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
>>>
>>>
>
>


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