Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Deployment Guide- P13 doc

Before You Begin You can run unattended setup for the following procedures:  Installing the second to nth Exchange 2003 server in your organization.. You cannot run unattended setup

you want to perform These configurations are normally set when you perform a manual Exchange 2003 installation on one of your servers

Before You Begin

You can run unattended setup for the following procedures:

 Installing the second to nth Exchange 2003 server in your

organization

 Installing Exchange 2003 System Management Tools

 Running DomainPrep

You cannot run unattended setup for the following procedures:

 Installing the first Exchange Server 2003 server in your organization

 Installing Exchange Server 2003 in a Windows server cluster

 Installing Exchange Server 2003 in a mixed-mode environment (for example, Exchange 5.5 and Exchange 2003)

 Performing any maintenance tasks (for example, adding or removing programs, re-installing Exchange, or upgrading from Exchange 2000)

Procedure

To use an answer file for unattended Exchange setup

1 On a server to which you want to install Exchange 2003 in

unattended mode, insert the Exchange CD into your CD-ROM drive

2 From a command prompt, type E:\setup\i386\setup /unattendfile

D:\myanswerfile.ini, where E is your CD-ROM drive, D is your system

drive, and myanswerfile.ini represents the name of the answer file

For More Information

 For detailed steps about how to create an answer file, see How to Create an Answer File for Running Unattended Exchange Setup

 For more information about unattended setup, see Microsoft

Knowledge Base article 312363, "How to use the Exchange 2000 and Exchange 2003 Installation Wizard to generate a Setup.ini file for an

unattended installation,"

(http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=3052&kbid=312363)

How to Convert from Mixed Mode to Native Mode in Exchange

An organization that is running in mixed mode can accommodate all

versions of Exchange Server An organization that is running in native mode can contain only Exchange 2000 Server or later computers; new Exchange Server 5.5 (or earlier) computers cannot be introduced into the organization By default, Exchange 2000 Server and Exchange Server

2003 are installed in mixed mode

You can convert an Exchange organization to native mode after all of the servers are upgraded to Exchange 2000 or later, and earlier release

restrictions no longer apply You cannot switch to native mode until you either upgrade or decommission Exchange Server 5.5 (or earlier)

computers

The following are some of the features of Exchange native mode:

 Routing groups can consist of servers from multiple administrative groups

 Ability to move servers between routing groups

 Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) is the default routing protocol

Before You Begin

Note:

Before you can convert an Exchange organization from mixed mode to native mode, all of the computers in the organization must be running Exchange 2000 or later

Important:

After converting the Exchange organization to native mode, you

cannot change back to mixed mode This is a one-time conversion,

and you must fully understand the results before you proceed

Procedure

To convert from mixed mode to native mode in Exchange

1 Open Exchange System Manager

2 In the console tree, right-click the organization that you want to

switch to native mode, and then click Properties

3 In <Organization Name> Properties, under Change operation

mode, click Change Mode

4 In the warning dialog box, click Yes if you are sure that you want to permanently switch to native mode Click Apply to accept your new

Exchange mode

For More Information

For more information about mixed mode and native mode for Exchange Server, see the following Microsoft Knowledge Base articles:

 270143, "XADM: Mixed Mode vs Native

Mode"(http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=3052&kbid=270143)

 327779, "How To Convert from Mixed Mode to Native Mode in

Exchange"(http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=3052&kbid=327779)

 272314, "XADM: Preparing a Mixed Mode Organization for Conversion

to Native

Mode"(http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=3052&kbid=272314)

How to Restart the Microsoft Exchange Information Store Service

The core data storage repository for Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 is the Microsoft Exchange Information Store service, which contains both mailbox store and public folder store data The Microsoft Exchange

Information Store service uses a database engine called Extensible

Storage Engine (ESE), which is a transaction-based database

technology

In some troubleshooting instances or when moving from mixed to native mode, you may need to restart the Microsoft Exchange Information Store service

Procedure

To restart the Microsoft Exchange Information Store service

1 On the Start menu, click Run, type services.msc, and then click

OK

2 In the Results pane, find the Microsoft Exchange Information Store service

3 Right-click the service, and then click Restart

Upgrading from Exchange 2000 Server to Exchange Server 2003

This topic provides instructions for upgrading your organization from

Microsoft® Exchange 2000 Server to Exchange Server 2003 Specifically, this topic will:

 Provide you with the requirements necessary to upgrade from

Exchange 2000 Server

 Provide you with information about running Exchange Server 2003 Deployment Tools

 Provide you with information about improvements in Exchange Server

2003 Setup

 Show you how to run ForestPrep

 Show you how to run DomainPrep

 Show you how to run Exchange Setup to upgrade your organization

 Show you the Exchange 2000 Server tuning parameters you must remove after performing the upgrade

Procedures for Upgrading from Exchange 2000 Server to Exchange Server 2003

After ensuring that your organization meets the necessary prerequisites, the procedures referenced in this topic guide you through the deployment process This process includes upgrading your Microsoft Active

Directory® directory service forest to the Exchange 2003 schema, and then upgrading your Exchange 2000 servers to Exchange Server 2003

Table 1 lists the required permissions or roles for the procedures

referenced in this topic

Table 1 Procedures referenced in this topic and corresponding permissions

Enable Windows® 2000 Server or

Windows Server™ 2003 services

 See Windows 2000 or Windows Server 2003 Help

Run ForestPrep on a domain

controller (updates the Active

Directory schema)

 Enterprise Administrator

 Schema Administrator

 Domain Administrator

 Local Machine Administrator

 Local Machine Administrator

Procedure Required permissions or roles

Remove Mobile Information Server

Exchange 2000 Event Source

 Microsoft Mobility Administrator

 Local Machine Administrator

Upgrade to Exchange Server 2003

on an Exchange 2000 Server in a

domain

 Exchange Full Administrator role applied at the organization level

 Local Machine Administrator

Install Exchange Server 2003 on

additional servers in the domain

 Exchange Full Administrator role applied at the administrative group level

 Local Machine Administrator

For more information about managing and delegating permissions and user and group authorities, see the Exchange Server 2003 Administration Guide