In this lab, you will attempt to remove an Exchange Server 2003 server from an organization that has a user mailbox, which will cause Setup to fail. You will then correct the problem and successfully remove the server.
See Also | Recipient management is covered in more detail later in Chapter 7, "Managing Recipient Objects and Address Lists," but what you need to know to complete the lab is supplied here. |
Before proceeding with this lab, you must have two Exchange Server 2003 servers installed into the same organization, and on the second server, create one or more user mailboxes, as follows (after installing Exchange Server 2003):
Start the Active Directory Users And Computers console on the second server and navigate to the Users container.
Create a user account as usual, except with Exchange Server 2003 installed, you will have an additional prompt to create a mailbox. Confirm that you want to create a mailbox, and ensure that the mailbox store given by default is located on the server you will be removing.
Start Microsoft Internet Explorer on the server and go to http:\\servername\exchange (where servername is the name of your server), and then log on with the user account you just set up.
Send yourself an e-mail message to initialize the mailbox.
Log on to the Exchange Server 2003 server that you configured the mailbox on, and run Setup from the Exchange Server 2003 installation CD.
Proceed through the Microsoft Exchange Installation Wizard, and on the Component Selection page, attempt to assign the Remove action to the Microsoft Exchange component.
Note the error message that Setup will not continue because the server hosts one or more user mailboxes.
Exit the wizard.
Start the Active Directory Users And Computers console.
Go to your user account, right-click it, and click Exchange Tasks.
From the task list that appears, click Move Mailbox.
The Server and Mailbox drop-down lists should default to your other server. If not, select them from the lists. Click Next to complete the process.
Once the mailbox is moved, run the Microsoft Exchange Installation Wizard again. Note that this time you can successfully assign the Remove action to the Microsoft Exchange component.