Your second reason is easily fixable via DNS or even WINS, if necessary. For the others, the FAQ details a proven method to avoid any and all issues with moving to a new Exchange server. I find too many people want to keep the same name without having a truly valid reason for doing it.
-------------------------------------------------------------- Roger D. Seielstad - MTS MCSE MS-MVP Sr. Systems Administrator Inovis Inc. > -----Original Message----- > From: Glenn Corbett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 7:13 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: Re: Change Roles before AD migration > > > 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&t ext_mode=&lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ 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]
