Have Exchange 2007 and adding a new Exchange 2007 server

on step 1)  what does "rest component resides on AD) ??

You can easily move mailboxes from EMC or by using PS. DL are stored in AD, i don't think u need to move them. Later remove the old Exchange server from ADD remove program.

Keep one safe backup for your old server. In case, you need it sometime.

DL ?

distrubution list

The items listed in my Distrubution Group, I dont see those in AD anywhere.
Where would they be?

Search in AD with email address.

No match.

These are Distrubution GROUPS not list.

 

I assume servers are on same domain. If so then you need to check the expansion server of the DG, if it is the server that is to be removed, you need to change it, You do not get the option to move the DG, you can either disable or remove

Yes they are on the same domain,
Expansion server is set to ANY server in organization.

If it is set to Any, it will be taken care automatically. Follow the article mentioned by muzafar_13 from removing the server.

On step 1) item a) about making a public folder database on the 2nd exchange.

I made it, however it fails when attempting to mount

This error is received:

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Microsoft Exchange Error
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Failed to mount database 'Public Folder Database'.

Public Folder Database
Failed
Error:
Exchange is unable to mount the database that you specified. Specified database: C4EXCH\First Storage Group\Public Folder Database; Error code: MapiExceptionADNotFound: Unable to mount database. (hr=0x80004005, ec=2417)
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OK
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Check this
http://www.vware.at/?p=169

ok you lost me on that at the
"Open ADSI Edit, connect to a Domain Controller, change the context to Configuration."

What is ADSI Edit? I dont have that.

It is part of support tools in windows. Goto run and type adsiedit.msc

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/892777

It is like registry for AD. You need to be very careful. Whatever changes you are making here. One wrong step can lead to major issue. This tool is basically for very advance admins.

so for admins that have never used that, what solution is there to fixing the error on mounting a public database. Did we do somethign wrong on setup?

well a reboot resolved it and it started.

Note down, whatever you are changing, each and every value.

Nothing was changed, a reboot resolved it.

Now we are about to proceed with the major steps of the article that was posted above
 http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb310767(EXCHG.80).aspx

One question, is Step 2 needed, if I am reading correctly its only if my other Exchange is 2003 or 2000, Is that correct?

I guess I should of been more clear. My question is on this: (Does this step need done if both my Exchange servers are 2007)

2.To modify the routing group connectors between the Exchange 2007 routing group and the Exchange 2003 or Exchange 2000 bridgehead server, run the following commands:

Get-RoutingGroupConnector | where {$_.SourceTransportServers -like "<First Exchange 2007 server>"} | Set-RoutingGroupConnector -SourceTransportServers "<Second Exchange 2007 server>"
Get-RoutingGroupConnector | where {$_.TargetTransportServers -like "<First Exchange 2007 server>"} | Set-RoutingGroupConnector -TargetTransportServers <Second Exchange 2007 server>

Do you have Exchange 2003 also? Is this a co-exist env? I thought you are into pure 2007 env as Exchange 2007 doesn't have any Routing group concept. It used AD Sites for communication.

Current is Exchange 2007 Sp3
New is Exchange 2007 Sp3
Same Domain, moving everything from CURRENT to NEW.

you dont need to perform this task, once you remove first exchange server all will get mapped to the new one

KB Article provided was right on track

Exactly what I needed to know