RE: EXMERGE and ADC behaviour...

Hi again,

Thank you for the response. Just to make sure I understand it right, I
will repeat the steps for the "Microsoft Shuffle" and put some questions
of mine in brackets ;-)

1. Export User Attributes 

(using LDIFDE or CSVDE?)

2. EXMERGE export mailbox data into .pst file
3. Stop ADC connection
4. disassociate the 5.5 and 2000 objects for this user
[msexchadcglobalnames attribute needs to be cleaned]

(please explain a little bit more, do I only have to clean that attribute
in AD? What should I do on the 5.5 mailbox for this step?)

5. Wait for replication
6. Remove Exchange Attribute from the AD user object
7. Create mailbox in site needed 

(should i do this either by creating a new user or creating a new mailbox
for the old user?)

8. Import User Data 

(LDIFDE / CSVDE; maybe not needed [step 7]?)

9. EXMERGE import data into new mailbox
10. Restart ADC and check for correct replication

Well, sounds good in my opinion, just the small questions I have in mind.
Hope you find the time to answer them for me ;-)

Thanks,

Christian

> No, it will not join the mailbox-enabled object to the already joined user
> object.  Essentially, you need to do the "Microsoft shuffle" to make this
> work. 
> 
> Export the user information (Distro Group membership, addresses, other email
> fields needed, etc), Export the mail data, stop ADC, disassociate the 5.5
> and 2000 objects for this user (msexchadcglobalnames attribute needs to be
> cleaned), allow for replication, remove mail attributes for this user in
> Active Directory.  Create new mailbox in site needed.  Populate the
> information required and saved in first step. Import mail data. Replicate.
> Restart ADC and ensure that it joins the appropriate 5.5 and 2000 objects.
> 
> Something similar to that.  It was my understanding that there was supposed
> to be a migration tool released in sp1 that would do all of that for you,
> but I don't see it so far.  If it's out there, that would be a much better
> way to go IMHO ;)
> 
> Al
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christian.Schramm@xxxxxxx [mailto:Christian.Schramm@xxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Friday, May 28, 2004 3:56 AM
> To: [ExchangeList]
> Subject: [exchangelist] EXMERGE and ADC behaviour...
> 
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> 
> Hello out there!
> 
> Following situation:
> 
> Exchange 2000 / Many Sites / Mixed Mode
> 
> One user is physically moving to another location. I want to get his mailbox
> to the exchange server of the new location. The servers are in different
> sites / administrative groups. So far so good.
> 
> His source mailbox currently is on a legacy Exchange 5.5 server. The target
> is a Exchange 2000 server (different site / administrative group)
> 
> His AD user object is already mailbox enabled (with the legacy 5.5 mailbox)
> 
> Because we are in mixed mode, I can not just move his mailbox to the E2K
> server within the same site and afterwards move the mailbox to the E2K
> server in the other administrative group. I think I have to do this between
> the legacy 5.5 sites using EXMERGE.
> 
> As far as I know, EXMERGE can not create new mailboxes. 
> So I will have to create a new mailbox on the target 5.5 server. Now I am
> asking me if our Active Directory Connector would recognize this new 5.5
> mailbox (in a different site) and attach it to the already existing
> mailbox-enabled user-object?!? I do not want to create a new user object
> because I would like to keep all the existing attributes
> 
> Any idea?
> 
> Thanx in advance... 
> 
> Christian S.
> 
>

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