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moving SMTP connector in Exch2003

Hi,

I have installed a new Exchange server and want to remove my first Exch2003 server. In total there are 3 servers.

What should I do with the SMTP connector? KB article says that I have to recreate any SMTP connector that is hosted in the server to be removed. However, I can not find how to determine which server hosts the connector. What I can see in the ESM is that the SMTP connector is using all three servers as local bridgheads.

I need to make sure that after removing the first exchange server, mail will be still flowing.

amaheshwari

Hi,

The first Exchange Server 2003 computer that is installed in an administrative group holds certain important roles. For example, the first server hosts the Offline Address Book folder, the Schedule+ Free Busy folder, the Events Root folder, and other folders. Therefore, you must use caution when you remove this server from the administrative group that it belongs to.

1.Replicate all public folders to another server
2.Rehome the Offline Address Book folder
3.Change the server that is responsible for generating the Offline Address List
4.Rehome the Schedule+ Free Busy folder
5.Rehome the Organization Forms folder
6.Rehome the Recipient Update Service (RUS)
7.Designate another server to be the routing group master
8.Creating another Site Replication Service (SRS) instance
9.Rehome connectors to another server
10.Move mailboxes to another server
11.Remove the first Exchange Server 2003 computer

and

Please refer this link:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/822931

Thanks
Ashish

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juragan

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Hi Ashish,

Thanks for the reply. I actually have read that KB article, and I think I haven't fully understand the point #9 "Rehome connectors to another server". Could you please elaborate more on it?

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juragan

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Hi amaheshwari,

Actually I have done those, remove it from local bridgehead and change the RG master, then I stopped all the Ms Exchange services to see whether it works. However, I still see that after ~ 2 hours there are still a lot of mail queue in this server while the queue on the new server is almost empty.

What did I miss?

amaheshwari

Have you tried sending external mails when your First exchange services are stopped.If it goes fine then only you will be sure that your SMTP connector is working fine on new server.

Or else try to track message and see through which server mails are going out.

Thanks

juragan

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Hi amaheshwari,

The e-mail is working even when the first Exchange server was shut down. So I guess the SMTP connector is working fine on the new server.

I guess changing the routing group master while take a while to work, because now I have noticed that the Queue in the First Exchange server is always 0.

Thanks All!