What are you trying to accomplish by setting up an Ex2010 box in your live environment when you know you won't be keeping that box? Setting up a virtual environment for testing and familiarization would be a much better approach than impacting your production environment.
-Jeff Steward On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 12:39 PM, Maglinger, Paul <pmaglin...@scvl.com>wrote: > I'd recommend that to if I had the boxes to play with. But that's > another story. > > I don't understand why it would be difficult to remove the first server > after the others are in place. What do you do when you want to upgrade > your hardware? Wouldn't those mailboxes propogate to the new servers? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] > Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 10:26 AM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Exchange 2010 co-existance in Exchange 2003 environment > > That's harder than you might think. > > Exchange 2010 introduces the concept of arbitration and delegation > mailboxes. Those are going to go on the first server you install, as are > the interop routing group connectors. > > All of that (plus any PF you might have created) all have to "disappear" > before you can uninstall. > > Once you've done that, it's easy: > > setup.com /m:uninstall > > I'd recommend you set up your first server in a lab, not in the > production environment. > > Regards, > > Michael B. Smith > Consultant and Exchange MVP > http://TheEssentialExchange.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Maglinger, Paul [mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com] > Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 11:21 AM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Exchange 2010 co-existance in Exchange 2003 environment > > Ok, that's cool. So like I mentioned, I want to set up a temporary > server until our hardware is determined. After I set that up and put > the other servers in permanently, could someone point me to > documentation to remove just that temporary server from the domain and > leave everything else intact? The documentation that I have found thus > far involves removing Exchange 2010 completely from the domain. Maybe > I'm just using the wrong words to Google? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] > Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 8:35 AM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Exchange 2010 co-existance in Exchange 2003 environment > > The rule (with one exception) is simple: manage Exchange 2003 objects > using the Exchange 2003 tools; manage Exchange 2010 objects using the > Exchange 2010 tools. > > The one exception is "move mailbox". That should ALWAYS be done from an > Exchange 2010 server in a mixed-version environment. > > Regards, > > Michael B. Smith > Consultant and Exchange MVP > http://TheEssentialExchange.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Maglinger, Paul [mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com] > Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 7:37 AM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: Exchange 2010 co-existance in Exchange 2003 environment > > So forgive me if I'm missing the obvious here, but when I add my new > Exchange 2010 server into our current Exchange 2003 environment, what > happens to the Exchange management tabs in ADUC as well as my options in > Exchange System Manager? Do I still retain the same abilities using the > GUI for the 2003 server as I always had, but some of the options will be > missing when I go to the 2010 server? I'm wanting to go ahead a set up > a 2010 server in our environment temporarily until we come to a final > decision on hardware requirements. I'm just concerned how the changes > it makes in AD will affect our current ability to manage the servers > using the GUI. > > -Paul > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist > > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist > > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist > > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist > > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist > > --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist
