Hello,
I have a client running Domino 6.0.3. The org has approx 20 mailboxes and is a single server installation. We have sold them on the idea of moving away from this to exchange 2003 server hosted on their current root 2003 DC. Although Domino is arguably a much better platform, the thruth is we are exchange experts and dont really know much about Domino.
I have ready through the instructions and details of using the exchange migration wizard to migrate Domino and noticed many modifications and alterations must be performed on the domino server. Clients must be reconfigured to allow access to their mail store by a migration account... We have decided that based on past experiences with "domino instructions" we will NOT be using this procedure.
The procedure will be as follows
1. Install Exchange 2003. Setup internet connectors. Setup user mailboxes.
2. Change the firewall policies to direct email to exchange and not the Domino server.
3. At this point all new emails will flow into exchange, and domino is now a historical reference.
4. Verify the email functions. Load AV for exchange etc...
5. Import user mailboxes from one or more client stations using a client side tool.
-Complete the process for all 20 mailboxes...
-Add extra email address aliases etc..
*After researching this a little yesterday I did find a few utilities that seem to be able to suck a mailbox, appointments, contacts from Lotus 6 client into Outlook installed on the same stations...
-We like the idea of not having to mangle the Domino and Exchange server just to import 20 users...
-We feel doing this as a client side activity will reduce the risk of something going wrong with the Domino server, or having to rely on instructions that do not produce the results we expect..
Ideally we can use one or more stations configured with Lotus6 client and Outlook 2003. We would prefer a direct import into an exchange mailbox, but are willing to settle for a two step process invloving export to PST first.
QUESTION:
Which one of these client side tools have you used before or trust will do this 100%?
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I just spoke to a guy regarding UNIACCESS....
http://www.comaxis.com/uad
Are you familiar with this utility?
UniAccess is a decent product, but because it has a "generalist" approach, it has weaker message fidelity than Microsoft's utility, which is written specifically for Domino as source and Exchange as target.
UniAccess is designed for "batch processing," not as a user-side utility. However, since it actually does the conversion using (an assumed) Admin's client, I imagine it would also work as a user utility.
I think it had some issues with copying messages multiple times, if they were in multiple folders, or even if not, since ALL DOCUMENTS contains all messages. If you skip ALL DOCUMENTS, then messages not in folders get skipped.
Hello qwaletee,
I called them yesterday... Ran the demo...Everything looks good.
The client will purchase a 25 user Lic. today. It's an extra 1K for this little project cost, but my requirements are met.
At this point the deal for me is this....
1. Setup exchange...
2. Redirect the firewall to use exchange for existing dns host records/mx.
3. Create new empty mailboxes.
4. Someone will then import as much as possible using uniaccess...
5. Someone connects the client stations with outlook mapi.
-Although we are going ahead with this, I have decided to install Domino server on a test box at our office. I often feel vastly more confidant about a product if I have installed it and made it work in the past... I can honestly tell you that it was stupid of us to not do that on Day1 after taking on this client... Running a Business is a new experience to my partner and myself and we have learned that even if a product is known world-wide and runs on platforms we know very well, we should not expect there to be a wealth of info available about it on the internet, or we will pick it up very quickly based on past experience with similar products. This is not the case with Domino server.
qwaletee you have been a great help and very diplomatic on the other threads... Thank you....
If you want to talk about anything... Call me at my desk anytime... Even if I'm not around, our phone system pages me when someone leaves a message... So I will return your call a.s.a.p.
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by: qwaleteePosted on 2005-02-01 at 09:11:53ID: 13194700
Hi Housenet,
> Clients must be reconfigured to allow access to their mail store by a migration account...
> We have decided that based on past experiences with "domino instructions" we will NOT be
> using this procedure.
Oh, this one would be easy. You don't have to have users do anything. There's a utility that can take care of this for you, running on the server.
Or, I can send you a button containing a script to update the mail file. All you have to do is mail it to users. They click, you are done.
Or, these easy instructions (sometimes they reallly are easy!):
1) Open mail
2) File -> Database -> Access control
3) If there is no entry named Admin then click ADD, type ADMIN, and click OK
4) Highlight ADMIN
6) On the upper right, where it says "User type:" -- click the dropdown, and choose "Unspecified"
5) On the upper right, where it says "Access:" -- click the dropdown and choose "Manager"
6) Click OK
I don't really trust the 3rd party tools very much -- anecdotally, I've heard of lots of mangled mail messages. Exchange's own migwiz seems to do a decent job... it just requires that "grant access procedure."
Best regards,
qwaletee