Exchange on SBS2000 replacement server

I am moving to a new server and need to keep everything
exactly the same as the old server(improved hardware).

I have used a toll called Ideal Migration and I have
moved all of the users, groups, printers, ports,
permissions etc.

This tool did not however move the mail boxes for
Exchange. I have exported the mail boxes to a memeber
server and I have moved all of the data and profiles to
the member server(This enables me to just remove the
original DC and put the new one in place). I can then
move all of the data and create the shared folders.

My question is does anyone know

1)Ideal Migration migrates the network shares for the
users?

2) When I migrate the pkl file back in to the new server
do I need to do anything else for Exchange?

3) When I exported the mail boxes using the migration
tool it took about 7 hours. Is this normal?

4) When I setup SBS2K on the replacement hardware the M
drive appears to have a folder in it that is not named
the same as the M drive on the original server. Does
anyone know why?

Thanks a lot.

Mark
Sat May 22 08:36:43 CDT 2004

Richard, you are the first I've heard using a 3rd party tool instead of ADMT
for SBS, I hope you didn't spend much on it. Don't know its limitations b/c
ADMT does everything else. As for moving Exchange though I would recommend
starting with a clean store rather than simply move the entire IS, so
consider exmerging it out. 7 hours is a but long though. As for the M
drive, that tool may not have worked 100%.

--
Sincerely,
Mark Mancini, CCA, CCNA, Master CIW&CI, CNE 4&5, MCSE+I 4&2000
www.MCSE2000.com
www.AppLauncher.com



"Richard Shannon" <r_a_shannon@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1088701c43fe4$5838fe40$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> I am moving to a new server and need to keep everything
> exactly the same as the old server(improved hardware).
>
> I have used a toll called Ideal Migration and I have
> moved all of the users, groups, printers, ports,
> permissions etc.
>
> This tool did not however move the mail boxes for
> Exchange. I have exported the mail boxes to a memeber
> server and I have moved all of the data and profiles to
> the member server(This enables me to just remove the
> original DC and put the new one in place). I can then
> move all of the data and create the shared folders.
>
> My question is does anyone know
>
> 1)Ideal Migration migrates the network shares for the
> users?
>
> 2) When I migrate the pkl file back in to the new server
> do I need to do anything else for Exchange?
>
> 3) When I exported the mail boxes using the migration
> tool it took about 7 hours. Is this normal?
>
> 4) When I setup SBS2K on the replacement hardware the M
> drive appears to have a folder in it that is not named
> the same as the M drive on the original server. Does
> anyone know why?
>
> Thanks a lot.

anonymous
Sat May 22 11:17:23 CDT 2004

Thanks Marc,

What is ADMT and how do I use it? So should the M drive
be the sa,e. The ideal migratoin tool is a trial and it
migrates all AD data such as shares, users and groups.
This helps because I cannot have two DCs on SBS.

I had tried adding Windows 2K server and promoting it to
a DC. Then the recreation of the AD data is automatic.
However I then needed to transfer the roles and this
failed (because I used the license for SBS2K to build
win2k server).

If I use exmerge what is the difference? Does it move
and recreate everything as it was on the orig server.



>-----Original Message-----
>Richard, you are the first I've heard using a 3rd party
tool instead of ADMT
>for SBS, I hope you didn't spend much on it. Don't know
its limitations b/c
>ADMT does everything else. As for moving Exchange
though I would recommend
>starting with a clean store rather than simply move the
entire IS, so
>consider exmerging it out. 7 hours is a but long
though. As for the M
>drive, that tool may not have worked 100%.
>
>--
>Sincerely,
>Mark Mancini, CCA, CCNA, Master CIW&CI, CNE 4&5, MCSE+I
4&2000
>www.MCSE2000.com
>www.AppLauncher.com
>
>
>
>"Richard Shannon" <r_a_shannon@yahoo.com> wrote in
message
>news:1088701c43fe4$5838fe40$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>> I am moving to a new server and need to keep everything
>> exactly the same as the old server(improved hardware).
>>
>> I have used a toll called Ideal Migration and I have
>> moved all of the users, groups, printers, ports,
>> permissions etc.
>>
>> This tool did not however move the mail boxes for
>> Exchange. I have exported the mail boxes to a memeber
>> server and I have moved all of the data and profiles to
>> the member server(This enables me to just remove the
>> original DC and put the new one in place). I can then
>> move all of the data and create the shared folders.
>>
>> My question is does anyone know
>>
>> 1)Ideal Migration migrates the network shares for the
>> users?
>>
>> 2) When I migrate the pkl file back in to the new
server
>> do I need to do anything else for Exchange?
>>
>> 3) When I exported the mail boxes using the migration
>> tool it took about 7 hours. Is this normal?
>>
>> 4) When I setup SBS2K on the replacement hardware the M
>> drive appears to have a folder in it that is not named
>> the same as the M drive on the original server. Does
>> anyone know why?
>>
>> Thanks a lot.
>
>
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