Months? I don't think you did it right. All told it should take perhaps a couple weeks: 1 day planning, making sure everything is prepared 1 day new server HW/OS/SP/HF installation 1 day Exchange installation, PF rehome, System Folders rehome, connector rehome 1-3 days for mailbox moves assuming large number of users and off-hours moves 1 week for user profiles to automatically adjust 1 hour to bring down old server and serve beer.
======================================================= Andy Webb [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.swinc.com Simpler-Webb, Inc. Austin, TX 512-322-0071 -- Eating XXX Chili at Texas Chili Parlor since 1989 -- ======================================================= -----Original Message----- From: Rowell, John (AFIT) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 7:32 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Moving Exchange 5.5 to new hardware While the Ed Crowley Server Move method is very effective, I would not discount the backup and restore method, where you do the whole move within one day. I've used the Ed Crawley Server Move method and it works fine, but the downside is that it can take months to move the mailboxes, if you have a lot of them, and if they are big. As a result, recently I used the server move method, and had great success, it was finished in one day and was much cleaner. I wouldn't say it's that risky, as long as you know how to back out of it. There are also two types of move, i) using one-line backup & restore, ii) using off-line backup & restore, and I found the latter easier. > -----Original Message----- > From: Roger Seielstad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 25 March 2002 18:14 > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Moving Exchange 5.5 to new hardware > > > I suggest rebuilding your plan from the ground up. > > Read the FAQ (Link is below) - there is a well developed set > of steps to doing it the right way. > > ------------------------------------------------------ > Roger D. Seielstad - MCSE > Sr. Systems Administrator > Peregrine Systems > Atlanta, GA > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Sebastian, Didy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 4:21 AM > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: Moving Exchange 5.5 to new hardware > > > > > > I have to move my existing Exchange 5.5 to new hardware. I > > am restoring from an online backup and will basically install > > everything from CD - NT4, Service Pack 6, Exchange 5.5, > > Exchange Service Pack 3 and then use my Legato backup to > > restore the Information Store and Directory Store. > > > > Can anybody offer any advice or pointers on what to watch out for? > > > > Thanks in advance for you help. > > > > Regards, > > Didy > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > 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] > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > 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] > _________________________________________________________________ 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] _________________________________________________________________ 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]
