How to migrate Enterprise Vault users from Domino to Exchange

Migrating users from Domino to Exchange is a multi-tiered process. There are six steps that need to be performed:

1. Prepare Exchange for Enterprise Vault
2. Disable Domino mailbox archiving for users to be migrated
3. Migrate the user's mailbox from Domino to Exchange
4. Install the Outlook add-in
5. Migrate shortcuts from Domino to Exchange
6. Enable Exchange mailbox archiving

1. Prepare Exchange for Enterprise Vault
Prior to migration, Exchange should be prepared for use with Enterprise Vault. To prepare your Exchange environment:

 

1. Add the Exchange server the users will be migrated to as an archiving target for Enterprise Vault.
 

Note: All configuration steps in the Installing and Configuring guide for adding Exchange servers as archiving targets must be followed. For example, you will need to have:
 

2. Build groups or organizational objects appropriate for your environment that will be used for Enterprise Vault provisioning.
 

2. Disable Domino mailbox archiving for users to be migrated
Once the Exchange server is added as a valid archiving target, Domino archiving should be disabled for users who will be migrated. To disable users:

 

1. In the Vault Console, click the Disable Mailbox button to initiate the Disable Mailbox wizard.
 

2. Locate and disable archiving for all users being migrated from Domino to Exchange.
 

3. Migrate the user's mailbox from Domino to Exchange
This is not a function of Enterprise Vault. A third-party utility will be required - Binary Tree CMT Universal 2.7 and Quest Notes Migrator for Exchange have been tested and confirmed as compatible with the EVDominoExchangeMigration tool that is used in Step 5.

4. Install the Outlook add-in
Once users have been migrated, the Enterprise Vault Outlook add-in should be installed to user workstations. See the Installing and Configuring guide for add-in installation instructions and options.

5. Convert EV for Domino shortcuts that have been migrated to Exchange
Use EVDominoExchangeMigration.exe (located in the Enterprise Vault installation directory) to convert migrated EV for Domino shortcuts to Exchange MAPI shortcuts. This has to be run for each mailbox. Refer to the tool's documentation in the Utilities.pdf for full usage details, however the general syntax is:

 

EVDominoExchangeMigration.exe -ex ExchangeServer -eu ExchangeSMTPAddress -du DominoUserName -po ExchangeMailboxPolicy -lf LogFileFolder
 

For large numbers of users, it is recommended that you use a script or batch file. For example:

 

@echo off
 

EVDominoExchangeMigration.exe -ex ExchangeServer -eu ExchangeSMTPAddress -du DominoUserName -po ExchangeMailboxPolicy -lf LogFileFolder
 

EVDominoExchangeMigration.exe -ex ExchangeServer -eu ExchangeSMTPAddress2 -du DominoUserName2 ... (and so on)
 

 

Example: EVDominoExchangeMigration.exe -ex myExchange -eu User12@myCorp.com -po default -du User12/myCorp -lf "C:\log files"
 

6. Enable Exchange mailbox archiving
Each migrated user will need to be enabled for archiving. Please see the Installing and Configuring guide for instructions on enabling users. Note: Each user will have two archives, the original Domino mail archive and a new Exchange mail archive. Migrated shortcuts behave as Exchange MAPI objects, but point to archived items stored in the Domino mail archive.

Once users are enabled for archiving, shortcuts that have been migrated from Notes should render appropriately in Outlook.