Public Folder Migration Exchange 2003 to 2010
KB ID 0000426 Problem I’ve already written at length about migrating from Exchange 2003 to 2010, I was doing a migration this week and migrating the public folders was proving to be a pain. If you have multiple public folders within public folders then setting up replication can be a nightmare, as the replication settings don’t get passed down to the child object. Normally you could use PFDAdmin and this would do it for...
Exchange 2003 to 2010 Transition “Swing Migration”
KB ID 0000234 Problem Before we start, I’m aware “Migration”, “Swing Migration”, and “Transition” have three very different meanings, depending on which KB, blog or piece of Microsoft documentation you are reading. Be under no illusions the terminology used in the title and the tags on this page, are to catch the web searches of those who have an Exchange 2003 Server and want to move all their...
Transferring Certificates to Exchange 2010
KB ID 0000264 Problem As a rule most of my clients use self signed certificates, (even though you can buy certs cheap as chips these days). If you have paid for a certificate I can see why you would want to transfer it to the new Exchange box, though if your using self signed certificates, it’s a simpler task to create a new one. But I was asked, and what you guys ask for, I will work out how to do 🙂 Solution Export Certificate...
ARCserve Error E8571 – (The request is denied by the agent. The requested agent is not installed)
KB ID 0000433 Problem Seen when trying to perform a “Document Level” backup of Exchange 2010. Error E8571 The request is denied by the agent. The requested agent is not installed Solution The crux of the problem is the Exchange server needs the Microsoft Exchange Server MAPI Client and Collaboration Data Objects installing upon it, and they HAVE TO BE INSTALLED BEFORE the backup agent. 1. On the Exchange server, Start...
Mailbox Move ‘Stuck’ Queued
KB ID 0001094 Problem When doing a migration I usually create a test account and move that to the new server. Then I can mail flow both from old to new server and to/from external addresses from both old and new servers. So when the mailbox just sat ‘Queued’ for a while I was starting to get concerned. Even applying the Exchange ‘cup of coffee’ rule didn’t make a difference. Solution Nice simple one to...