Month: April 2013

Migrate from SBS 2008 or 2011 (Part 4)

Published on in Exchange Server, Windows SBS Server, Windows Server by Elvis

Backup Exchange Data
 

Follow this steps to back up the data in Exchange using Windows Server Backup so it can be restored on the new server running Exchange Server 2007.  You are free to use another backup and restore solution, but that will not be covered in this document.  If you choose to use Windows Server Backup, you should have Exchange 2007 Service Pack 2 or later installed so that the Exchange backup plugin is registered. You will also need to install Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 2 or later on the new server in order to have the Exchange backup plugin available for the restore.

Using Windows Server Backup
 

  1. Start Windows Server Backup.
  2. In the Actions pane, click Backup Once…. The Backup Once Wizard appears.
  3.  On the Backup options page select Different options and then click Next.
  4.  On the Select backup configuration page select the type of backup that you want and then click Next:
    1. Select Full server (recommended) to back up all volumes on the server.
    2. Select Custom to specify which volumes should be included in the backup. If you select this option, the Select backup items page appears. Select the volumes to be backed up and then click Next.
  5. On the Specify destination type page select the location where you want to store the backup and then click Next. If Remote shared folder is selected, the Specify remote folder page appears. Specify a UNC path for the backup files and then do one of the following, to configure Access Control settings:
    1. Select Do not inherit, if you want the backup to be accessible only by a set of specified user credentials and then click Next. Type user name and password for a user account that has write permissions on the computer that is hosting the remote folder and then click OK.
    2. Select Inherit, if you want the backup to be accessible by everyone who has access to the remote folder and then click Next.
  6. On the Specify advanced options page select VSS full backup and then click Next.
  7. On the Confirmation page review the backup settings and then click Backup.
  8. On the Backup progress page, you can view the status and progress of the backup operation.
  9. Click Close, when the backup operation is completed.

Using a file copy backup
Note: This step is recommended as a second backup of the Exchange data in the event you plan on migrating the Messaging server to the same hardware in the unlikely event you are unable to restore the Exchange data from your primary backup method after the server is reinstalled.

  1. Start the Exchange Management Console.
  2. Expand Server Configuration and click on Mailbox.
  3. On the Database Management tab make a note of all the Database File Paths for all the Databases listed.
  4. View the properties of every Storage Groups listed and make a note of every Log Path and System Path.
  5. Stop the Microsoft Exchange Information Store service.
  6. Make a backup copy of all folders you noted in steps 3-4 to removable media or a location that will not be formatted when the Exchange server is reinstalled later in this document.

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Install the Exchange Server

Using a copy of 64-bit Windows Server 2008R2 Standard Edition, install a new server. The server should be joined to the domain manually as a member server. Once the server is installed, apply all the Windows Service Packs and updates.

There is no requirement that the Messaging Server should be a domain controller. If you have additional DCs, it is not recommended making this server a DC. 

 
Install Exchange and Migrate Data
To install the Windows Server 2008R2 operating system prerequisites, for a computer that will host the Hub Transport, Client Access, and Mailbox server roles, use the Powershell interface:

  1. In Start menu run PowerShell as Administrator.
  2. In PowerShell windows type Import-Module ServerManager.
  3. Wait for the command to be completed and then type Add-WindowsFeature NET-Framework,RSAT-ADDS,Web-Server,Web-Basic-Auth,Web-Windows-Auth,Web-Metabase,Web-Net-Ext,Web-Lgcy-Mgmt-Console,WAS-Process-Model,RSAT-Web-Server,Web-ISAPI-Ext,Web-Digest-Auth,Web-Dyn-Compression,NET-HTTP-Activation,Web-Asp-Net,Web-Client-Auth,Web-Dir-Browsing,Web-Http-Errors,Web-Http-Logging,Web-Http-Redirect,Web-Http-Tracing,Web-ISAPI-Filter,Web-Request-Monitor,Web-Static-Content,Web-WMI,RPC-Over-HTTP-Proxy -Restart. This command will install all prerequisites needed by a typical installation of Exchange. After the command will be complete, the server will restart.

