You do it as a preparatory step to ensure that everything necessary has been replicated over and that there are no replicas in the DB except for the current server.
If you can’t delete the PF DB, then you won’t be able to uninstall Exchange. So…it’s just a step in the process to cleanly remove the server. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Paul Steele [mailto:paul.ste...@acadiau.ca] Sent: Monday, June 28, 2010 2:45 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Migrating special mailboxes So far the document seems to adequate for Exchange 2010 as well, although I have a ways to go as well. I have a question though. Is it actually necessary to remove the public folder database on the Exchange 2003 server. I’ve confirmed that public folders have replicated properly to Exchange 2010 and I’ve removed the 2003 server from the replica list on the 2010 server. Is it still necessary to physically delete the public folders on the 2003 side as part of the process? From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: June-28-10 2:29 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Migrating special mailboxes They want you to use exdeploy. Which is incomplete (and I bugged with Ross – he’s working on improving it). Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Simon Butler [mailto:si...@sembee.co.uk] Sent: Monday, June 28, 2010 1:26 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Migrating special mailboxes I was hoping that there was an Exchange 2010 version of this article. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb288905(EXCHG.80).aspx But there isn’t. Probably means I will have to write one… ☺ Simon. From: Paul Steele [mailto:paul.ste...@acadiau.ca] Sent: 28 June 2010 18:00 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Migrating special mailboxes This article seems to apply more about rehoming Exchange 2003 server setup. I’m in the process of removing my *only* Exchange 2003 server, making sure that everything is properly set up on Exchange 2010. I’ve done the obvious stuff like moving all the users and setting up public folder replication to the Exchange 2010. Now I need to start to break the link between the two servers before decommissioning the 2003 server. I’ve been using a couple of different documents for this process. Does anyone have any good articles on this topic? From: Simon Butler [mailto:si...@sembee.co.uk] Sent: June 28, 2010 1:17 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Migrating special mailboxes Those system mailboxes are unique to the system they are installed on. You will find that they exist on the new server as well. Exchange will recreate them if required. The only folders that need to be migrated are those that are in the documentation - http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=822931 Simon. -- Simon Butler MVP: Exchange, MCSE Sembee Ltd. e: si...@sembee.co.uk<mailto:si...@sembee.co.uk> w: http://www.sembee.co.uk/ w: http://www.amset.info/ w: http://blog.sembee.co.uk/ Need cheap certificates for Exchange, compatible with Windows Mobile 5.0? http://CertificatesForExchange.com/<http://certificatesforexchange.com/> for certificates from just $23.99. Need a domain for your certificate? http://DomainsForExchange.net/<http://domainsforexchange.net/> Exchange Resources: http://exbpa.com/ From: Paul Steele [mailto:paul.ste...@acadiau.ca] Sent: 28 June 2010 15:44 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Migrating special mailboxes Should the special mailboxes in Exchange 2003 (SMTP * and SystemMailbox *) be migrated. I haven’t found any mention of them in the various migration documents I’ve been using so I would assume not.
