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removing second exchange server

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by thetechguy

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I have installed a second exchange 5.5 server into the existing site.i have not moved any mailboxes to new server also no connectors are installed on the new one.

now if i want t remove the second server from site what is the procedure without affecting the existing server.

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by mckaytech

Theoretically, you can just shut it down and delete it from Exchange Administrator and be done with it. If there are no mailboxes and no public folders are homed there and it was built as the second server in the site, no disruption of the primary server should occur because things like the routing calculation tables are all on the first server.

It's always prudent to do things like this at a time of low traffic, have good backups, etc. but I haven't [yet...] seen a problem with removing a non-primary server.

paul

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