[ExchangeList] Re: NTDSNoMatch utility

Greetings RaJ,

 

No..Interesting.. do you have happen to have multiple mailbox's
associated with the same account on Exchange 5.5? Is this issue
occurring on those mailboxes'? Another possibility may be a corrupt
message store ( Just another wild guess ). I've noticed that on several
Exchange Migrations, however generally the management does not want you
running ESUTIL and ISNTEG prior to migrating as they do not want any
down time. 

 

Hope you don't mind if I vent as I share your frustration and pain, it's
a Damn if you do and Damn if you don't situation, in most case's
companies want to hire an outside consultant knowing perfectly well they
were experiencing exchange problems prior to upgrading and hoping that
all goes well, and if it doesn't , well blame the consultant, he'll be
gone after it's over any ways, who cares if it damages their reputation
and prevents them from finding another position, they'll just put them
out to pasture supporting desktops and small business server. (Usually
happens to us admins who reach the age of 40 )

 

With the few Exchange accounts that your having issue's with, export the
mailbox using exmerge and then use it to re-import the mail back into
the new Exchange server.

 

May God deliver us from our enemies and grant us justice for what they
have done,

 

Hope this helps and may peace be with you, 

 

Jose

 

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From: raj nair [mailto:rajnair7@xxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 10:53 AM
To: Medeiros, Jose
Subject: Re: NTDSNoMatch utility

 

No. We dont have BlackBerry and Call manager.

 

Thanks.

raj



 

On 8/22/06, Medeiros, Jose <Jose.Medeiros@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: 

Raj, 

 

Would you happen to also be running a Blackberry and or a Cisco Call
Manager / AVVID Server along with your Exchange Infrastructure ? 

 

Sincerely,
Jose Medeiros
Storage Area Network Systems Engineer
MCP+I, MCSE, NT4 MCT 408-765-0437  Direct, 408-449-6621 Cell 

"Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new."
Albert Einstein 

   

 

 

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From: exchangelist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
exchangelist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of raj nair
Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 8:31 AM
To: exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ExchangeList] Re: NTDSNoMatch utility

 

Thanks for your reply Jason.

One more doubt . i have ran the ntdsnomatch from exchange 200 version
and from the list there is a mailbox iam listing below which does not
come under the exchange 2003 version. I dont know about the exchange
2003 sp2 version and have never run it. 

 

That mailbox also has the Sam acct name and alias different. whay is
that not listed in the 2003 version?

 

Obj-Class

Extension-Attribute-10

Display Name

Primary Windows NT Account

Alias Name

Directory Name

Home-Server

          Mailbox      NTDSNoMatch       Sandy May           is-dp\TC7
Sandy.May       FA12           Revenue04     

 

Similarly there are some more mailboxes that i have seen which have SAM
acct names and aliases different and which are not listed both in exch
2000 version and 2003 version . 

 

PS: Is it because the accounts that is owning these mailboxes does not
own any other ?

 

Thanks

Raj

 

 

              



 

On 8/21/06, Jason Sherry < Jason.Sherry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:Jason.Sherry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: 

~DEL means that custom attribute 10 will be cleared.  If the
samAccountName (Windows NT Account) and alias match it is assumed that
the mailbox is the primary mailbox for the account and attribute 10 will
be cleared. 

 

Entries without a value in attribute 10 will be assume to be the primary
mailbox for the associated Windows NT Account.   "NTDSNoMatch" should be
put in attrib 10 for all other mailboxes that have the same Windows NT
Account, only one mailbox for each NT Account should have a blank attrib
10, the rest should have NTDSNoMatch.   For the non-primary or resource
mailboxes, the ones with NTDSNoMatch, a new account will be created for
each of them, based on the directory name I believe.  This new account
will be made the primary account for the mailbox it was created for.  In
addition, the account that used to have be the primary NT Account will
be granted user access to the other mailboxes. 

 

Note: You should be using the ADC Wizard in Exchange 2003 SP2 instead of
ntdsatrb utility, if that is what you are using. 

 

From your example data provided below your Exchange directory should be
fixed so alias names are unique within your org.  Getting the primary NT
account and resource mailbox issues addressed is the hardest part in
migrating from Exchange 5.5 to Exchange 2003.

 

I would suggest using the ADC Wizard to set the primary mailbox for each
account that is currently associated with multiple mailboxes.  Then
export the information from the wizard and review it to make sure it is
correct.  Then import the output file, using Exchange 5.5 Administrator,
and rerun the ADC Wizard, after waiting for directory replication to
carry out.

 

 

Jason Sherry - Pro Exchange http://www.theproexchange.com
<http://www.theproexchange.com/>  

From: exchangelist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
exchangelist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of raj nair
Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 2:09 PM
To: exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ExchangeList] NTDSNoMatch utility

 

Hi ,

 

 

I have used the exchange 2003 version NTDSNomatch Utility and have
printed the output .Now it has printed all accounts with more than a
mailbox with the NTDSNoMatch stamping. Here is the output .where the SAM
acct name and the alias is different it has stamped NTDSNoMatch.But it
has stamped a ~DEL to the account where the alias and SAM acct name are
same .

 

For eg :

 

For 1 entry from the output file :

Obj-Class

Extension-Attribute-10

Display Name

Primary Windows NT Account

Alias Name

Directory Name

Home-Server

 

Mailbox

~DEL

Phyllis Grigsby

IS-DP\COMM3

COMM3

COMM3

REVENUE04

Mailbox

~DEL

Janie Doolos

IS-DP\COMM3

comm3

SDFairley

REVENUE20

 

 

 

What it means by ~DEL stamping ? Does it mean if if i did not use the
NTDSNoMatch the user Phyllis Grigsby is not going to access his mailbox
( even though his alias and SAM acct name is same in the first row) once
i move th emailboxes to win2003 ? 


 

 

Thanks

Raj

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