Uninstalling a Unity 4.2 server with Exchange 2000 co-resident

shikamarunara · ‎04-16-2008

In my new position I inherited a Unity server with Exchange 2000 co-resident. I've completed a migration of all of the mailboxes to another server that is partnered with the corporate Exchange servers instead. I would like to decomission the old server so that 1) Exchange is removed gracefully from AD and 2) Unity is removed properly as well. Can anyone recommend a document or tool?

-Shikamaru

Tommer Catlin · ‎04-16-2008

Do you have the new Unity server already in place as well? Or just removing Exchange from Unity?

shikamarunara · ‎04-16-2008

The new Unity server is already in place and all of the subscribers have been moved from the old one to the new one.

-Shikamaru

Tommer Catlin · ‎04-16-2008

If the Exchange 2000 and Exchange 2003 are in the same domain, I would follow this procedure then.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/260378

If the server is a stand alone Unity VM and Exchange, there is nothing left to do to decommission.

shikamarunara · ‎04-16-2008

Unity servers in a single domain are aware of each other and share information. My experience is that when a Unity server is removed, the reference to it by the remaining servers remains. Isn't there something that needs to be done to remove it properly?

-Shikamaru

Tommer Catlin · ‎04-17-2008

If the Unity servers are Digitally Networked, then you have to remove digital networking. (basically delete all the dialing domains, etc) But as for Exchange, this a Microsoft issue. You need to decommission the Exchange server properly or you will have issues on your new server. (free/busy errors, public folder replication, etc)