Hi Adrian I cannot see this working as the two servers will have different names and thus restoring the directory is not an option? My advice is to build your new server as a second server in the same Site and migrate the mailboxes over at your leisure using the Exchange Admin program. Then follow the well documented procedure for removing the first server in the site (article 152959). We moved from a single old box to a new cluster solution for about 500 users, 3000+ globally, and it worked a treat. Hope this helps. Get back to me if I can help further and finally good luck. Let me know how it goes. Regards, Paul Lemonidis. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fernando Jorge Silva Martins" <fernandoj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "[ExchangeList]" <exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 4:27 PM Subject: [exchangelist] RE: Moving Exchange http://www.MSExchange.org/ Oi Adrian Primeiro passo faça um backup do seu Exchange 5.5 online.(ntbackup é a melhor opção devido a redundancia dos logs ) comando para windows nt 4.0 = NTBACKUP BACKUP DS \\NOMESERVIDOR IS \\NOMESERVIDOR /A /D "BACKUP DS & IS EXCHANGE"/L Configure seu novo servidor estando atenta ao nome do site e display name, deve ser identico ao antigo servidor. Restoure o backup e bem provavel terá que utilizar comando do tipo ESUTIL E ISINTEG ( favor verificar os dos mesmo help (/?)) Hi Adrian, First step: make the backup of your Exchange 5.5 on line(ntbackup is the best option due the logs redundance) Command for windows nt 4.0=NTBACKUP DS \\servername IS \\ servername/a/d "BACKUP DS & IS exchange"/L Configure your server being attend to the site's name and display name, it should be identical to the previous server. Restoure the backup. It can be that you'll need to use command from the kind ESUTIL E ISINTEG (please verify the ons from the same help (/?)) > ---------- > De: Adrian Gonzalez[SMTP:AdrianG@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Responder: [ExchangeList] > Enviada: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 12:45 > Para: [ExchangeList] > Assunto: [exchangelist] Moving Exchange > > http://www.MSExchange.org/ > > Hi all, > I need to move my Exchange 5.5 to another new server and I don't know how > I > do. > Somebody help me???? > > Thanks a lot!!!!! > > ------------------------------------------------------ > List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist > Exchange Newsletters: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/newsletter.asp > Exchange FAQ: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/larticle.asp?type=FAQ > ------------------------------------------------------ > ISA Server Resource Site: http://www.isaserver.org > Windows Security Resource Site: http://www.windowsecurity.com/ > Windows 2000/NT Fax Solutions: http://www.ntfaxfaq.com > ------------------------------------------------------ > You are currently subscribed to this MSExchange.org Discussion List as: > fernandoj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > $subst('Email.Unsub') > ------------------------------------------------------ List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Exchange Newsletters: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/newsletter.asp Exchange FAQ: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/larticle.asp?type=FAQ ------------------------------------------------------ ISA Server Resource Site: http://www.isaserver.org Windows Security Resource Site: http://www.windowsecurity.com/ Windows 2000/NT Fax Solutions: http://www.ntfaxfaq.com ------------------------------------------------------ You are currently subscribed to this MSExchange.org Discussion List as: paul_lemonidis@xxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send a blank email to $subst('Email.Unsub')