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by vuitanh

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After posting and research with techrepublic and I came with this solution for my Exchange Server.
I'm running a single Exchange server with Service pack 2. I would like to move to a different server (fresh installed) temporary while rebuilding this server and eventually move back.
1. Do a full backup and then upgrade to Exchange Service pack 4 and do ESEUTIL /d /ispriv /tG:\tempdfrg.edb to reclaim disk space Q255035
2. Do a full backup again then proceed with Q155216 to move to a different server and reverse.
Is there any issue when upgrade to Service 4 from current srv 2? Will this configuration enoug for me to use OWA and KMS. Any suggestions, cautions, or planning with help me alot.

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by llou

You should upgrade your temporary box to SP4 after you've done the restore to it - you won't be able to get the information store to restart on your new, rebuilt box if it has a SP different from what was on the box the backup came from.
i.e., movethe store to server 2 that has SP2. Upgrade server2 to SP4, rebuild server1 with SP4, backup server2 and restore to server1.

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