Re: 4.5 -> 2003 migration problem with mailboxes by Marina
Marina
Sat Apr 17 08:46:27 CDT 2004
Hi Dale,
No, Exchange 5.5 does not require that primary account. You can create a
mailbox in Exchange without having a primary account associated with it.
--
Regards,
Marina
Microsoft SBS-MVP
"Dale West" <dalewest@visi.com> schreef in bericht
news:40808479$0$17261$a1866201@newsreader.visi.com...
> Well, it looks like XCH 5.5 under SBS requires a primary NT Account for
> each mailbox. Therefore, it appears my only choices is go through all
> 90 some mailboxes and create unique NT users for each one and go through
> the migration, then figure out how the AD users will have access to them.
>
> Lotsa fun.
>
>
> Marina Roos [SBS-MVP] wrote:
> > Hi Dale,
> >
> > That's what I should try, yes. In 2003 you can just share that mailbox
and
> > give the appropiate users access (send as and receive as). Those
permissions
> > don't get transferred.
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> >
> > Marina
> > Microsoft SBS-MVP
> >
> > "Dale West" <dalewest@visi.com> schreef in bericht
> > news:407f5581$0$30295$a1866201@newsreader.visi.com...
> >
> >>OK,
> >>
> >>So I could try disassociating the mailboxes from their users and then
> >>migrating.
> >>
> >>At that point, is it difficult to give the user appropriate user access
> >>to their account again once I am in exchange 2003 land? Or could I have
> >>this reconfigured already in exchange 5.5 ?
> >>
> >>Marina Roos [SBS-MVP] wrote:
> >>
> >>>Hi Dale,
> >>>
> >>>Do you have all mailboxes associated with useraccounts? On SBS 4.5 I
> >
> > had a
> >
> >>>few mailboxes on 'their own' so to speak, thus not associated with any
> >
> > user
> >
> >>>at all. Those were shared mailboxes. When I migrated to SBS 2k3, they
> >>>migrated just like that.
> >>>In Exchange 2000 and 2003 you can only have 1 mailbox per user, so if
> >
> > you do
> >
> >>>have the shared mailboxes associated with users that already have their
> >
> > own,
> >
> >>>how about disassociating and try again?
> >>>
> >>>--
> >>>Regards,
> >>>
> >>>Marina
> >>>Microsoft SBS-MVP
> >>>
> >>>"Dale West" <dalewest@visi.com> schreef in bericht
> >>>news:407ca33a$0$17256$a1866201@newsreader.visi.com...
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Marina Roos [SBS-MVP] wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>It should not be needed to create useraccounts to get those mailboxes
> >>>>>migrated. All mailboxes except the administrators can be migrated.
I've
> >>>
> >>>done
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>this myself with some mailboxes that were not associated with any
user
> >>>
> >>>at
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>all, so maybe there is your problem.
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>Can you please be more specific as to where you think my problem lies?
> >>>>
> >>>>Are you suggesting I disassociate all my mailboxes with user accounts?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>--
> >>>>>Regards,
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Marina
> >>>>>Microsoft SBS-MVP
> >>>>>
> >>>>>"Dale West" <dalewest@visi.com> schreef in bericht
> >>>>>news:407b321b$0$17258$a1866201@newsreader.visi.com...
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>I attemted a migration on Saturday from SBS4.5 to SBS2003. The user
> >
> > and
> >
> >>>>>>group migration seemed to go ok. However, when I loaded the
exchange
> >>>>>>migration wizard I received a message similar to :
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>"Unable to migrate 90 of 94 mailboxes due to ambiguous ownership."
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>I called it quits at that points since I figured 5% success rate
> >>>>>>probably wouldn't get me the promotion I have been looking for.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>I have done some web research and it appears this has something to
do
> >>>>>>with the fact that most of my users have multiple email boxes that
are
> >>>>>>all assoicated with their NT Domain user account. I have read that
if
> >>>>>>I created a unique domain account for each mailbox I could make the
> >>>>>>migration work. However, with the large number of mailboxes
involved
> >>>>>>that is not a very attract alternative.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>Any Ideas?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>Regards
> >>>>>>Dale
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>
> >
> >