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Exchange 2019.
2 servers. 1 old and 1 new. Old server encountered an error where the filtering service would not start, meaning the transport service would not start.
The new server was then created, mailboxes were moved to the new server, and the old server was powered off.
I would like to decommission the old server. Should I do a repair install on a new box and then uninstall it or would a simple uninstall proceed without issue?
ECP does load on the old server but takes 45 minutes until the filter service times out before it works, it has an older certificate compared to the new server now.
Main goal is to decommission the old server without issue. Assuming everything is good on the new server since the new server works while the old one is powered off.
Thanks
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Hi Susan Dodds,
It has been a while and I am writing to see how things are going on with this issue. Have you had a chance to check the replies provided? Any update would be appreciated.
Hi @Susan Dodds ,
Thank you for posting your question in the Microsoft Q&A forum.
Currently, we cannot sure that if any other issues on your old Exchange server and if they would affect the uninstallation. We can perform the following actions and try to decommission the old server directly.
Decommissioning Exchange Server 2013 | Microsoft Community Hub
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So you're saying nothing should go wrong when uninstalling exchange from the old server due to the error I described?
Hi @Susan Dodds
Thanks for your reply.
We cannot confirm if your current error could affect Exchange decommission, however we can just give a try to uninstall Exchange as the article mentioned in previous answer.
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