Before the upgrade, our Server setup was Pentium III 733MHz, 512MB RAM, 40GB HD running under Windows NT 4.0 SP6a, Exchange Server 5.5 SP4, running on TCP/IP with 65 PC's and 4 Mac connected on the Network. Everything was working smooth and easy, but we need to change the hardware because it was a bit slow...
So I upgraded to a dual XEON 2.0GHz, 1GB RAM, 80GB HD. I was trying to setup my Windows NT 4.0 but it kept on hanging upon installation, its that blue screen with HEX values on it...
So I was forced to setup Windows Server 2000. It was a sucess but I guess there was an error with the Configuration. Here are the step by step on what I did:
1. I setup the Win2K Svr to join our existing domain.
2. Installed Exchange 5.5 then upgraded to SP4.
3. I transferred all the mailbox from the old NT4.0 to the New Win2K by moving the mailbox.
3A. I Left the Mailbox of the two Mac users because of some reason, they cannot connect to the mail server.
3B. Mac User 1 is running under System 9, he can access the mails, internet and network, but the rest of the mac users cannot because one is running MAC OS X and the remaining 2 are using Jaguar.
3C. There's an error that kept on appearing with the Higher Versions of MAC... Somebody was using the Network Address, but no one was using that IP Address, I kept on changing it but still it will prompt the same error...
4. The Mac user 1 is having a problem everytime I will attempt to move his mailbox to the new server...
I don't know if my assumptions are factors of these errors, I was wondering if ever... I will change the Win2K Server to a Primary Domain Controller, activate the AppleTalk Protocol and disconnect the old server from the network, will the Mac Users have the same error? Will they be able to reconnect to the Mail Server again?
Also, is there a way to transfer the domain users account info from NT 4.0 to the different new server w/c is Win2K? If anyone here can help, it would be great!... THANKS A LOT!!!