Exchange 2003

gb · Joined: 14 Feb 2008 Posts: 1

Hi all hope somebody has a answer for me. Is there any restrictions to a
exchange 2003 server name. or more specific any reason not to use a _. And
if so is it possible to change the server name. Exchange is loaded but is
not full implemented still in testing and only has a few test mail boxes on
it so far.

TIA
gb

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Mark Arnold [MVP] · Joined: 05 Aug 2007 Posts: 1126

On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 08:50:52 -0500, "gb"
wrote:

>Hi all hope somebody has a answer for me. Is there any restrictions to a
>exchange 2003 server name. or more specific any reason not to use a _. And
>if so is it possible to change the server name. Exchange is loaded but is
>not full implemented still in testing and only has a few test mail boxes on
>it so far.
>
>TIA
>gb
>

You cannot change the name of an already installed server and it
should not contain an underscore. It's a valid netbios character but
not a valid DNS character so although you can, you will have to
remember that the netbios and fqdn host names are different. You
really don't want to be bothered with remembering that.

Mark Arnold [MVP] · Joined: 05 Aug 2007 Posts: 1126

On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 09:58:34 -0500, "gb"
wrote:

>Thanks Mark
>But if it already has a underscore. can I uninstall exchange and then rename
>the server. like you said I really don't want to remember the naming and I'm
>sure there will be other issues down the road. any suggestions would be
>appreciated.
>
You can, but if you were uninstalling Exchange I'd suggest you just
formatted the box and reloaded it. Whilst there wouldn't be any
problems with the rename you never know what other little nasties were
lurking. If someone's gone and put an underscore in the machine name
you don't know what other comedies they've done.

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