I thought header.exe was only on the 5.5 Resource Kit? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel Chenault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 11:14 AM Subject: Re: Purchased another company, need to migrate their mail....
> Get header.exe from the Exchange RK and use it to create a header file > including all the information you want to import including the domain > account. Export the user list from the UK box, munge the account field with > an appropriate tool (Excel) and import it into your server. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joe Pochedley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 9:57 AM > Subject: RE: Purchased another company, need to migrate their mail.... > > > > You're right, I'm overtime exempt... :( > > > > I understand there's not going to be a manual way to do it, but I've used > > Exmerge in the past, and have gotten along quite well with it, so I > believe > > I'll be fine... It's only about 40 mailboxes... > > > > As I said in my original email, I'm hopping to create the mailboxes and > > associate them to domain accounts in a child domain (made from the UK's > old > > NT4 domain joining our forest as a child)... Still hoping someone can > tell > > me if this can be done? > > > > Joe Pochedley > > If you have time to do it twice, > > you had time to do it right in > > the first place. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Daniel Chenault [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 9:57 AM > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: RE: Purchased another company, need to migrate their mail.... > > > > > > Do you mean move the domain accounts, or the mail accounts? If the latter, > > setup a trust from the US to the UK. Use Exmerge to extract the UK users' > > data and import it into the US server. There's not going to be an > automated > > way to do this, sorry. Add to your laundry list "administrative headache" > > and charge them some overtime (but you're probably exempt). > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Joe Pochedley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 7:08 AM > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: RE: Purchased another company, need to migrate their mail.... > > > > > > Daniel: Yes, email over a Internet based VPN, across the pond, nothing > but > > Net... :) As I said, I protested and gave the administration quite a > > laundry list of why it wasn't the best way to run thing, but they are the > > ones who pay the money so they're the ones who get to make the decision. > > > > Andrea: Thanks. I guess I should've referenced the materials I've read > > (including the MSKB article you referenced), a couple of the MS migration > > whitepapers, and a couple of Exchange books... Unfortunately they all > > reference moving things within the same domain... I need to know if I can > > use the accounts from the child domain on the parent domain's Exch server, > > which I can't find a straight answer to (of course, I've probably not > worded > > my question correctly in all the Internet searching I've done).... > > > > Joe Pochedley > > If you have time to do it twice, > > you had time to do it right in > > the first place. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Andrea Coppini [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 6:28 PM > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: RE: Purchased another company, need to migrate their mail.... > > > > > > You might want to look at > > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;316886 for some > > ideas. Other than that, the MS KB is a good source of info. It's got > loads > > of good step by step guides. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Joe Pochedley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: 11 December 2002 9:48 PM > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: Purchased another company, need to migrate their mail.... > > > > > > Kind ladies and gentlemen, looking for a little feedback on an Exchange > mess > > that I've been tasked with handling. > > > > We're located in the USA and recently we purchased a company based out of > > the UK. The administration has asked me to consolidate the Exchange > servers > > (one at each company) into a single server. Of course I protested > > veheminently about having a single server for both the US and UK, gave > them > > many many reasons why it shouldn't be done, but ultimately the decision > was > > theirs.... AH well.... > > > > We're currently running Exch5.5 on an NT4 domain, and the purchased > company > > is running the same... I am in the process of testing and preparing to > > deploy Win2K and AD here in the USA... After AD's in place I plan to > > upgrade our Exch5.5 to Exch2K. > > > > Now for the messy part... I need to get the UK's mailboxes moved to our > > Exch2K server... What I was planning was this: Upgrade their network to > > Win2K as a child domain of ours... Then using Exmerge, pull out their > > mailboxes and transfer them to our Exchange server (they've only got a > 600mb > > priv.edb, so it's nothing compared to our 90Gb database)... I've read on > > migration strategies, etc, but nothing really covers moving mail from one > > domain to another or if making them a child domain (basically creating a > two > > way transitive trust between the two domains) gets around the problem... > > > > So the questions are these: Can I make new mailboxes on the USA Exch2K > > server from users in the child domain in the UK (I assume the answer is > yes, > > but I haven't gotten that far in testing yet and I'm just trying to avoid > > some head banging if someone can tell me it can't be done)? Is there > > an > > easier way to accomplish this? How can I move the Public folders to our > > Exch server? > > > > Thanks in advance for your kind wisdom. > > > > Joe Pochedley > > If you have time to do it twice, > > you had time to do it right in > > the first place. > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
