Fill out this worksheet to collect information about the migration process for your Exchange system.
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1) Migration Type:
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Mark whether you can complete the migration in a single stage or whether the migration will be a multi-stage process that requires message forwarding. |
2) Migration Utility Usage:
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Mark whether you can complete the migration on a single workstation or whether you need multiple workstations with multiple Migration Utility sessions running simultaneously. |
3) Exchange Version:
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Mark the version of Exchange you are migrating from. See Section 3.1.2, Gathering Information about Your Exchange System. |
4) Exchange System Information:
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List the servers in your Exchange system and an indication of how much Exchange data resides on each server. See Section 3.1.2, Gathering Information about Your Exchange System. |
5) GroupWise System Information:
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Record the information about the destination GroupWise system that you plan to create. |
6) eDirectory Tree:
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Specify the name of the eDirectory tree where you want to create your GroupWise system. Make sure you have an eDirectory username with sufficient rights to create containers and other objects. |
7) Post Office and Domain Contexts: |
Specify the eDirectory contexts where you plan to create Post Office objects and Domain objects. |
8) User and Distribution List Contexts: |
Specify the eDirectory contexts where User objects and Distribution List objects will be created. |
9) Client Software Distribution:
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Mark how you want to distribute the GroupWise Windows client software to users. |
Fill out this worksheet for each Exchange server, or if you plan to run the Migration Utility more than once for a server, fill it out for each migration session.
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Explanation |
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1) Exchange Login Credentials:
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Record the authentication information that the Migration Utility needs in order to access the Exchange server. |
2) Exchange Data File: |
By default, the Migration utility creates exmigdata.csv in the directory where the Migration Utility is installed. Specify a different name as needed. |
3) GroupWise Domain Directory
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Provide the full pathname of a domain directory, along with a network login name and password so that you can map a drive to it. |
4) Message Forwarding:
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If you are performing a multi-stage migration, list two temporary Internet domain names that can be used for internal message forwarding. |
5) Public Folder Planning:
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Specify the names of the resources that you want to own the migrated Exchange public folders. |
6) Post Office Planning
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Decide which post office you want to migrate each Exchange user, distribution list/group, and public folder to. |
7) eDirectory Context Planing
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Specify the name of the eDirectory tree where you are creating the GroupWise system. Decide which eDirectory context you want you want each User object, Distribution List object, and Resource object created in. See Section 3.2.8, Planning eDirectory Contexts for GroupWise Objects. |
8) Users to Migrate |
If you are performing multiple migration sessions for the Exchange server, list the users you want to migrate during the current session. |
9) Migration Options
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Mark any migration options that you want to select. |
10) Public Folders to Migrate |
If you are performing multiple migration sessions for the Exchange server, list the public folders you want to migrate during the current session. |
11) User ID Conversion Rules
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If you have Exchange user IDs that contain periods ( . ), specify the character you want to replace periods with. |
12) E-Mail to Migrated Users
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Mark whether you want the Migration Utility to send notification messages to migrated users and whether you want copies sent to the Administrator user. |
From Exchange Server: ____________________________________________________________
To GroupWise Post Offices: ________________________________________________________
Plan the migration for users on the Exchange server listed above, including creation of eDirectory contexts and GroupWise post offices and domains.
See Section 3.0, Planning Your Migration from Exchange to GroupWise
Make sure that the Outlook Collaboration Data Objects module is installed where you installed the Migration Utility.
See Section 4.1.1, Checking for the Outlook Collaboration Data Objects Module
Set up administrative access to the Exchange server.
See Section 4.1.2, Designating a Service Account Administrator on Exchange 5.5 or Section 4.1.3, Ensuring Administrative Rights on Exchange 2000/2003.
If you are performing a multi-stage migration, enable automatic forwarding on your Exchange system.
Set up eDirectory in preparation for creating the GroupWise system into which you will migration the Exchange users.
See Section 4.2.1, Setting Up eDirectory for Your GroupWise System.
Create your GroupWise system.
Before your first migration session, configure GroupWise so that users can successfully reply to and forward messages after they are migrated.
If you are performing a multi-stage migration, set up automatic forwarding between your GroupWise and Exchange systems.
Install the Migration Utility on one or more Windows workstations.
Run the Migration Utility to migrate Exchange data from the Exchange server to the post offices listed above.
See Section 6.0, Migrating Your Exchange System to GroupWise 7.
Run additional migration sessions as needed to complete the migration.
Perform post-migration tasks to configure your new GroupWise system and to decommission your old Exchange system.