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I am actually more surprised that you can ping mywebsite. Since you are able to ping the website with the correct IP address, then that should mean the problem is not DNS. What happens when you type in mywebsite. Do you get the "Under Construction" page? Yeah, weird about the IP address.

I even get notifications to accept or view the Certificate. The reason I thought it's DNS is because when I ran the Exchange Baseline Analyzer I received errors stating that the virtual server name and the fqdn are not the same. I attempted to change the names virtual server and fqdn at separate instances and they just flip flop when I rerun the test But why is it I get a different IP for "mywebsite.

And I know I shouldn't even be receiving a response for the exchange virtual directory. You mentioned that you have 2 NICs but one is disabled. What we may have to do is have the virtual directories for exchange in IIS recreated. That did nothing either. I ran throught the article, without any success. Restarted the Server as well. Thanks A, I did happen to have the Resource Kit already installed. Would be nice to know how to use it, huh? Okay, here's the data: in reply to a.

Hiya mate, I could not see the second image, but the first gave me some food for thought. But no change. If I close the Metabase Explorer, and open it back up, the binding remains the same without the IP addressed I entered. In File Explorer on the computer where you want to install the management tools, right-click on the Exchange ISO image file that you downloaded, and then select Mount.

The Exchange Server Setup wizard opens. On the Check for Updates? Connect to the Internet and check for updates : We recommend this option, which searches for updates to the version of Exchange that you're currently installing it doesn't detect newer Cumulative Updates.

This option takes you to the Downloading Updates page that searches for updates. Click Next to continue. The Copying Files page shows the progress of copying files to the local hard drive. On the License Agreement page, review the software license terms, select I accept the terms in the license agreement , and then click Next to continue. Use recommended settings : Exchange automatically sends error reports and information about your computer hardware and how you use Exchange to Microsoft.

For information about what's sent to Microsoft and how it's used, click? Don't use recommended settings : These settings are disabled, but you can enable them at any time after Setup completes.

Automatically install Windows Server roles and features that are required to install Exchange : Select this option to have the Setup wizard install the required Windows prerequisites. You might need to reboot the computer to complete the installation of some Windows features.

If you don't select this option, you need to install the Windows features manually. Note : Selecting this option installs only the Windows features that are required by Exchange. Note the virtual DVD drive letter that's assigned.

Press Start. This is the same example, but a custom location for the Exchange program files is required to match the location on the lost server. For more information about the optional switches, see Use unattended mode in Exchange Setup.

After Setup has completed, but before you put the recovered server into production, reconfigure any custom settings that were previously present on the server, and then restart the server.

The successful completion of Setup will be the primary indicator that the recovery was successful. To further verify that you've successfully recovered a lost server, open the Windows Services tool services. If you previously enabled the Scripting Agent in your Exchange organization, the recovery process might fail. The error will look like this:. If the recovered Exchange server is the only Exchange server in your organization, you'll need to:.

Skip to main content. This browser is no longer supported. Any suggestions are welcome, but a reformat is highly not preferable. Thanks for the details. I agree with you, maybe the issue was arisen by the unsupported way: removing an Exchange server in ADSIEdit, the only supported way is to use a recover install.

We could refer to this blog for a step-by-step assistance: Recovering a Failed Exchange Server Server Note: Microsoft is providing this information as a convenience to you. The sites are not controlled by Microsoft. Microsoft cannot make any representations regarding the quality, safety, or suitability of any software or information found there.

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