Where is org and site name Exchange 5.5 1

[Guest_imported]

In December 1999 Exchange 5.5 was installed on a server running NT4.0 sp4
Exhange was backed up via Veritas Backup exec every night.

After a nasty hardware failure, a full reinstall was needed, but no documentation could be found in reference to the The organization and site names, or the service pack level of Exchange 5.5

After 14hrs and a lot of tries reinstalling Exchange with various org and site names, it just aint happening

I have the old Dsadata, Dxadata, Imcdata, Mdbdata, Mtadata etc directories.

So my question is, where would this information be embedded?

Any help would be great.

I need the mailboxes only, I can live without public folders etc, and the Org and site name can change, but if they do how do I restore?

 

[brontosaurus]

can you still access the old registry or restore it from a backup? If so, go to HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\MSExchangeSA\Parameters , and check the values for Enterprise and Site.

 

[blkj]

Thanks for the reply brontosaurus, but alas.... the old registry is a thing of the past, and no backup on tape.

I am still looking, but have gone back 14 months, it appears because the site uses backupexec v7.x, there is no chechbox for backup registry, so they didnt.

 

[yizhar]

HI.

You will be surprised how simple it can be,
open DIR.EDB in NOTEPAD and search a bit, you'll find the names as part of the X400 addresses...

You should better follow the following article to restore the data WITHOUT restoring the original DIR.EDB:

http://support.microsoft.com/search/preview.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q155509

Enjoy.
Yizhar Hurwitz

http://come.to/yizhar

http://teachers.sivan.co.il/yizhar

 

[blkj]

Thanks Yizhar, found it.
Turned out the donkey who set it up the 1st time had a typo in the org name.

Got the server rebuilt and the mail restored. A lot of mucking around due to service pack levels both Exchange and NT4.0.

Now my internet service is not there, but it should only be a config issue.

Thanks again.

John Campbell