Yes and yes. Our current plan is to export the data off the local machines, .pst and .ost, YUCK. Any words of wisdom?
TIA, Julian > Are these servers in separate organizations, in separate Active Directory > forests? > > Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP > Freelance E-Mail Philosopher > Protecting the world from PSTs and Bricked Backups!T > > -----Original Message----- > From: Julian Underwood [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 5:55 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: RE: mounting raw store from another server > > Ed, thanks for your response. Well let me explain what we're trying to do > and tell me what you would recommend. We have a client who has their > exchange hosted remotely, about at 25GB store. This is how I understand > it > is setup: The remote exchange server is directly connected to the > Internet, > exposed. The clients at the office go over the Internet with Outlook to > connect to their exchange, yeah I know, YUCK. As far as I know, and I > will > find out more details later, is the exchange server is in a different > domain. We had thought they could copy the store to a hard drive and mail > it to us, so we could essentially bring their mail in-house to a newly > built > server. > > As the server is in a different domain this option doesn't seem feesable. > Should we have the site exmerge the mailboxes, put it onto a HD then mail > that to us? Any advise is appreciated! > > Julian > > > > The destination server must be in the same domain and have the same server > name, which basically means that you need to clone a domain controller, > and > build the server with the /disasterrecovery option. > > Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP > Freelance E-Mail Philosopher > Protecting the world from PSTs and Bricked Backups!T > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Julian > Underwood > Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 4:37 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: mounting raw store from another server. > > > Hello List, > > Dealing with Exchange and Windows 2003 Enterprise versions: > > I've done a bit of Googling about how to take a raw mail store from one > server (.edb, .stm, and .log's) and move it to another--have not turned up > too much info other than dealing with restores. Which I am not doing. Of > course once it's moved to the other server, I would like to be able to > mount > it and map users to mailboxes. > > In my experimenting, I've copied the dismounted store to another server. > I cannot mount the store. Does the destination server have to be in the > same domain as from where the data come from? Does this condition make it > easier to mount? > > Basically if someone could tell me how to mount a complete store on a > different server and if there are any differences in this process if the > destination machine is in the same or a different domain. The error I get > when I try and mount the store is c1041724. > > Thanks a bunch, > > Julian > > PS--I'm not interested in mailbox moves or exmerging data! > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=exchange > To subscribe: http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: > Jupitermedia Corp. > Attn: Discussion List Management > 475 Park Avenue South > New York, NY 10016 > > Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=exchange To subscribe: http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
