Recent content by rhoang

Was the Exch2k box the "1st Exchange server" in the domain? If so, you need to move a few services over to the new exchange box (offline address book, RUS, public folders, etc). check this link out: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307917 good luck, rich

do you have a firewall between the two exchange servers? you might need to turn off statefull smtp inspection...try "telnet [servername] 25" from both directions, do you get a clean esmtp response? good luck, rich

The key here is "mail enabling" any of the types of groups you mentioned. Check out this link on the differences...ultimately, you can mail enable most groups to a mail distribution list...

For active directory, all member servers that you want to run DHCP have to be authorized to the AD. Note, you need to be logged in as an Enterprise Admin to authorize. Check this link out...

***just some advice..when you are ready to decommission your exch2k box...make sure you go through the process of "removing the first exchange server" http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B307917 good luck

I humbly suggest you get new hardware and do a concurrent upgrade. I am just now finishing the last of 6 Exchange servers from 2k to 2k3 (all in different sites). My first attempts of doing an in place upgrade went okay, but there were a few messy leftovers especially the virtual servers under...

check your vitual server settings from ESM...make sure the default domains are configured at each level of the http virtual servers. If you are getting denied errors, try removing the "integrated authentication" option and use basic authentication. You may need to restart WWW on the front-end...

I inherited a situation where there is an Exchange 2000 server which is also a Domain Controller. I would like to demote this server via dcpromo. Are there any huge risks in doing this? A few notes about the env...I've got 6 domain controllers (including the exchange box) and 5 Exchange 2k...

quick note...it's running a 6400 array controller

This seems like a silly question...but... I've got a production ML370 G3 with the 6x1 cage and the 2x1 cage. I've got the OS mirrored on the 2x1 and 3 disks on raid5 on the 6x1. Is it possible to move the mirrored disk into the 6x1 cage and not miss a beat? Needless to say, there will be a...

I highly suggest re-seating the Processor. Typically, if the processor is not firmly seated...then the server won't boot. I've seen this many times. rich

are you talking about changing your MX record for your domain or just having any mail forwarded from your ISP to your exchange box? rich

You need to configure a Connection Agreement (CA) on your Active Directory Connector (which should have been a prereq for Exchange 2k). Typically, you do this for each container in 5.5. The CA replicates data from 5.5 to AD/E2k until you run in native mode. Rich

Haven't seen this problem..but there's a post SP3 hot fix for E2k (I think MS is calling it SP3.5). Might want to give that a try. Rich

Can someone give me some tips on when the best time is to switch over to native mode on AD? We currently have AD running in mixed mode with a trust to one NT domain. We just finished migrating our users from Exchange 5.5 over to Exchange 2000. Without sounding too stupid, can someone help...