Sample Script - Network Appliance snapshot monitor »Exchange 5.5 Site Consolidatin Notes - object rehoming
When consolidating an Exchange 5.5 site: before turning off 5.5 you have to rehome the Distribution Lists and custom recipients. Here are some notes...
Run the exdeploy tool in scan mode first.
I ran it twice, once to get Distribution Lists and again for custom recipients (contacts). The output is XML, rename the first file before running the command again.
To Scan for all Distribution Lists to be migrated:
exdeploy.exe /gc:AD_GC_server /m:D /MA:S /ss:Exchange55site /p:pathToOutputLogFile
(Don't be surprised when it says "starting the cross-site move", as long as MA:S is set to Scan)
To get a count of how many DL's you have, try the following from the command line
type ToBeMoved.xml | find "Object DN" /c
To Scan for all Contacts to be migrated:
exdeploy.exe /gc:AD_GC_server /m:C /MA:S /ss:Exchange55site /p:pathToOutputLogFile
How to migrate objects
In order to migrate the objects, you re-run exdeploy with the MA:U (migrate action:update) switch. I found you need to specify the full path for ithe input file (XML) and the log file, and the resulting command was getting too long to type. So, here's a simple script to do the work...
::REM -------------------- Begin Sample Batch Script -----------------------------
::REM by John Seaman, www.japan-page.net/batch
@echo off
set _pth=c:\utils\exchange.2003.deploy.tools\Exdeploy\
exdeploy /s:exch55server /gc:AD-DC=GCserver /M:D /MA:U /SS:55-site-name /TS:ex2kx-site-name /ES:ex2kx-expansion-server /f:%_pth%\DistroLists_ToBeMoved.xml /p:%_pth%\testlog.log
pause
::REM -------------------- End Sample Batch Script -----------------------------
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