When restoring Exchange 2000, the organization and administrative group names must be exactly the same as they were originally. Otherwise, the Exchange server will not accept the database.

If the priv1.edb or the pub1.edb files from the original installation are available, then the following procedure can be used to determine the organization and administrative group names:

1.  Open a command prompt window

2.  Navigate to the directory that contains the priv1.edb and/or pub1.edb files

3.  Type the following:    find "ou=" priv1.edb

Note: priv1.edb can be substituted with pub1.edb

4.  The output will display the organization name and the administrative group names (Figure 1)

Figure 1
 

Notes for Figure 1:
/o= Organization Name
/ou= Administrative Group Name