Re: Win2k3 and E2k3 migration to SBS 2003

Susan,

Thank you for your reply.

I've heard a lot about the swing kits and I look forward to trying them in
future projects. At the moment though, I'm going with what has worked for
me in the past. Granted, it's not working the way I expect now but rather
than bailing and redesigning from the beginning (and learning a new
process), respectfully, I'm seeking insight on my original post. I hope you
understand.

It seems I'm running up against a Uniqueness Conflict with Exchange
Migration Wizard (MigWiz). I'm just not sure why in this case. Where
SIDHistory has been migrated, it is my understanding that the MigWiz will
match based on SID. I have confirmed with ADSIEdit that the SIDHistory
property is populated on those ADMT migrated accounts.

I have found that if I migrate using MigWiz first, it will create an
account, mail enable it, and copy mailbox data. I have also seen that I can
then use the ADMT to merge (including SIDHistory) with the account created
by MigWiz. I can deal with this but I would like to understand why when all
the documentation that I've uncovered in my research has indicated that you
generally use ADMT first, then MigWiz. It has worked that way in past
migrations that I have performed with great success, using MS tools and
scripts that I had written. This is why I went the same route this time. I
had performed the process before (though slightly different in that before I
moved from Exchange 5.5 instead of from Exchange 2003) so had a documented
and tested process as a basis for this migration.

Do you have any further insight?

Thanks.

"Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]" <sbradcpa@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote in message news:O1MCtZhJGHA.2212@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Uh ...try www.sbsmigration.com or
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/884453/en-us
>
> ADMT isn't the way to go
>
> Kevin wrote:
>
>>I'm performing a migration from Windows Server 2003/Exchange 2003 to a
>>Windows SBS 2003 server running Exchange 2003. Since I can't create
>>trusts,
>>I'm using an identical account with full privileges in both the source and
>>target forests. I'm using ADMT v3 to migrate group, user, and computer
>>accounts (in that order) and then using Exchange Migration Wizard (MigWiz)
>>in clone mode to copy mailbox data.
>>
>>My research has shown that migrating accounts with ADMT and then using the
>>MigWiz is the proper way to go. I've done this before using ADMT v2 in
>>another migration project and the MigWiz matched the accounts to the
>>already
>>migrated ADMT accounts. This time, however, I get the following message
>>from MigWiz when I select a user that has already been migrated with the
>>ADMT:
>>
>>"One or more users have names that conflict with other directory objects.
>>Unique names have been chosen and will be presented to you for your
>>approval."
>>
>>I'm not sure why MigWiz is not matching to the ADMT migrated accounts.
>>Any
>>ideas on what I can do to fix this? I didn't notice any references to a
>>change in behaviour between ADMT v2 and v3 that would affect this...
>>
>>Thanks for any help.
>>
>>Kevin
>>
>>
>>
>>


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