main sever

· Install Exchange sp4

Problems?

Email server has an open relay which allows spoofing (false ID), and Spam:

Install firewall and manually accept or reject the connection requests from other servers or applications. Add password to all users. Configure Exchange Server Internet Mail Services/Routing Restriction check Hosts and Clients that successful authenticate. Setup one server as inbound only, and the other server as outbound only.

Error C1030bod: Directory replication error. Not authorized to connect to home server.

The new PC needs to be a backup domain controller (BDC), and the old PC is a Primary domain controller. Both need to be in the same domain. Reinstall NT if there is any problem. Add administrator2 for the new PC, and login with this ID. On the old PC Exchange Administration, add Administrator2 to have Permission Admin Rights on 5 locations: Organization properties, Site, Server, Configuration, and connection.

Error C1010aae

Microsoft KB:

This article was previously published under Q264159

SUMMARY

After you uninstall the Exchange Server Mailbox Manager service, there may still be mailbox resources left behind for this service.

MORE INFORMATION

The first time that the Mailbox Manager service is started, the Mailbox Manager service creates a mailbox on the server that is called "Microsoft Exchange Server Mailbox Manager for server_name."

If you simply uninstall the Mailbox Manager service, you do not remove this mailbox from the Mailbox Resources container.

If you click the mailbox, you receive the following error message:

The object cannot be found in the directory. This may be because replication has not completed.
Microsoft Exchange Directory
ID no: c1010aae.

To remove this mailbox, you need to use the Exchange Server Administrator program in raw mode.

WARNING: If you use the raw mode of the Exchange Server Administrator program (admin /r) incorrectly, serious problems may occur that may require you to reinstall Microsoft Windows NT Server, Microsoft Exchange Server, or both. Microsoft cannot guarantee that problems that result from using raw mode incorrectly can be solved. Use raw mode at your own risk.

To remove the mailbox:

1. Start the Exchange Server Administrator program in raw mode by typing the following at a command prompt:

c:\exchsrvr\bin\admin /r

2. Connect to the server that the mailbox that you want to remove is located on.

3. Locate the Mailbox Resources container in which the mailbox you want to delete is located. The Mailbox Resources container has a parent container that is called the Private Information Store container. Click the Private Information Store container, and then click Raw Properties on the File menu.

4. Under the object attributes, click Obj-Dist-Name, and then select the entire value under Edit Value. Make sure that you have selected the entire value, and then press CTRL+C to copy that value. The value should look very similar to the following:

(/o=organization/ou=site/cn=Configuration/cn=Servers/cn=server_name/cn=Microsoft Private MDB)

Note that only your organization, site, and server_name values should be different. Click Cancel.

5. Click the Add-ins container, click New on the File menu, click Other, and then click Raw Object.

6. Click Mailbox, and then click OK.

7. Click Delivery Mechanism, type 0 in the Edit Value box, and then click Set.

8. Click Directory Name, type MCAserver_name in the Edit Value box, and then click Set (where server_name is the name of your server). For example, if your server is named MICROSOFT1, you would type MCAMICROSOFT1.

9. Under List attributes of type, click NonExisting.

10. Under Object Attributes, click Home-MDB.

11. In the Edit Value box, paste the full distinguished name of the home Messaging Database (MDB) where the mailbox that you want to delete is located (this is the data that you copied in step 4). To paste this full distinguished name in the Edit Value box, press CTRL+V. Click Set.

12. Click Apply, and then click OK.

13. In the Add-Ins container, click the MCAserver_name object, and then press the DELETE key. Click Yes to confirm the deletion.

14. Look in the Mailbox Resources container. The Microsoft Exchange Server Mailbox Manager for server_name mailbox should be gone. You need to update the screen by pressing the F5 key before the mailbox disappears.

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