migrate exchange 5.5 to 2003

30 May 2006 4:58 PM

inenewbl

Hi all. I am currently testing the migration of exchange 5.5 installed on
nt4.0 domain controller to exchange 2003 installed on win2003 on a separate
machine. I followed the documentation provided by microsoft. On my new
machine i installed it as nt4.0 BDC. I then synchronise with my pdc and then
upgrade the BDC to PDC. I then installed windows 2003. All user accounts
could be found in my 2003 active directory. I also run ADC, forestprep and
domain prep and finally install excahnge 2003. On my exchange administrator
windows i could see the mail boxes existing on my nt4.0 machine. However i
could not move them when i select them right click and choose "exchange
tasks", there is no task for me to choose at all. How can i move my
mailboxes. May i know what might have went wrong? Thks in advance.

30 May 2006 9:06 PM

Leif Pedersen [MVP]

Hi,

Did you create an ADC connection agreement and did this CA replicate?

If you look at the user properties in active directory users and computers
can you see email adrresses and mailbox location?

Leif

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"inenewbl" <inene***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6E101976-DCC5-4B73-A6D9-10BF4BA58CB8@microsoft.com...
> Hi all. I am currently testing the migration of exchange 5.5 installed on
> nt4.0 domain controller to exchange 2003 installed on win2003 on a
> separate
> machine. I followed the documentation provided by microsoft. On my new
> machine i installed it as nt4.0 BDC. I then synchronise with my pdc and
> then
> upgrade the BDC to PDC. I then installed windows 2003. All user accounts
> could be found in my 2003 active directory. I also run ADC, forestprep and
> domain prep and finally install excahnge 2003. On my exchange
> administrator
> windows i could see the mail boxes existing on my nt4.0 machine. However i
> could not move them when i select them right click and choose "exchange
> tasks", there is no task for me to choose at all. How can i move my
> mailboxes. May i know what might have went wrong? Thks in advance.

31 May 2006 3:02 AM

inenewbl

Hi Leif,

Thks for your reply.
I think its most likely something to do with my connection agreement in my
ADC.
Currently there is only 1 CA in my ADC.
Can i know how can i delete it?
I don't seem to be able to delete it.

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"Leif Pedersen [MVP]" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Did you create an ADC connection agreement and did this CA replicate?
>
> If you look at the user properties in active directory users and computers
> can you see email adrresses and mailbox location?
>
> Leif
>
> "inenewbl" <inene***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:6E101976-DCC5-4B73-A6D9-10BF4BA58CB8@microsoft.com...
> > Hi all. I am currently testing the migration of exchange 5.5 installed on
> > nt4.0 domain controller to exchange 2003 installed on win2003 on a
> > separate
> > machine. I followed the documentation provided by microsoft. On my new
> > machine i installed it as nt4.0 BDC. I then synchronise with my pdc and
> > then
> > upgrade the BDC to PDC. I then installed windows 2003. All user accounts
> > could be found in my 2003 active directory. I also run ADC, forestprep and
> > domain prep and finally install excahnge 2003. On my exchange
> > administrator
> > windows i could see the mail boxes existing on my nt4.0 machine. However i
> > could not move them when i select them right click and choose "exchange
> > tasks", there is no task for me to choose at all. How can i move my
> > mailboxes. May i know what might have went wrong? Thks in advance.
>
>
>

31 May 2006 6:45 PM

Leif Pedersen [MVP]

Hi,

You should not delete the CA if you have only one. This is the CA created
automatically by the installation program.

You should however have at least 2 more , 1 user CA per 5.5 site and one
public folder CA per site. These can be created manually but you will need
to read about this before attempting in order not to corrupt things in your
environment.

Leif

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"inenewbl" <inene***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:006D1DDA-D89D-44A7-8216-8BD98A77660E@microsoft.com...
> Hi Leif,
>
> Thks for your reply.
> I think its most likely something to do with my connection agreement in my
> ADC.
> Currently there is only 1 CA in my ADC.
> Can i know how can i delete it?
> I don't seem to be able to delete it.
>
> "Leif Pedersen [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Did you create an ADC connection agreement and did this CA replicate?
>>
>> If you look at the user properties in active directory users and
>> computers
>> can you see email adrresses and mailbox location?
>>
>> Leif
>>
>> "inenewbl" <inene***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:6E101976-DCC5-4B73-A6D9-10BF4BA58CB8@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi all. I am currently testing the migration of exchange 5.5 installed
>> > on
>> > nt4.0 domain controller to exchange 2003 installed on win2003 on a
>> > separate
>> > machine. I followed the documentation provided by microsoft. On my new
>> > machine i installed it as nt4.0 BDC. I then synchronise with my pdc and
>> > then
>> > upgrade the BDC to PDC. I then installed windows 2003. All user
>> > accounts
>> > could be found in my 2003 active directory. I also run ADC, forestprep
>> > and
>> > domain prep and finally install excahnge 2003. On my exchange
>> > administrator
>> > windows i could see the mail boxes existing on my nt4.0 machine.
>> > However i
>> > could not move them when i select them right click and choose "exchange
>> > tasks", there is no task for me to choose at all. How can i move my
>> > mailboxes. May i know what might have went wrong? Thks in advance.
>>
>>
>>