Is there just one new server in AU? -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kurt Buff Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2014 6:24 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Exchange] Multi-site Exchange upgrade with slow/metered links
That should read: "The PFs in the AU office should be replicated to the US, but not the reverse." Kurt On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 3:20 PM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> wrote: > Dang it. Forgot something... > > The PFs in the UK should be replicated to the US, but not the reverse. > I'm sure that complicates things a bit... > > Kurt > > On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 3:14 PM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> wrote: >> I'm in the middle of upgrading our Exchange 2003 infrastructure, and >> am getting ready to deal with the PFs. >> >> I'm lacking a bit of info, and if anyone can help I'd appreciate it. >> >> I have two overseas sites (UK and AU) that have metered connections. >> For the UK office, I can't do anything about it, because we'll be >> moving everything Exchange-related from there to the US office. >> However, the PFs in the UK office are already replicated to the US >> 2003 server, so I believe that I should just be able to add replicas >> from the US 2003 server to the US 2010 server, then once the >> mailboxes in the UK office are moved to the US office I can remove >> the replicas from the UK server, and all should be good. >> >> But, the other office (AU) will have an Exchange 2010 server, and >> they also have a lot of PFs. >> >> I'm looking at the strategy below to minimize impact on their WAN >> traffic, and if anyone can validate it, I'd appreciate it. The >> current set of PFs for the AU office are replicated to the US 2003 server. >> >> o- Add replicas of the AU current PFs to the new AU server >> o- Add replicas of all of the US 2003 PFs to the US 2010 server >> o- Add replicas of the AU 2010 PFs to the US 2010 server >> o- Remove replicas from the AU and US 2003 servers >> >> I believe that this will minimize WAN traffic - if done in this order. >> >> If true, that's good, but I'm having trouble figuring out how to >> stage this process. The articles on PF replication and moving all so >> far seem to assume either high-speed links between all sites, or a >> single site. >> >> Any thoughts on this? >> >> Kurt >> >>
