Thanks for the extra info. I recently did a migration of 36,000 5.5 mailboxes of which about 600 had Blackberry. I saw many odd issues, as to be expected in this size environment with 18 5.5 sites going to 2 E2k3 Admin groups, but none of the problems were directly associated to Blackberry. They also used Cisco Call Manger at some of the sites but it was setup in a separate forest from the one we were migrating to and wasn't tied into Exchange 5.5. I used NTDSNomatch to get the raw output and then reviewed the data and massaged the CSV files before importing them in 5.5 tool. The ADC wizard, or any other "wizard" for that matter J, doesn't work that well in an environment that complex. Note: The target environment was Exchange 2003 SP1, SP2 came out during our testing phase and I wanted to hold off on changing anything until the migration was done. PS: With the new tools in Exchange 2003 SP1+ for doing cross site migrations dumping to PSTs should not be needed anymore. The migration I did above worked fine, after a bunch of testing and a few hotfixes. The only time I have had to dump to PSTs in the past was when doing cross-org migrations or when doing site consolidation before 2003 SP1. If you want to maintain mail flow during the migration dumping to PSTs requires a lot more work. Here's is an article I wrote on doing cross-site migrations using the 2003 SP1+ tools: http://www.outlookexchange.com/articles/JasonSherry/sherry_c6p1.asp In includes the basic steps, info, and links to key URLs. Jason Sherry - Pro Exchange http://www.theproexchange.com From: Medeiros, Jose [mailto:Jose.Medeiros@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 12:25 PM To: Jason Sherry Cc: exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: NTDSNoMatch utility ( My two cents, which may not be worth much ) Hi Jason, This may not be an issue; however I had a similar problem with an Exchange 5.5 to Exchange 2003 migration using the Exchange version of the ADC at Grand Central Communications in San Francisco. I also ran the NTDSNoMatch did not find any orphaned user accounts and some how several accounts that had previously been mapped to several mailboxes did not enumerate properly ( It was only about 5 out of a 100 ), even after I tried to re-sync them and associating them with a new mailbox ( It was only the accounts that had multiple Mailbox's that ad an issue all the others moved over with out an issue ). I am wondering if people having similar issue's may be using Unified Messaging or Blackberry (As much as I like Blackberry's, I do know that Blackberry add's hidden folders in one's mailbox and this may have an incompatibility issue with the ADC, of course it's only a guess). I am not sure if Microsoft test's such application combinations for compatibility, before releasing an updated version of the ADC in the Exchange service packs and I am sure that in a pristine environment where one would only be using Microsoft Software this is not a problem ( Especially since their has been nearly seven revisions of the Exchange ADC since it was first released with Exchange 2000 ), and this may very well not even be an issue with the latest version, however I just thought I would mention it. ( I hate it when people blame a migration problem as being my fault when they make do it their way rather then the way I suggest ). BTW: I also found that the best way to Migrate from Exchange 5.5 is to export to PST and back again to the new Exchange Server, it offers the least headaches and every migration I have done using this method has always been successful with out any issue, and to be honest with you I really dread such migrations because of all the time it requires during the weekends and off hours. 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 ________________________________ From: Jason Sherry [mailto:Jason.Sherry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 10:24 AM To: Medeiros, Jose Subject: RE: [ExchangeList] Re: NTDSNoMatch utility Could you reply to the group or myself on why that matters, just curious? Thanks Jason Sherry - Pro Exchange http://www.theproexchange.com From: exchangelist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:exchangelist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Medeiros, Jose Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 10:54 AM To: rajnair7@xxxxxxxxx; exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ExchangeList] Re: NTDSNoMatch utility 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 ________________________________ 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> 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