RE: Exchange Forklift - what am I missing?

Hello John,

Thank you for posting in the SBS newsgroup.

According to your description, I understand that you would like to migrate
the Exchange database from Exchange 5.5 to Exchange 2003 Server. If I have
misunderstood the problem, please don't hesitate to let me know.

If the case and the issue is urgent to your business, it is recommended
that you contact Microsoft Product Support Services via telephone so that a
dedicated Support Professional can assist you recover the server in a more
efficient manner. Please be advised
that contacting phone support will be a charged call.

To obtain the phone numbers for specific technology request please take a
look at the web site listed below.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-US;PHONENUMBERS

If you are outside the US please see http://support.microsoft.com for
regional support phone numbers.

It is your decision if you would like me to work with you on this issue in
this thread. I will be glad to assist you.

1. First of all, in SBS Server environment, we strongly recommend you
refer to the following White-paper to migrate the Exchange 5.5 to Exchange
2003 Server:

Migrating from Small Business Server 4.5 or Windows NT Server 4.0 to
Windows Small Business Server 2003
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=49929

2. For the Legacydn.exe tool, please kindly refer to the following KB
article:

How to use Legacydn.exe to correct Exchange organization names or
Administrative Group names in Exchange Server 2003 or in Exchange 2000
Server
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;324606

3. If the issue persists, please help me collect the following information
for further analysis:

A. Please kindly describe the exact Server environment.

B. Please provide the exact error message with any screenshots if
possible.

To do this, please follow the steps below:

a) When the screen appears, press PrScrn (this key is located to the right
of the
F12 key on the keyboard)
b) Create a new Word document and open it.
c) Press Ctrl + V to paste the screen shot into the document.

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Nathan Liu (MSFT)
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>From: "John Chapman" <jwc@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs
>Subject: Exchange Forklift - what am I missing?
>Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2005 15:43:25 -0000
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>Hi
>
>Trying to forklift an Exchange database from 5.5 to 2003 using legacyDN.
>Renamed PRIV.EDB and PUB.EDB to PRIV1.EDB and PUB1.EDB. Re-named existing
>MDBDATA folder on SBS2003 to MDBDATA.SAV. Put above files in new folder
>named MDBDATA. Started Exchange. Got expected error message "The
information
>store could not be loaded..etc...." Found what changes needed to be made
>(minor as domain and server name unchanged). Started LegacyDN with
>forcewrite switch but when I enter new values, the verify and change
buttons
>are greyed out. I can't make the changes.
>
>What is wrong? Can any changes I make damage Exchange requiring a
re-install
>or will it just damge the old data files (obviously I have backup copies).
>
>Regards
>
>John Chapman
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