Install Exchange Server 2010

  1. Download and install Microsoft Office 2010 Filter Packs from http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=191548 .
  2. Install Exchange Server 2010 from a media or a downloaded copy by lunching setup.exe in the root folder on the Exchange DVD or extracted folder.
  3. In Introduction window click Next.
  4. In License Agreement window check I Accept the terms in the License agreement and click Next.
  5. In Error reporting window click Next.
  6. In Installation type window select Typical Exchange Server Installation, check Automatically install Windows Server roles and features required for Exchange and click Next.
  7. In Configure Client Access server external domain check The Client Access server role will be Internet facing.
  8. In Enter the domain name you will use with your external Client Access servers type the name of your MX record (for example: mail.contoso.com).
  9. Click Next.
  10. In Customer Experience Improvement Program click Next.
  11. In Readiness Check that all requisites are installed (all checkmark must be green) and click Install.
  12. Review that all tasks has completed successfully and click Finish.

In this time, you must change the firewall and the DNS setting. Now the new exchange is ready to receive and send mails. This will be possible after you change the forwarding roles on your firewall. You must change forwarding roles for ports 25, 80 and 443 to messaging server IP.

Some changes in DNS are also needed. To do this follow the procedure:

  1. Open Start menu, Administrative tools and lunch DNS.
  2. In the left pane expand SERVER_NAME, Forward lookup zones (Where SERVER_NAME is the name of the DNS Server).
  3. Expand EXERNAL_DOMAIN_NAME and select A Record for the name of remote access – by default is remote and right-click properties (INTERNAL_DOMAIN_NAME is the name of RWW).
  4. Change the IP address with the address of the new messaging server.

Creating data and migrating users to the new Exchange server
First step to do is creating a new Offline Address Book:

  1. Open Start menu and open Microsoft Exchange Management Shell as Administrator.
  2. Type the command New-Offlineaddressbook -name “OAB_NAME”default global address list” -server “SERVER_NAME” (where OAB_NAME is the name of Offline Address Book and SERVER_NAME is the name of Messaging server).
  3. After the new OAB is created, it must be updated with the command Update-OfflineAddressbook -Identity “OAB_NAME”.
  4. At this point we must set this OAB as default OAB for Mailbox Database on Messaging server with the command Get-MailboxDatabase | Set-MailboxDatabase –offlineaddressbook “OAB_NAME”.

 

After the database is ready, you can begin moving Mailbox Location with pipeline Get-Mailbox -Server SBS_SERVER | New-MoveRequest -TargetDatabase “NEW_DATABASE” (where SBS_SERVER is the name of the SBS Server and NEW_DATABASE is the name of the Mailbox database on Messaging server). During the move operation, user will be able to send and receive mails, but when the operation is completed, he will be prompted to restart Outlook.

At the end they remain only public folders. You can move them simply with a script from the new Exchange server:

  1. Open the Exchange Management Shell as Administrator.
  2. Navigate to the folder <Drive>Program FilesMicrosoftExchange ServerV14Scripts (where <Drive> is the system drive).
  3. Run a PowerShell script .MoveAllReplicas.ps1 -Server “SBS Server” –NewServer “New Server” (where “SBS Server” is the name of the SBS Server and “New Server” is the name of the new Exchange server).
  4. Wait few days, that all fodders will be moved completely.

Migrate from SBS 2008 or 2011 (Part 3)

Migrate from SBS 2008 or 2011 (Part 5)

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Migrate from SBS 2008 or 2011 (Part 3)

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Migrate SharePoint Data (Optional)

This step is an optional. If you are using SBS SharePoint, you might wish to migrate it. SBS deployments that don’t use this component, can skip this step.
You will be able to attach a content database to a destination server only if the version of SBS SharePoint is SP2 or later and the content database is prepared for migration.
To check the version of SharePoint, follow this steps:

  1. In Start menu go to Administrative tools and lunch SharePoint 3.0 Central Administration.
  2. Click on Operations in top menu.
  3. Click on Servers in farm on the left pane.
  4. On the right pane you can see the SharePoint version of Small Business Server. If it is SP2, the number must be at least 12.0.0.6421. For migration proposes it will be acceptable any version greatest of this one.

