Thanks Missy. Don't get me wrong here I'm always grateful for good advice, but I suspect I shall stay on the over cautious side and keep their mail local.
I'll look into the cross-site mailbox move method. So long as it will pull stuff from a 5.5 server in one site to a 2003 server in another site that should do the trick. If I do it that way I'll have to visit at some point so I can take care of any Outlook Profile issues at the same time. thanks, Paul > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Missy Koslosky > Sent: 17 January 2006 18:23 > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: Re: 5.5 Move Server Wizard > > Seriously, 2mbps for 35 users is totally enough bandwidth. I > think you're > being overly cautious here. > > You would not be using the Move Server Wizard if you followed > my suggestion. > That's a PITA way to do this. MUCH simpler to do the > cross-site mailbox > moves. This can be fairly simple, really. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Paul Hutchings" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Exchange Discussions" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 9:36 AM > Subject: RE: 5.5 Move Server Wizard > > > There's only around 35 mailboxes on it, private store is around 6.5gb. > > I take the point about cached mode Outlook 2003 and running > things over the > WAN, but it's only a 2mbps links. IMHO as they already have > good server > hardware the cost of an Exchange 2003 Server license isn't > huge, so I'd want > to keep their mail local to them. > > I'd appreciate any advice on the best plan of attack on how > to deal with > their site. > > I figured it made sense to have a single site from an admin > POV - as you say > maybe I should think "mailboxes" more than "sites". I guess > another option > would be to put a temporary 2003 server in there as a member > of our main > site, use the cross-site mailbox utils to move mailboxes to > that server, > then reinstall current server/site into the main site - end > result single > site? > > How transparent does Exchange 2003 make a cross-site mailbox > move though? > > TBH my main concern with the move server wizard is less to do > with moving > the server and more to do with if everyone will need their > Outlook profile > rebuilding and the "what happens with recipient containers" issue. > > thanks, > Paul > -- > Paul Hutchings > Network Administrator, MIRA Ltd. > Tel: 44 (0)24 7635 5378, Fax: 44 (0)24 7635 8378 > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of Missy Koslosky > > Sent: 17 January 2006 17:09 > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: Re: 5.5 Move Server Wizard > > > > E2K3 SP1 allows for cross-site mailbox moves, which makes > the upgrade > > easier. Don't think on a scale of servers, think on a scale > > of mailboxes as > > object here. > > > > There's no need to move the 5.5 server - how many users are > > on that server? > > Unless you answer "500" or more, I'd consolidate to one > > server -- of course, > > take this with a grain of salt, as I know little about the > > number of folks > > in your organization. But there's definitely another option > > here than the > > one you're presenting, and it's worth thinking about. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Paul Hutchings" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Exchange Discussions" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 12:29 AM > > Subject: RE: 5.5 Move Server Wizard > > > > > > Hmm thanks for that, that's interesting. The way I > understood it 2003 > > didn't come with anything to let you move a server like > that, just to > > move/consolidate mailboxes? > > > > At some point in the future we will be upgrading them to > > 2003, it's just not > > a priority - I understood that however you choose to do > > things, once you > > have a 2003 server in a site you can't move a 5.5 server into > > that site? > > > > I'm downloading that tool as I speak so I'll see what that offers. > > > > thanks, > > Paul > > -- > > Paul Hutchings > > Network Administrator, MIRA Ltd. > > Tel: 44 (0)24 7635 5378, Fax: 44 (0)24 7635 8378 > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > > Behalf Of Missy Koslosky > > > Sent: 16 January 2006 20:20 > > > To: Exchange Discussions > > > Subject: Re: 5.5 Move Server Wizard > > > > > > It's actually easier to get Exchange 2003 installed and then > > > flatten the > > > organization - E2K3 SP1 has some nice site and server > > > consolidation tools. > > > The Solution Accelerator for Exchange Consolidation and Migration > > > (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/itsolutions/ucs/ecm/saecm/de > > > fault.mspx) > > > has a lot of information about this. > > > > > > Missy > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Paul Hutchings" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: "Exchange Discussions" <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2006 2:59 AM > > > Subject: 5.5 Move Server Wizard > > > > > > > > > I have a 5.5 organization consisting of 2 sites. > > > > > > The main site is running 5.5 and I'm about to order the > hardware for > > > Exchange 2003. > > > > > > The smaller site is a remote office, the single server down > > there is a > > > Windows 2000 domain controller running 5.5 SP4 with 35 > > > mailboxes on it, for > > > the moment there's no plan to migrate them to 2003 but we > > might do so. > > > > > > The only connectors in the remote site are the directory > replication > > > connector and the site connector, and being the only server > > > it's both the > > > first and last server in the site. > > > > > > Before I look at installing the ADC and moving the main site > > > to Exchange > > > 2003 I'd like to flatten things so that I only have a single > > > Exchange 5.5 > > > site - the only reason for having the two 5.5 sites was to control > > > replication/message traffic. All administration is handled > > > by me, so I > > > believe what I should have before is a single 5.5 site > > which will then > > > become a single Administrative Group with 2 routing groups > > *if* I find > > > traffic is a problem. > > > > > > From the documentation, it looks pretty straightforward: > > > > > > Replicate public folders from that site to ours > > > Remove the event service > > > Remove the directory/site connectors > > > Run the wizard > > > Recreate all users Outlook Profiles > > > > > > What I'm not sure of if is firstly if there's anything to be > > > aware of that > > > the documentation doesn't cover? > > > > > > Secondly, we have recipient containers in both sites (from > > before the > > > previous admins RTFM) and the documentation doesn't seem to > > cover what > > > happens with these - if they get created in the destination > > > site, or if they > > > get moved into a default container in the destination site? > > > > > > TIA, > > > Paul > > > -- > > > 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