If you're running into problems doing an in-place upgrade in the lab, imagine the pressure when it happens in production. Even if all went swimmingly in test, there's still a great chance you'd run into problems in production. Therefore, go back to square one and do a swing server migration. Since Exchange 4.0, this has been the choice method for savvy Exchange professionals.
Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP Freelance E-Mail Philosopher Protecting the world from PSTs and Bricked Backups!T -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scoles, Damian Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 8:33 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Test Lab Problem - 5.5 to 2000 I am testing out a migration for a customer who wants to go from NT 4.0 and Exchange 5.5 to Windows 2003 and Exchange 2000/3. We had already migrated the domain with no issues and are now working on the Exchange migration. Here is the setup: Pre AD: 1 PDC NT 4.0 SP6a 1 BDC NT 4.0 SP6a 1 Exchange 5.5 SP4 on Windows 2000 SP3 AD 2 DC Windows 2003 1 Exchange 5.5 SP4 on Windows 2000 SP3 Client PC Windows 2000 Professional Outlook 2002 Windows Server 2003 Outlook 2002 When then proceeded to upgrade Exchange 2000 using the in place method. So we ran DCDIAG and there were no issues. We then installed the ADC. We ran forestprep and domainprep from the Exchange 2000 CD on the Exchange server (it would not allow us to run it on the Windows 2003 DCs). We then installed NNTP which is required for Exchange 2000. Then we did the upgrade. All of this proceeded smoothly. After the upgrade was complete we tried to open up Outlook with an exisitng profile. This errored out, so we checked Exchange System Manager and noticed all of the email boxes had red X's by them. I right clicked on the accounts and had to 'Reconnect' the mailbox with a user account. This worked for all but one. The user name for that account did not show up in the list, even though you can see the name in the AD Users and Computers. We then tried to open 2 mailboxes and noticed a few other things: Distribution lists were missing as well as custom recipients. Meeting requests did not show up in the calendars until after they were opened. The biggest thing was the one mailbox I could not reconnect with a user name had no mail in the inbox. System Manager said it had 17 items total, but I could not see them in Outlook. Is there anything obvious I missed? Something tells me it has something to do with the ADC, but I am not sure where to begin. Thanks. Damian Scoles Senior Technical Analyst MCSE, CCNP, CNA, A+ _________________________________________________________________ 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] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. _________________________________________________________________ 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] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