Before you begin with migration, it is necessary to verify upgrade readiness on SBS Server. Follow this steps:

  1. Open Command prompt as Administrator.
  2. Navigate to folder C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedWeb Server Extensions12BIN, where C: is the name of the system drive.
  3. Run the Command STSADM.EXE -o preupgradecheck.
  4. Review the report located in C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedWeb Server Extensions12LOGS and search for errors.
  5. If there are no errors, the site is ready to upgrade, otherwise correct all the errors.

On the new server install SharePoint Foundation following this steps:

 

  1. Download the package from http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=5970.
  2.  Run the downloaded package and click Install software prerequisites.
  3. On SharePoint preparation tool click Next.
  4. Accept EULA and click Next.
  5. It will take few minutes to complete all installation tasks. After this click Finish.
  6. Rerun the downloaded package and select Install SharePoint Foundation.
  7. Accept EULA and click Continue.
  8. On Choice the installation you want select Server Farm.
  9. It will take few minutes to complete the installation.
  10. On the Installation complete screen, leave the checkbox in Run configuration wizard and click Close.
  11. Complete the Configuration Wizard specifying your configuration.
  12. Click on Start, All Programs, SharePoint 2010 Products and lunch SharePoint 2010 Central Administration.
  13. In the Web Applications section click Manage Web Application.
  14. In the Ribbon click New.
  15. In Create Web Application window change those values:
    1. In the IIS Web Site section:
      1. Select Create a new IIS Web Site.
      2. In the Host Header box type your desired host name.
    2. In the Application Pool section:
      1. Select Create new Application pool.
      2. Select Configurable.
      3. Type the Account used for running the application pool.
    3. In the Database Name and Authentication section:
      1. In Database name type the desired name of the database (later will be removed).
  16. On the bottom of the page click OK.
  17. On the Application created screen, click the OK button.

To transfer content database to the new server, follow this steps:

  1. On SBS Server lunch SQL 2005 Management studio as Administrator.
  2. In Connect to Server window in Server Name type: \.pipeMSSQL$MICROSOFT##SSEEsqlquery and click Connect.
  3. Expand Databases and right-click on ShareWebDB, then click to Task, Backup…
  4. In BackUp Database window, under Backup destination, select Disk and click Add… to select backup file name.
  5. Click OK and wait the job to complete.
  6. Transfer the backup file to the new server
  7. On the new server run SQL 2008R2 Management studio as Administrator (or another version of the supported SQL server).
  8. Connect to desired instance and right-click on databases.
  9. Select Restore Databases…
  10. In Restore Database window add parameters do this:
    1. In To Database write the name of database to restore – ShareWebDB.
    2. In Source for Restore select From Device and use the button (…) to select the backup file of database.
  11. Click OK and wait that task complete.

To transfer content to new server we will use the attach database method. This could be done using this steps:

  1. Go to Start, All Programs, SharePoint 2010 Products and run SharePoint 2010 Management Shell as Administrator.
  2. In Shell type Test-SPContentDatabase -name ShareWebDB -WebApplication http://<SITE_NAME>:80 (where <SITE_NAME> is the name of the Web Application and ShareWebDB is the name of the transferred database).
  3. It is all normal, if you don’t have any output.
  4. In Shell type  Mount-SPContentDatabase -WebApplication http://<SITE_NAME> sharewebdb (where <SITE_NAME> is the name of the Web Application and ShareWebDB is the name of the  transferred database).
  5. Check in Internet Explorer for the availability of site http://<SITE_NAME>.
  6. Verify the migrated content by browsing the web site.
  7. On the web site go to Site Settings and select Visual Upgrade.
  8. In Visual Upgrade window, in Visual Upgrade section, select Update the user interface and click OK.

 

Migrate from SBS 2008 or 2011 (Part 4)

Migrate from SBS 2008 or 2011 (Part 2).