OK, wonderful. That will be a big help. Of course I understand that whitepapers are written to be the guides to a correct installation. However, my experiences have told me that you're much better off verifying that the information in such a document is correct first before trusting it completely. I've had too many such instructions leave out some critical component that meant many more hours of hassle instead of a nice clean install.
Matt -----Original Message----- From: Peter Orlowski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 11:59 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Upgrade from Exchange 5.5 SP4 to Exch. 2000 Have a look at the Exchange 2003 help. They have a step by step walkthrough of all the upgrade/migration paths. Its basically a stripped down version of whats in the whitepapers but its layed out like a checklist. These whitepapers are not "junk". Understanding then can mean the difference between a failed or successful upgrade. - Peter -----Original Message----- From: Matt Hoffman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 8:49 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Upgrade from Exchange 5.5 SP4 to Exch. 2000 I'm beginning the process of an in-place upgrade from Exchange 5.5 SP4 to Exchange 2000, and I wanted to make sure I had the right ideas about how to go about this. 1. I downloaded the In-Place Upgrade Whitepaper from Microsoft. Is this a definitive document or is there something in the document that is, in your experience, junk? I'd hate to follow this and find out MS has something wrong... 2. The server that 5.5 currently resides on is Windows 2000, SP 3, and is in an NT 4.0 domain at the moment. I assume I need to bring it into the AD before I can begin this upgrade process? Should I do this only if I want to avoid having to use the ASD connectors? I'm a bit confused on this point. 3. I'm trying to get my AD administrators to allow my domain admins to have the ability to update the schema (for my domain at least). I realize we need this, at least according to this whitepaper and the list FAQ. 4. My domain is already in native mode, so that isn't a problem. I've also transferred all the old user accounts from my NT 4.0 domain over using the migration wizard, so the SID's should be the same for the accounts when the users attempt to access their mailboxes after the upgrade. 5. I'm planning on doing a full online backup before doing anything, of course. I'm doing my best to read through all the information I can find on this topic, but there are often things that are missing from such documents. Is there anything obviously wrong with what I've talked about above? Any specific pointers to give on this process? Thank you very much, Matt _________________________________________________________________ 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] _________________________________________________________________ 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] _________________________________________________________________ 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]
