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I am trying to move my mailboxes from one domain to a completely new different domain.
I am using this command:
$SourceCredential = Get-Credential
$TargetCredential = Get-Credential
Move-Mailbox -TargetDatabase "exchange.lineartitle.local\First Storage Group\Mailbox Database" -Identity Abstrax1 -GlobalCatalog dc1.lineartitle.local -sourceForestGlobalCatalog domaincontroller1.lineartitleandclosing.local -NTAccountOU "OU=Visionnet,OU=Linear Users,DC=lineartitleandclosing,DC=local" -SourceForestCredential $SourceCredential -TargetForestCredential $TargetCredential

When I try to execute the script I get this error message:
Organizational unit "lineartitleandclosing.local/Linear Users/Visionnet" was not found. Please make sure you have typed it correctly.

I have gone through ADSI Edit to make sure that i can drive down through the tree and find the OU and User, which it does, on both domain controllers on the old domain.
I did not build the old domain, so I really cannot say for sure if they did it right. From what I have seen and already fixed, it is not likely they did.
I have 150+ mailboxes to move over to match with the 150 Users i have already migrated with ADMT.
Any ideas.

loki_loki

might be wrong but i thought you still had to specify the identity of the mailbox you want to move. I used a text file of the users names and ran a powershell script against it. I still have script somewhere if you want it.

Linear-IT

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Yes, please by all means. If you have that script it would be pretty helpful.
I have been under the assumption with the old domain, when running the script it was following the GC and all that mapped the user to the mailbox. That is why I had the user defined in it. Guessing I am wrong if i need to specify the mailbox too.

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Linear-IT

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Loki Loki,
Sorry it took so long to let you know of the outcome. Vacation came into play (Yes, I actually got to enjoy the vaca time too!)
I am getting an error when trying to pass the credentials. I added a couple additional things to see if i could get the proper credentials per sourceGC, as where each mail server is on a separate new domain.
This is what I am running (with the mods)

$TargetCredential = Get-Credential
$SourceCredential = get-credential
$TargetDatabase = "exchange.lineartitle.local\First Storage Group\Mailbox Database"
$SourceFile = "c:\sourcefile.txt"
$a = remove-item c:\migration\MailboxMergeLog.txt -ea SilentlyContinue
$error.Clear()
$UserList = Get-Content $SourceFile
foreach($user in $UserList)
{
     $message = "Moving User -> " + $user
     write-output $message | out-file -filePath "c:\migration\MailboxMergeLog.txt" -append -noClobber
     move-mailbox -Identity $user -TargetDatabase $TargetDatabase -GlobalCatalog lineartitle.local -TargetForestCredential $TargetCredential -SourceForestGlobalCatalog domaincontroller1.lineartitleandclosing.local -SourceForestCredential $SourceCredential -BadItemLimit 10000000 -AllowMerge: $true -Confirm: $false
     if($error.Count -ne 0)
     {
           $message = "User " + $user + " failed to move ???????????"
           write-output $message | out-file -filePath "c:\migration\MailboxMergeLog.txt" -append -noClobber
           $message = "Error:::: " + $error[0].ToString()
           write-output $message | out-file -filePath "c:\migration\MailboxMergeLog.txt" -append -noClobber
           $error.Clear()
     }
}

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here is the error. It basically is telling me to make sure I am using the proper credentials. Hence the added credential request.

Failed to reconnect to Active Directory server dc1.lineartitle.local. Ensure the server is available and that you are using
valid credentials.
At C:\mailbox.ps1:12 char:6
+       <<<< move-mailbox -Identity $user -TargetDatabase $TargetDatabase -GlobalCatalog dc1.lineartitle.local -TargetForest
Credential $TargetCredential -SourceForestGlobalCatalog domaincontroller1.lineartitleandclosing.local -SourceForestCredentia
l $SourceCredential -BadItemLimit 10000000 -AllowMerge: $true -Confirm: $false
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [], ADTransientException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : 9C93F85A

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Any ideas?

loki_loki

glad you enjoyed your vacation!

ok, so you have the old domain, the new domain and a seperate new exchange domain?
which domain are you running the script in?
does the accounts you are using have exchange and domain admin rights in the domains? When I did it I ran the script in the new domain, which also contains the exchange server, as the new domain admin.
Can the accounts you are using manually create users and mailboxes?

Linear-IT

ASKER

The script is working nicely, found where the issue was. Turns out the mailbox database was not the right name where the test user mailboxes resided. There were a few other oddities too. The original mail server that was almost decommissioned (almost for reasons of the new one blew up on me), had some strange names and a few other things. Once finally going through every step of the script and comparing it to the source server i was able to get it working. Great little script! Thanks for the help.