We are trying to figure out a way to migrate our Exchange 5.5 cluster server to an Exchange 2000 cluster server. Our environment is mostly Win2k but the domain isn't native. It looks like no matter what method we use, we will loose a lot of ACLs and delegations. Also public folders will have to be redone.
Is there any sure fire method (without using the AD connector because I've seen some nightmare incidents with this thing) of migrating/upgrading the Exchange environment? We thought about doing an in place upgrade, but our consultant said that it only works if we are in native mode, otherwise we will still loose a lot of the ACLs and delegations. Another method we are looking at is, using xmerg to import the 5.5 database to Exchange 2000. This method is almost like starting from scratch, we loose all the settings and will have to be recreated. How would a new Exchange 2000 server joined to the existing site work in this situation? Will I have the same issues? How should we handle public folders? Please let me know if anyone has been able to migrate to Exchange 2000 without literally having to rebuild everything from scratch. Maybe I'm being too nervous and everything will work out great, but I am dealing with Microsoft products.........I don't think I can read anymore white papers or Q articles before I go blind. The more I read, the more nervous I get. Wilson Varghese NT Systems Manager KMV, LLC Office: (415)229-0726 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
