Re: Move mailbox process experience

On Tue, 9 Aug 2005 06:48:06 -0700, "BvdB"
<BvdB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Hello All
>
>Situation:
>Old exchange 2000 mailboxes have to move to a new exchange 2003 server with
>new hardware. The average mailbox is about 22 MB with 350 items.
>
>We're going to move a lot of users and I've some questions about the move
>mailbox proces.
>
>1. How large is the transaction log growth by the move mailbox wizard? Say
>you move 25 GB of mailboxes, what is the a approximately logfile growth? Does
>it grow?
>
>2. How much time does it cost to move 25 GB of mailboxes to another server?
>
>3. Is it possible to import a exchange 2000 database or storage group to
>another exchange 2003 server
>
>I would be very pleased if someone can share his/her experiences about the
>questions above.
>
>Kind regards,
>BvdB

The transaction log will be similar to data moved. That's why it's a
good plan to do a couple of backups after you have moved each batch of
users. It keeps the number of logs to a manageable level.

Elapsed time depends on the loading of the server whilst the moves are
going on and how powerful the boxes are. 25GB should take quite a few
hours.

You can bring a 2000 store into a 2003 database. There are steps. Why
do you want to do this if you are doing a mailbox move migration? If
you have two boxes you should do the move method so that you don't
inconvenience the customer by having whole stores offline.
.

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