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Change mail routing from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2007

Psachnoexchange — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 03:07:00 +0000

Hi,
We are decommissioning our Exchange 2003 Server. Our Exchange organization consists of 1 x Exch2003 and 1 x Ecxh2007 Server (all Roles).
We have completed all decommission steps other than mail routing (i.e. all mailboxes now reside on Ecxh2007 Server)
All Mail is currently routed from a smart host through Exch2003 server.
We need to now route mail through the Ecxh2007 Server.
Connectors are currently:

[PS] C:Windowssystem32>Get-SendConnector

Internet Mail SMTP Connector (EXCH2003SVR) {SMTP:*;1}    True
External Mail                         {SMTP:*;1}    False
Internet Mail                         {SMTP:*;1}    True

[PS] C:Windowssystem32>Get-ReceiveConnector

EXCH2007SVRDefault EXCH2007SVR {:::25, 0.0.0.0:25} True
EXCH2007SVRClient EXCH2007SVR {:::587, 0.0.0.0:587} True

[PS] C:Windowssystem32>Get-RoutingGroupConnector

EXCH2007SVR-EXCH2003SVR    Exchange Routing Group (DWBGZMFD01QNBJR) First Routing Group
EXCH2003SVR-EXCH2007SVR    First Routing Group   Exchange Routing Group (DWBGZMFD01QNBJR)
Interop RGC          Exchange Routing Group (DWBGZMFD01QNBJR)      First Routing Group
Interop RGC          First Routing Group            Exchange Routing Group (DWBGZMFD01QNBJR)

The Plan is as follows:
Disable Internet Mail SMTP Connector (EXCH2003SVR)
Disable ‘Internet Mail’ send connector (SourceRoutingGroup=Exch2003)
Enable External Mail (SourceRoutingGroup=Exch2007; connector previously setup for transition)
I don’t believe any action is necessary on receive connectors as these are currently configured to receive traffic from anywhere (0.0.0.0-255.255.255.255)..Is that correct?
Also, as part of the Exchange 2003 decommission process, it is necessary to remove the RoutingGroupConnectors. However, we’d like to test the cutover to the Exchange 2007 connectors first, without removing the routing group connectors.
Routing group connectors are no longer used in Exchange 2007, and we no longer have any mailboxes on EXCH2003SVR. So, Is this possible, and is this a good test? If so, and this works fine, can we then safely remove all 4 Routing group connectors?
Thanks..

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Eliyevelxan — Tue, 10 May 2011 07:03:53 +0000

Hi. i have Exchange server 2003 enterprise edition SP2 on my Domain Forest. Exchange mode is : Native mode. Domain functional level is Windows 2003 server mode. Operation system is Wondows 2008 server. I want upgrade Exchange server 2003 to Exchange server 2010 and get error

[strong]Setup /PrepareLegacyExchangePermissions[/strong]

Welcome to Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Unattended Setup

Setup will continue momentarily, unless you press any key and cancel the installation. By continuing the installation process, you agree to the license terms of Microsoft Exchange Server 2010. If you don’t accept these license terms, please cancel the installation. To review the license terms, please go to http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=150127&clcid=0×409/

Press any key to cancel setup……………. No key presses were detected. Setup will continue. Preparing Exchange Setup

Copying Setup Files COMPLETED

No server roles will be installed

Performing Microsoft Exchange Server Prerequisite Check

Organization Checks FAILED The forest functional level of the current Active Directory forest is not W indows Server 2003 native or later. To install Exchange Server 2010, the forest functional level must be at least Windows Server 2003 native.

The Exchange Server setup operation didn’t complete. More details can be found in ExchangeSetup.log located in the :ExchangeSetupLogs folder.

Exchange Server setup encountered an error.

What may i do?

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Hi

We are in the process of upgrading from MS Exchange 2000 to MS Exchange 2007 for starters, before eventually moving to 2010 end of this year. We have encountered numerous errors in the process of moving (replicating) public folders from the legacy platform to either 2003 or 2007. Can you assist with a step by step procedure on how best to do this. We have tried various websites for reference to no avail…

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