Well, Cisco does not translate server name to ip. It translates the outside IP to an inside IP.
But your plan to use the old IP on the new server is 100 percent correct.. And the best/easiest way to proceed. From: Fancher, William [mailto:wfanc...@invention-machine.com] Sent: Friday, March 27, 2009 4:12 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange Migration Thanks Sherry It just hit me that it is not the name but the IP I want to reuse. DNS MX points to mail.domain.com and mail.domain.com points to IP address, Cisco translates servername to IP so I change the old server to some other IP then reuse the "mail" IP on the new server - the name of the server does not matter. Correct? Thanks Bill William S. Fancher IT Specialist Invention Machine Corporation 800 Boylston Street Suite 3900E Boston, MA 02199 617-305-9250 ext 3306 voice 617-305-9255 fax wfanc...@invention-machine.com -----Original Message----- From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:saber...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, March 27, 2009 3:47 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Exchange Migration No. Both Exchange servers have to be up and on the network at the same time. Get used to a new Exchange server name. On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 2:08 PM, Fancher, William <wfanc...@invention-machine.com<mailto:wfanc...@invention-machine.com>> wrote: Thanks to Jim and John for the insight. The swing method or moving the mailboxes seems very straight forward. Another question relates to if there is a way to reuse the existing server name? Thanks William S. Fancher IT Specialist Invention Machine Corporation 800 Boylston Street Suite 3900E Boston, MA 02199 617-305-9250 ext 3306 voice 617-305-9255 fax wfanc...@invention-machine.com<mailto:wfanc...@invention-machine.com> -----Original Message----- From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org<mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org>] Sent: Friday, March 27, 2009 2:29 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange Migration I would bring up another server in the Exch. Org and Mailbox move people to it through Exchange, and public folders and all that. You can even schedule the mailbox moves to happen at 3 am.......... > -----Original Message----- > From: Fancher, William > [mailto:wfanc...@invention-machine.com<mailto:wfanc...@invention-machine.com>] > Sent: Friday, March 27, 2009 2:27 PM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: Exxchange Migration > > Our Exchange hardware has aged to the point where it has caused a > corruption in my mailbox store which prevents a backup with exec > backup from completing. (We upgraded to Exchange 2003 a couple of > years ago but still have Windows 2000 as the OS) > > We are in the process of procuring a new server with more storage and > memory. I have a license for Server 2008 or 2003. I have a good > backup and all the transaction logs since, so if the easiest way to > install is to restore and play the logs I will but I was wondering if > there might be an easier/quicker/safer way to move to the new server. > Also which OS would be better - we probably will not be upgrading DCs > and network structure to 64 bit soon so Exchange 2007 seems a bit in > the future. > > I have read a plethora of KBs and other documents and need the voice > of experience to point me in the best way to handle this. > > Any help will be appreciated. > > Regards > Bill > > William S. Fancher > IT Specialist > Invention Machine Corporation > 800 Boylston Street Suite 3900E > Boston, MA 02199 > > 617-305-9250 ext 3306 voice > 617-305-9255 fax > wfanc...@invention-machine.com<mailto:wfanc...@invention-machine.com> > > > ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ > ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~ ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~ ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~ -- Sherry Abercrombie "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." Arthur C. Clarke Sent from: Haslet TX United States. ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~
