How do I move an Exchange server?

The reason that the original server has it's data spread over three drives is because that is what is recommended for Exchange server (generally, system files on C, logs on D, and databases on E) to provide maximum protection to the data.

There are a couple of different approaches to putting Exchange on a different server. There is the "forklift upgrade" procedure where you build the new server and then just move the databases (priv.edb and pub.edb).

There is also a Move Server wizard that can be used and there is a process where you build the new server as a second server in the Exchange site, then use the Move Mailbox wizard.

Which procedure is best depends on a lot of information that we don't have (is this a single server Exchange system, is it a PDC or BDC, are there other applications running?) But generally, I would recommend the procedure detailed in Q155216 on TechNet and would also recommend an upgrade to SP3 or SP4 before the move.

Regards!

paul

Easy and fast. Setup another exchange server into other machine and make this new one, part of the same site.
After testing the environment, move users mailboxes from one server to another.
In 2 hours you can have your top ten users isolated from loosing all mail!!
Hope it Helpss!!

See Microsoft article Q155216 titled, "XADM: How to Move Exchange Server to a New Computer with the Same Name"

http://support.microsoft.com/directory/article.asp?ID=KB;EN-US;Q155216&

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This article explains how to move Exchange Server to a new computer, if the original computer will be off the network and the new computer will have the same name as the original computer.

Maxwell