I just thought I would report in and let everyone know I only did a move-mailbox migration which went well. I was successful with demoting it from a DC and finally removing Exchange. The very old server has been retired.
My users are very happy with the email experience now. On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 5:25 PM, Michael B. Smith < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yep, it sure will. > > > > Regards, > > > > Michael B. Smith > > MCSE/Exchange MVP > > http://TheEssentialExchange.com > > > > *From:* Mike Sullivan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Thursday, March 27, 2008 7:22 PM > > *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Moving Exchange to a VM > > > > OK, that brings up another question then. > > Once I have moved all the mailboxes over to the swing server will > uninstalling Exchange from the Windows 2000 DC allow me to be able to demote > it? I want to properly remove this server from the domain before I shut it > down for good. > > On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 4:11 PM, Michael B. Smith < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I don't think there is any real advantage to re-using the name, since as > long as the old one is online, if someone's mailbox has been moved to the > new one, they'll be automagically redirected. A full swing migration is > twice the work of a move-mailbox migration. But yes, that should be just > fine. > > > > Remember that dcpromo is NOT supported on any Window Server environment > after Exchange is installed. > > > > Regards, > > > > Michael B. Smith > > MCSE/Exchange MVP > > http://TheEssentialExchange.com > > > > *From:* Mike Sullivan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Thursday, March 27, 2008 7:08 PM > > > *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues > > *Subject:* Re: Moving Exchange to a VM > > > > LOL, I forgot the version, nice. Exchange 2003 > > On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 4:04 PM, Michael B. Smith < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So what version of Exchange are you running? > > > > Regards, > > > > Michael B. Smith > > MCSE/Exchange MVP > > http://TheEssentialExchange.com > > > > *From:* Mike Sullivan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Thursday, March 27, 2008 7:01 PM > *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues > *Subject:* Moving Exchange to a VM > > > > Hi all, > > I am about to embark on an Exchange migration from a very old physical > server to a VM on ESX 3.5 (ranging from a quad core 1.8GHz to a 2.33GHz) and > would advise from the experts here. I was thinking of a swing migration > method so I can end up with the same host name and IP > http://www.amset.info/exchange/migration.asp.<http://www.amset.info/exchange/migration.asp>To > add another twist the current Exchange server is also a Domain > Controller. It is installed on Windows 2000. Oh yea, I will upgrade the > domain to 2003 R2 first (unless there is a downside to doing this first). > > I have a BES server as well as an Intellisync Wireless Sync Server. I also > have GFI Faxmaker and EMC EmailXtender (I am having a company do the > EmailXtender move after I am done with the Exchange migration). > > -- > Mike Sullivan > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Mike Sullivan > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Mike Sullivan > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > -- Mike Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~
