On 3/16/11, Eliot Bugda <[email protected]> wrote:
Eric,

I have a friend who had a question about her Microsoft Exchange
implementation and I figured you'd be the best to ask.

Currently, my friend Karen has a hosting company provide her with an
exchange server running at youthcollegeconnections.com and she would like to
move the exchange server to her newly-purchased domain at yourycc.com.

Assuming all the domain redirects work correctly, is there an easy way for
her or her hosting company to move her entire exchange database/server to
yourycc.com, while keeping youthcollegeconnections.com as an alias to the
new domain? What would she have to do personally, and what would the hosting
company have to do?

Thanks for your input on this, I appreciate it.


-eliot






Eilot



Below are a few thoughts on exchange servers.
Understanding the process is the first step.



I need additional info regarding the # of users with E-mails,

Do the e-mails contain SS numbers, CC numbers etc...

Will the company use a domain.


Exchange Info

When you send an e-mail to [email protected] the e-mail provider
(gmail.com) looks at the MX record for test123 ( IP XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX)
the e-mail is sent to the IP. The exchange server at the IP  is set up
to accept e-mail from only specific Qualified domain names (test.com)

When the MX record is updated with the registration company (godaddy,
network solutions) it can take 3 -4 days to start getting e-mail
delivered to the new MX record IP. It has been known to be a RGE.
(Resume generating event).

I updated the schools MX record 2 days before XMass pointing to
Postini (spam filter, antivirus filter owned by google) postini will
only send registered users E-mail to the schools exchange server.
Postini will spool 4-5 days worth of E-mails if my exchange server
brakes. I will never need to change the MX record from Postini. I can
redirect to a new exchange server with 0 downtime.


Q1 how many users have accts?
Small numbers - archive from current server to local  PST files use
Carbon copy to secure files.
Large numbers- copy the info store to a new exchange server and
connect mailboxes to domain user accts. Backup to USB device with
windows backup every week.

Only a full backup will clear the log files.





The exchange server can be configured to allow E-mails from more than
1 domain.  Allowed QDM test123 test321 will allow e-mail into the
exchange server from both QDM

Exchange then looks for e-mail accts associated with e-mail acct
ebugda@test123.

User might have more than one e-mail with different QDM..
  Note
Make sure you set the default from E-mail acct  for when the user
sends out E-mails.

   Note
When building an exchange server use 2 sets of harddrives.

Raid set 1 for the OS and Log files.

Raid set 2 (3 drives or more) for the info store.

When the info store gets backed up the log files are flushed.

If raid set 1 goes bad re install os and exchange and reconnect to
info store to user E-mail accts

If raid set 2 goes bad restore info store from backup and run the log files.

My 4  kids are now asleep


E






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