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Rehoming public folders Exchange 2000 to 2003

I have a single Exchange server 2000 which I will be phasing out and replacing with an Exchange 2003 Server. The 2003 server is in place and a test mailbox confirms connectivity through the old server to/from the internet. OWA is working on the 2003 server as well.

Using KB 307917, I was able to rehome successfully several public folders using the replication steps outlined in the article. However, I not gettng both servers to show IN SYNC when trying to rehome the Offline Address Book OAB Version 2 and the Schedule + Free Busy System folders.

Old Server shows IN Sync

New Server shows Local Modified

Help - trying to get this migration completed today.

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Sembee

If you wanted it completed today, you should have started a week ago.
Exchange 2000 public folder replication is very slow.

I also find that the "in sync" status window will rarely appear. I usually use the item count to verify if the folders are in sync (or not).

Simon.

Froggy_chris

Agreed with Sembee. When i migrated my server, it took 12h+ (roughly, I haven't checked all the night :)) to have my tree (14Gb) in sync accross a Gig link with both servers on the same switch.

Chris

twfrost

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Thanks - I decided to leave the old server in place this week but I was able to move the mailboxes from the old server to the new server using the Move Mailox wizard in ESM.

I guess I'll leave replicating on for a while until I'm ready to remove the old server - I only have 12 users on this domain - it shouldn't take too long to replicate OAB and Schedule data ???

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