Schema Update for Exchange 2003

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Your schema is almost certainly fine. You need to load the Exchange tools. You
should probably avoid putting them on a DC and either run them from your
Exchange server or more intelligently, run them from a workstation.

--
Joe Richards Microsoft MVP Windows Server Directory Services
www.joeware.net


coorsd wrote:
> Hello,
>
> We have an Windows 2003 member server running Exchange 2003 in a Windows
> 2000 domain. We had two DC's. The first in line DC went down with hardware
> failure and will not be back. After we seized the FSMO roles and got the
> backup DC running failry smooth, we have a problem that the schema is not up
> to date. I cannot make changes to our Exchange Server mail users from the
> Domain Controller.
>
> Does anyone know if I can safely run the forestprep and domainprep commands
> on this Domain Controller with a reasonable chance of success that it will
> allow me to rehook into our Exchange 2003 Server? All the text I have read
> so far says you need to run these steps before installation. However, in
> this case it is installed and functioning, I just cannot make any changes too
> it.
>
> I appeciate any help!
>
> Don