Then you can't minimize WAN traffic without disabling Transport Safety Net.
Every replication message will go to two remote servers for Safety Net. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kurt Buff Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2014 7:04 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Exchange] Multi-site Exchange upgrade with slow/metered links Yes, at the end of this process there will be only the one 2010 server. It has CAS, Hub and Mailbox roles on it currently. I've moved 1 of the 45 mailboxes over from the 2003 server so far, as a test. Kurt On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 3:54 PM, Michael B. Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >>> >>> > >
