Rebuilding an Exchange 2000 server that is running Key Management Service requires additional steps to recover both Key Management Service and the certification authority (CA) (only if CA is running on the same server as Key Management Service) and the Key Management Service database.

Prior to restoring the Key Management Service database from backup, you must either know the password used to start Key Management Service or have a backup of the password file, depending on whether the service is configured to read the password from a disk on startup.

This section describes the following processes regarding Key Management Service backups:

• Preserving the password used to start Key Management Service
• Preserving Key Manager passwords
  • Opening the Key Manager Properties dialog box
• Backing up the Key Management Service database
• Backing up the Certification Authority

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Enterprise Edition
• Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Standard Edition
• Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003, Premium Edition
• Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003, Standard Edition
• Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server