OK, this is pretty stupid. I had everything else right... But here's the kicker: my assistant recently upgraded the restore server to W2K SP4. The original 5.5 server was W2K SP3. That was it right there, and I didn't bother to check because, at least in my mind, we hadn't upgraded any of our W2K servers yet.
So, we're back up and running and all our users have their email. Thanks to all who helped me out with this, and sorry for any wasted time on your parts. Matt -----Original Message----- From: Matt Hoffman Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 11:43 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: 5.5 to 2000 Transition Yup. That's what I'm using. I only tried those other utils based on articles that I had read after the original procedure had not worked. This is, and should be, a relatively simple process, especially since we did normal, rather than differential, backups. But I must have screwed something up the first time (I had also just worked 13 straight hours with no break). We'll see about it this time. -----Original Message----- From: Andy David [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 11:38 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Re: 5.5 to 2000 Transition Be sure to restore only the Info Store, not the directory. Redirect it to the recovery server. *Do not* run any utilities on the database. Let it try to start on its own. With an online restore, there is no need to run isinteg and the only time you should have to run eseutil is if you screwed up and the recovery server's OS and SP level do not match the production's OS and SP level. In the DR whitepaper, use the section that refers to "Single Mailbox Recovery" and you should be good to go. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Hoffman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 11:31 AM Subject: RE: 5.5 to 2000 Transition It's an online restore, and was an online full backup. I've been following the Whitepaper as noted in another post. I've had this sucker for a while, but since things didn't seem to be working as described, I needed the information you guys could provide. I've been hacking at this for a while now, just trying anything I could from the Knowledgebase or other sources to see what would or wouldn't work. At this point I think my best bet is to start over from the beginning of the restore process and make sure I didn't miss a step. -----Original Message----- From: Andy David [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 11:14 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Re: 5.5 to 2000 Transition Is this an online or offline restore? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Hoffman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 11:11 AM Subject: RE: 5.5 to 2000 Transition Actually, I tried all of those... Isinteg... Esutil... And changing the restore in progress setting... One thing I saw said to delete that registry key. Nothing so far has worked... At this point the problem now appears to be that the Directory Service won't start, but the system says it is failing with no errors. So, I'm uninstalling 5.5 and will reinstall and then restore again. -----Original Message----- From: Tony Hlabse [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 10:02 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: 5.5 to 2000 Transition did you run isinteg with the patch option? Also what was the exact error message you get in the event log. Search on that as it may have to do with changing the restore in progress setting. From: "Matt Hoffman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: 5.5 to 2000 Transition Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 09:59:24 -0400 I just managed to restore via the remote backup. I kept getting errors in the event log but eventually one of them led me to a knowledgebase article that mentioned needing to have NetBIOS over TCP/IP turned on on the servers. Having done that then it worked. However, the Information Store won't start afterward, even with a reboot of the restored server. I'm currently looking through some knowledgebase articles to see if I can figure anything out... -----Original Message----- From: Andy David [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 8:54 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: 5.5 to 2000 Transition No. Is this an online backup? Simply re-direct the info store restore to the recovery 5.5 server. You don't need to restore the directory to get at the mailboxes. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matt Hoffman Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 8:47 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: 5.5 to 2000 Transition Hmmm... One more thing... Does the server I'm restoring to require the same name as the old server? Not just the same org and site? Matt -----Original Message----- From: Matt Hoffman Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 8:44 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: 5.5 to 2000 Transition I believe I'll need the log files won't I? The restore doesn't work just as-is. Man, I hope my backup guy did his job here... -----Original Message----- From: Andy David [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 7:58 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: 5.5 to 2000 Transition Can you see the 5.5 server in NTBACKUP on the server with the Admin Gui on it? Otherwise, slap the tape drive on the 5.5 member server. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matt Hoffman Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 7:47 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: 5.5 to 2000 Transition Argh! Trying this IS making my head hurt. I installed to another member server in the same domain as my current Exchange 2000 server. So, both are in an Active Directory domain. I get the same thing with the 5.5 management console... It just can't find the 5.5 server. I was used to seeing this just connect with no problem previously when I had two 5.5 servers going at once. So, what 's the problem here? Some service I didn't install, something I haven't configured correctly? I'm getting no luck in Microsoft's knowledgebase. This is just a basic install following the instructions Andy gave here... Same org and site as the old server. I installed just the server itself and the management console, and installed it as a non multi-site server. I have no idea if that's the problem. I wouldn't think it would be. Any clue as to why the management console on another server will not pick up this 5.5 server?? Thanks, Matt -----Original Message----- From: Andy David [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 7:06 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: 5.5 to 2000 Transition Mongo head hurt. You should be able to setup a new 5.5 server on a member server. Just make sure its got the same OS and Exchange SPs as the original production 5.5 server. Create a new site and org, using the exact same org and site name as the orig 5.5 server. Restore only the info store, pop out those mailboxes to psts and import them into the new server. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matt Hoffman Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 5:48 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: 5.5 to 2000 Transition Gah! Sorry about hijacking that thread... OK, Migration to Exchange 2000 from 5.5 was a nightmare, but I managed to get MOST of my users to transfer over. Unfortunately, 15 of the 160 did not transfer inexplicably. They now have no mailboxes. Also, even more unfortunately, a couple of them are people who had huge mailboxes and lost a whole lot of data here. I still have my backups from 5.5, but the question is, how the hell do I get any of it back now? The tape drive that was used for those backups was on the same server that is now 2000, and is now in AD where it was in an NT 4 domain before. I tried installing 5.5 on another server and the 5.5 management tools on the upgraded box. Normally that means one can see the existing 5.5 servers and restore or backup data to them remotely. However, the 5.5 management tools cannot see the other server that 5.5 is now installed to. It's in the old domain, whereas the new box is in the new AD domain. Is this the problem? Should I install 5.5 somewhere in my AD domain and try restoring there? Is this a common problem with the 5.5 management tools that they can't go cross-domain to see 5.5 server? I guess any kind of help here would be great since my 15 "lost" users are having major panic attacks. 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