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Moving Public folders.
Hi Guys,
We are going to remove 2 exchange servers because the hardware is old.
Anyway, I am trying to move the content of the Public folders located on a DAG ( 2 old servers ) to a brand new standalone exchange ( not on the DAG ).
A Public Folder Data Base has been created on the new exchange and I ran the " .\MoveAllReplicas.ps1" command on all the servers, it has been 24 hrs and now things have gone wrong.
The content of the PF has disappeared from the old PF Database, the folders are still there but they are empty. On the new PF Data base there is nothing, is blank, all i get when running the Get-PublicFolder cmdlet is "IPM_SUBTREE"
[PS] C:\Windows\system32>Get-Pu
Name ParentPath Replicas
---- ---------- --------
IPM_SUBTREE {}
What did i do wrong ?
does that mean that PF content is gone ?
We are going to remove 2 exchange servers because the hardware is old.
Anyway, I am trying to move the content of the Public folders located on a DAG ( 2 old servers ) to a brand new standalone exchange ( not on the DAG ).
A Public Folder Data Base has been created on the new exchange and I ran the " .\MoveAllReplicas.ps1" command on all the servers, it has been 24 hrs and now things have gone wrong.
The content of the PF has disappeared from the old PF Database, the folders are still there but they are empty. On the new PF Data base there is nothing, is blank, all i get when running the Get-PublicFolder cmdlet is "IPM_SUBTREE"
[PS] C:\Windows\system32>Get-Pu
Name ParentPath Replicas
---- ---------- --------
IPM_SUBTREE {}
What did i do wrong ?
does that mean that PF content is gone ?
ASKER
** on the New PF **
[PS] C:\Windows\system32>get-pu
Name ItemCount LastAccessTime
---- --------- --------------
/o=XXX/cn=addrlists/cn=oab
OAB Version 2 5 23/04/2014 06:03:35
OAB Version 3a 5 23/04/2014 06:03:35
OAB Version 4 2 23/04/2014 06:03:35
On the old PF i get a long list of all of the folders ( they still are there ) but yet again, the folders are empty.
[PS] C:\Windows\system32>get-pu
Name ItemCount LastAccessTime
---- --------- --------------
/o=XXX/cn=addrlists/cn=oab
OAB Version 2 5 23/04/2014 06:03:35
OAB Version 3a 5 23/04/2014 06:03:35
OAB Version 4 2 23/04/2014 06:03:35
On the old PF i get a long list of all of the folders ( they still are there ) but yet again, the folders are empty.
ASKER
Actually after running the get-publicfolderstatistics
Public-folders-1.jpg
Public-folders-1.jpg
Force a hierarchy update:
Update-PublicFolderHierarc
Where server2 is the name of the new server. Wait at least 30 minutes and do keep an eye on the queues.
Simon.
Update-PublicFolderHierarc
Where server2 is the name of the new server. Wait at least 30 minutes and do keep an eye on the queues.
Simon.
ASKER
Yesterday night, I ran the command twice but unfortunately still not working.
Didn't noticed much activity on the queue.
could it be that the public folders are on a DAG and the new server is not in the DAG ?
Didn't noticed much activity on the queue.
could it be that the public folders are on a DAG and the new server is not in the DAG ?
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I rang Microsoft and they helped me with problem
It sounds like the hierarchy hasn't come across.
Simon.