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This doesn't sound like a good scenario. For starters, in future make sure you have two domain controllers and a good backup. (I expect you figured that out already.) But it's a little late for that here, so these are the steps I suggest you take:
- Confirm that you have the exact name (case sensitive) of the organization and site in which this server was located, from an Exchange 5.5 perspective.
- Make sure you have the Exchange Server database in a safe location where it won't be overwritten, and then install Exchange 5.5 into the new domain that you created using exactly the same organization and site names you used originally.
- Now swap in the original database files and start the Exchange Server information store.
- Finally, run the DS/IS consistency adjuster once the service is running to create Exchange Server directory entries for all the directory entries found in the old store..
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What about the mailboxes on the Exchange Server? Do I need to create them again or are they considered part of the database?
— Michael W.
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The mailboxes are in the database, and running the DS/IS consistency adjuster will create associated directory entries for every mailbox. So, no, you don't need to create the mailboxes again.
— David Sengupta, Exchange Server Administration expert
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This was first published in March 2007
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