Possibly because if you do change the name and don't perform a side-by-side migration (where the other server is still available), outlook will break and wont be able to resolve mailboxes without having to recreate all the outlook profiles.
They may also have applications that rely on the name of the Exchange server being a particular name (or at least staying constant). The existing hardware for exchange may not be appropiate anymore (cant scale etc), but for the reasons above want to retain the same name. All valid reasons for keeping the name the same sounds like you scare easily in your *old* age....*grin* G. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Crowley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 3:40 PM Subject: RE: Change Roles before AD migration Why do you feel you need to move it to another server with the same name? Your idea scares me. Ed Crowley MCSE+I MVP "Protecting the world from PSTs and bricked backups." -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bravo, Liliana (CIP) Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 2:15 PM To: Exchange Discussions Hi folks, We are planning to migrate AD . Before that we want to do the following: Currently we have an NT Domain (1 PDC and 2 BDC) and my exchange Server 5.5 is on BDC (named cipx2). I want to move my Exchange on another server with the same name( cipx2) , however as member server. Do you know if after I moved my exchange on a member server with the same name of my old BDC we could have any problem with the change role? Do you know about any link about this process? TIA Liliana _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
