I agree. Option 1 worked for me. I think they called it leap frogging or something like that :-)
> from: Missy Koslosky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > date: Tue, 01 Apr 2003 05:13:06 > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > subject: Re: [ActiveDir] Mixed to Native and Exchange 2000 > > I'd go with option 1 - the moving train (or whatever it's called these > days). Tony Redmond write an article about this a few years ago that should > be available in the archies of www.winnetmag.com somewhere. > > I do a lot of migrations, and this is the method we choose most of the time. > Missy Koslosky > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Myrick, Todd (NIH/CIT)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 2:55 PM > Subject: [ActiveDir] Mixed to Native and Exchange 2000 > > > I had a beef fillet marinade in Guinness this weekend, it was actually kind > of sweet tasting. So I recommend that or a nice piece of buffalo filet > marinade in Guinness for you AD Native Mode celebration. > > We converted to Native Mode last year on many of our AD Domains. Now is the > pain of ADCing and In-place upgrading to Exchange 2000. > > Just for the record, how many of you all in-place upgraded your Exchange 5.5 > Servers and org to Exchange 2000. I am really concerned about us doing this > because we have Exchange 5.5 Servers with IS's in the 60 to 100 Gig range, > and I feel if we have a problem doing an in-place upgrade on a server, we > would have to do a disaster recovery of the server in a limited time window. > In addition it will take us some time to get all the servers upgraded to > 2000, and we will have some server consolidations to contend with. What has > everyone elses experiences been doing this? Has in-place upgrading Exchange > 5.5 servers with large IS been pretty non-eventful? > > I have heard from some people are doing the following when moving from > Exchange 5.5 to 2000. > > 1. Setting up the RUS first, then standing up pure Windows 2000 Exchange > 2000 servers in the site, and moving the mailboxes from the Exchange 5.5 > servers to the Exchange 2000 servers. Tedious, but is easier to roll back a > failed move. Takes forever to get to pure front-end/back-end solution. > > 2. doing Inter-org migrations by creating a New Exchange 2000 org, and > migrating the accounts out of the Exchange 5.5 org into the new 2000 ORG. > Allows the New Org to start out in Native Mode, and allows for refresh of > Exchange Hardware. Problem seems to be third-party add-ins for Exchange > like FAX Services, Blackberry, and Secure E-mail. There are workarounds for > this though. > > Todd Myrick > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sullivan, Kevin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 7:26 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Mixed to Native > > > Always a good Guinness! <Easy!> > > -----Original Message----- > From: Roger Seielstad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 7:06 AM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Mixed to Native > > The worst part of the mixed to native mode conversion is picking which > refreshing beverage you're going to enjoy when its done. > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > Roger D. Seielstad - MCSE > Sr. Systems Administrator > Inovis Inc. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 5:49 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [ActiveDir] Mixed to Native > > > > > > > > Hi All, > > > > I've finally migrated my last remote office into my 2000 > > domain. All of my NT BDCs are gone and I'm 100% 2000 on the > > DCs.... I still have a couple offices on NT workstations. > > It's been some time since I've focussed on 2000 and can't > > remember if there are any gotchas with the move from mixed to native? > > > > I've read back through all my documentation/notes, but that > > no substitute to real worl experience... Can anyone offer > > some guidance? > > > > Thanks and BR, > > > > Rob > > > > > > Robert Rutherford > > MIS Department - DEK > > +44 (0)1305 208232 > > +44 (0)7970 122362 > > > > > > > > > > ******************************************************************** > > This E-mail and any files transmitted with it are in > > commercial confidence and intended solely for the use of > > the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. > > If you have received this E-mail in error please notify the > > Administrator by E-mail ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). > > Any views or opinions expressed are solely those of the > > author and do not necessarily represent those of > > DEK International., or its affiliates. > > ******************************************************************** > > This footnote signifies that this message has been > > checked for viruses by MailswpUK1 > > ******************************************************************** > > > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm > > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm > > List archive: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%> 40mail.activedir.org/ > > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm > List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm > List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm > List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm > List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
