My Exchange 2000 is not running on a cluster just a single Windows 2000
server. I do have any existing Server 2003 cluster that I would like to
use.
Would I still upgrade to Exchange 2003 before moving the mailboxes to the
cluster or could I move directly from Exchange 2000 to the clustered
setup?
"Rui J.M. Silva" wrote:
I did that a couple of weeks ago.
I would recommend a swing upgrade, if you have spare hardware:
1. Install another Exchange Server
2. Move all mailboxes to the new server
3. Rebuild the cluster with a clean install
4. Move all mailboxes back to the new cluster
Before removing the "old" server follow this steps:
"How to remove the first Exchange 2000 Server computer from the site"
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307917
This method is almost risk-proof.
BUT, Microsoft has an article that has detailed instructions for this
scenario, using another method:
"How to upgrade Exchange 2000 Server to Exchange Server 2003 in an
active/passive clustered environment by doing a clean installation of
Windows Server 2003"
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=842427
I recomend also the reading of this article:
"Considerations when you upgrade to Exchange Server 2003"
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=822942
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"jjhols" <jjhols@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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I am looking for any information that could help with my Exchange 2003
upgrade. Here is what I have.
1 - Exchange 2000 Enterprise server running on Windows 2000 Server
1 - Server 2003 Clustered setup
What I would like to do is move my exchange enviroment to the clustered
server but I'm not sure what I should do first. Here is a couple
things I
am
thinking about.
A. Upgrade the Exchange 2000 box by doing an upgrade to Exchange 2003
then
setup Exchange 2003 on the cluster and move the mailboxes
B. Upgrade the Exchange 2000 box by doing an upgrade to Exchange 2003
then
upgrade the OS from Windows 2000 to Server 2003 then setup Exchange
2003
on
the cluster and move the mailboxes to cluster setup.
c. Install Exchange 2003 on the Cluster setup and move the mailboxes
from
the Exchange 2000 box to the cluster box.
Does anyone have any recomendations for this?
Thanks
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