asked on Public Folders Migration from Exchange 2010 to 2013
Hi Experts
I recently migrated our exchange 2010 to 2013, all mailboxes moved and everything works fine.
i got few concerns related to public folders before i try that on my production servers.
on my Test Bed. i had following experience while trying to migrate public folders , followed some good online guides used PS1 scripts provided by microsoft to create excel sheet mapping files etc.
all went well according to MS article and we can access public folders on 2013.
but if I look at Exchange 2010 via public folders management console it still shows me all folders, not sure if its correct i thought they supposed to move to 2013 server during migration process, but looks like its kind of done copy all content to 2013 and kept folder in 2010 as well.
and due to that when i try to delete public folders database on 2010 server it tells me there are public folder replicas , move replicas to another server or delete public folders.
I tried using .\MoveAllReplicas.ps1 -Server Server01 -NewServer Server02 CMD to do that but it failed with below error
--------------------------
"
You must specify a value with the Replicas parameter.
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (\NON_IPM_SUBTRE…YDIBOHF23
licasEmptyException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : A21C6F7F
"
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tried many online articles and googled a lot but couldn't get beyond above error.
at the end what i did is deleted all public folders that were showing on Exchange 2010 public folders management console.
now deleting these from there not deleted anything on 2013 so yea i can access all public folders from 2013 which are kind of copy of 2010 folders thats what i needed.
and as all folders deteled from 2010 , then i was able to delete public folders database on exchange 2010 and un-install exchange 2010.
above all was done on TEST BED, and i want to find out if above is fine or if anyone else had similar experience or any best guide to move public folders from 2010 to 2013 ,
just to ensure i dont mess up my production exchange servers.
Thanks
Harry.
I recently migrated our exchange 2010 to 2013, all mailboxes moved and everything works fine.
i got few concerns related to public folders before i try that on my production servers.
on my Test Bed. i had following experience while trying to migrate public folders , followed some good online guides used PS1 scripts provided by microsoft to create excel sheet mapping files etc.
all went well according to MS article and we can access public folders on 2013.
but if I look at Exchange 2010 via public folders management console it still shows me all folders, not sure if its correct i thought they supposed to move to 2013 server during migration process, but looks like its kind of done copy all content to 2013 and kept folder in 2010 as well.
and due to that when i try to delete public folders database on 2010 server it tells me there are public folder replicas , move replicas to another server or delete public folders.
I tried using .\MoveAllReplicas.ps1 -Server Server01 -NewServer Server02 CMD to do that but it failed with below error
--------------------------
"
You must specify a value with the Replicas parameter.
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (\NON_IPM_SUBTRE…YDIBOHF23
licasEmptyException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : A21C6F7F
"
--------------------------
tried many online articles and googled a lot but couldn't get beyond above error.
at the end what i did is deleted all public folders that were showing on Exchange 2010 public folders management console.
now deleting these from there not deleted anything on 2013 so yea i can access all public folders from 2013 which are kind of copy of 2010 folders thats what i needed.
and as all folders deteled from 2010 , then i was able to delete public folders database on exchange 2010 and un-install exchange 2010.
above all was done on TEST BED, and i want to find out if above is fine or if anyone else had similar experience or any best guide to move public folders from 2010 to 2013 ,
just to ensure i dont mess up my production exchange servers.
Thanks
Harry.
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That is another way to do it though please note you'll still need to manually remove the public folder database (and contents) from the Exchange 2010 server after you are done as it won't recognize the 2013 public folder mailbox or know it's been migrated.
ASKER
thanks Andy yea if i follow below procedure.
On Outlook : Export All required Public Folders to PST file. ensure it works by attaching to outlook.
On Exchange 2010
Delete all other databases that also got PublicFolders database as default PF database.
Delete All public folders by going in public folders management console.
Delete Last/only Public Folders database.
with above i believe my organization wont have any reference to public folders on exchange 2010.
at this point i can also un-install Exchange 2010 to remove it from organization. (will do this later)
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ON Exchange 2010
Create new Public folder Mailbox
provide myself Root perfmissions to public folders.
then via Outlook i can copy/move public folders from standalone PST.
All done have beer :-)
hope i wont get into any trouble am doing this saturday night.
Regards
Harry
On Outlook : Export All required Public Folders to PST file. ensure it works by attaching to outlook.
On Exchange 2010
Delete all other databases that also got PublicFolders database as default PF database.
Delete All public folders by going in public folders management console.
Delete Last/only Public Folders database.
with above i believe my organization wont have any reference to public folders on exchange 2010.
at this point i can also un-install Exchange 2010 to remove it from organization. (will do this later)
-----------
ON Exchange 2010
Create new Public folder Mailbox
provide myself Root perfmissions to public folders.
then via Outlook i can copy/move public folders from standalone PST.
All done have beer :-)
hope i wont get into any trouble am doing this saturday night.
Regards
Harry
Sounds good Harry. Usually what I would do is export the Public Folders to the PST, create the 2013 PF mailbox and import the public folders into that, making sure required users can access it.
Then, I would shutdown the 2010 server for a few days - this will allow you to check that everything works as required before deleting databases/decommissioning the server. (Otherwise you may need to spend time recovering data from backups, changing AD, etc if there is an issue).
If there's no problems after those days then proceed with the decommission as required.
Have a good weekend and hope it goes to plan.
Then, I would shutdown the 2010 server for a few days - this will allow you to check that everything works as required before deleting databases/decommissioning the server. (Otherwise you may need to spend time recovering data from backups, changing AD, etc if there is an issue).
If there's no problems after those days then proceed with the decommission as required.
Have a good weekend and hope it goes to plan.
ASKER
Cheers Andy
just quick one , until I don't delete public folders database from exchange 2010 ,
exchange 2013 wont let me create new pubilc folder mailbox saying public folder installation exists in organization.
or is it best to create with hold for migration via shell.
that means i will have public folders coming from both servers ?
just quick one , until I don't delete public folders database from exchange 2010 ,
exchange 2013 wont let me create new pubilc folder mailbox saying public folder installation exists in organization.
or is it best to create with hold for migration via shell.
that means i will have public folders coming from both servers ?
ASKER
just to update, its all sorted now.
on exchange 2010 i ran this cmd "Set-OrganizationConfig -PublicFolderMigrationComp
then deleted public folders database on exchange 2010 ,
created new PF Mailbox on exchange 2013.
and imported required public folders via outlook.
exchange 2010 is shut down and all seems working fine.
thanks for advise guys
on exchange 2010 i ran this cmd "Set-OrganizationConfig -PublicFolderMigrationComp
then deleted public folders database on exchange 2010 ,
created new PF Mailbox on exchange 2013.
and imported required public folders via outlook.
exchange 2010 is shut down and all seems working fine.
thanks for advise guys
ASKER
good advise guys, used few points from these to get things sorted on my end. thanks
luckily we are not going to need all the public folders and instead we only need to keep around 10-15 of these. what I am thinking to do is EXPORT all public folders to PST from outlook.
then delete all databases including public folders database on exchange 2010.
Create public folder mailbox on exchange 2013 and then from outlook from standalone PST i can copy past folders to public folders.
that will save hassle of going through migration process.
i hope this will work.
thanks
Harry