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exchange 2003 public folder db move

i am in the process of decommissioning an exchange 2003 server. i have moved the mailboxes, but now i need to move the public folders.

i need a better understanding of the "move all replicas" option. if i choose this option and it replicates, will users who are pointing to the old public folder store as there default experience an outage? if so at what point? (during the move, after the move, or both)

thanks

Akhater

no in most of the cases your users will not experience any outage unless we are talking about real big public folders.

the process happens as follows

1. new replicas are added to the pf
2. old references are removed
3. replication is taking place

so, in theory, users are directly pointing to the new PF (which is empty) and will be populated as replication goes. in my experience in most of the cases no one will feel this unless you have a lot of PF (300gb +)

xrpk03y

ASKER

how are users pointing to the new PF store? the exchange policy points them to the old one. i thought it was switched when the old pub folder was deleted...

Akhater

no i mean users trying to access the pf that are being migrated are redirected to the new PF on the new server.

if you want to be on the safe side it is better to

1) add replicas to the new server
2) wait for replication
3) remove replicas on the old server

xrpk03y

ASKER

i am not sure if this is answering my question. does anyone else have some advice?

Akhater

Can you please tell me which part of the question remains unanswered so I can help?

xrpk03y

ASKER

So you are saying if they are pointing to the old public store and the info is not there they will get it from the new store? Also, does move all replicas remove the data from the original store or just create a replica copy?

Thanks

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xrpk03y

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Thanks for the help!