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Q194818: XADM: SBS: Event ID 1234 When Starting Exchange Server Services

Article: Q194818
Product(s): Microsoft Windows NT
Version(s): winnt:4.0,4.0a,5.0,5.5
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): exc4 exc5 exc55
Last Modified: 27-MAY-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft BackOffice Small Business Server versions 4.0, 4.0a 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you start the Microsoft Exchange Server services, you receive the following
error message:

  Event ID:1234
  Source: MSexchangeDS
  Type: Error
  Category: Internal processing
  Description: The name of this computer [New computername] does not
  match the name recorded in the Microsoft Exchange Server directory
  database [old computername]. If you have renamed this computer, you
  must change the name back to [old computername]. If you have restored
  this database from a backup, it must be restored on the same computer
  that was used for the backup.

WORKAROUND
==========

There are three workarounds for this issue:

- If the computer name was changed, rename it to the original name.

  1. Double-click Network Neighborhood. On the File menu, click Properties,
     click the General tab, and click Change.

  2. Type the old computer name from the description of Event ID 1234 as shown
     above.

- If you want to restore a backup, reinstall Exchange Server on the old
  computer and use the correct name, and the same organization and site name.

- Rename the computer to the correct name, as outlined in the first workaround,
  and reinstall Exchange Server.


Additional query words: smallbiz sbs

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Keywords          : exc4 exc5 exc55 
Technology        : kbAudDeveloper kbSBServSearch kbSBServ400 kbSBServ400a
Version           : winnt:4.0,4.0a,5.0,5.5
Issue type        : kbprb

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