Re: what is the duration of forestprep in an existing exchange organization?

From: Birte (loadhigh_at_gmx.de)
Date: 10/19/04 

Date: 19 Oct 2004 08:51:46 -0700

Hi Glen,

because my productive system´s hardware ist much stronger than the
test system, I think I can do it without loosing a weekend ;-))

thanks for your help.

Birte

"Glen Trafford" <glen@beehivesystems.com> wrote in message news:<cl0doc$1d9k$1@otis.netspace.net.au>...
> It will make very little difference if there are 2 users or 2000 users.
> Forestprep is updating the schema on the schema master. Adding attributes,
> classes etc to the schema is not dependent on how many users you have, it
> will depend more on the processing power of the box. If your test
> environment has similar hardware to production then assume the same amount
> of time. Exchange not be affected (ie is still up) when Forestprep is being
> run. I would pick a quiet time on the network to do it as the schema changes
> will be copied to the other DC's and I would want this replication to be
> complete before moving on with the install of Exchange 2003.
>
> Glen
>
>
>
>
> "Birte" <loadhigh@gmx.de> wrote in message
> news:b2597755.0410180045.42fade4c@posting.google.com...
> > Hi NG,
> >
> > this is the actual system state:
> > one exchange organization with two exchange 2000 servers and 3 DCs,
> > windows2000 in one domain, no remote sites.
> >
> > I want to install a new windows 2003 server with exchange 2003.
> >
> > During the exchange 2003 installation I need to run forestprep before
> > the install.
> > In my test system, the forestprep needs up to 50 minutes! but the test
> > domain contains only a few user!!!
> > How long will a forestprep in the productive environment lasts, when
> > there are more than 2000 email-activated users?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> > Birte

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