XADM: How to Set Up and Use Chat Migration for Exchange 2000 Server (262210)

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Pre-Installation Tasks

Hardware Requirements

• Pentium 300 or faster
• 64 megabytes (MB) of RAM (128 MB RAM or more is recommended)
• 4 gigabytes (GB) hard disk space or more
• CD-ROM drive, netcards, mouse, and so on

Software Requirements

• Latest Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 chat service pack
• Microsoft Windows 2000
• Exchange Server 5.5 Chat Service
• Exchange 2000 Chat Service

NOTE: Because Exchange 2000 Chat Service and Exchange Server 5.5. Chat Service have the same display name, Microsoft Exchange Chat, you need to change the previously installed service name. You must also change the port designations because both services are configured by default to use the same ports.

How to Install the Microsoft Exchange 2000 Chat Service

Modify the Exchange Server 5.5 Chat Service Display Name

1. On the Start menu, point to Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Services.
2. Right-click Microsoft Exchange Chat Service, and then click Properties.
3. On the General tab, type MS Chat in the Display Name box.

Modify the Exchange Server 5.5 Chat Service Port Designation

1. On the Start menu, point to Programs, point to Microsoft Exchange Chat Service, and then click Chat Service Manager.
2. Right-click Chat Server, and then click Properties.
3. On the Settings tab, change the TCP port setting to 6669. Change the Alternate TCP Port setting to 6663, and then click OK.
4. Restart the Microsoft Exchange Chat Service.

Install Exchange 2000 Chat Service

1. On the Start menu, click Settings and then click Control Panel.
2. Click Add/Remove Programs, and then click Add New Programs.
3. Browse to the Exchange 2000 Setup.exe file.
4. Click the Exchange 2000 Chat Service from the menu selection.

NOTE: After the installation is finished, there will be two fully functional Exchange Chat services running on the computer. This situation allows you to maintain existing chat services until you are ready to switch to Exchange 2000. After the switch is finished, you may re-run the Exchange Server 5.5 Setup, and uninstall the 5.5 version of chat.

How to Configure and Migrate the Chat Service

In-Place Chat Migration Configuration

1. On the Start menu, click Run.
2. Click Browse.
3. Browse to drive\Exchsrvr\Bin\Chatmig.exe file, where drive is the letter of your hard drive.
4. Type the appropriate administrative group in the dialog box.NOTE: By default, the first administrative group is supplied. If you have renamed this administrative group or installed your Exchange 2000 server into a different administrative group, you must supply this name in place of the first administrative group. After you have done so, you can view the results of the migration by navigating to the Exchsrvr folder and locating the ChatSetup.log file. This file displays all the Channels, Classes, and Bans that were migrated successfully.
   
   
5. On the Start menu, point to Programs, point to Microsoft Exchange, and then click System Manager.
6. Browse to the Chat Community\Previous Chat Server Name\Channels, Bans, and Classes object, and verify the migrated data.

Additional Chat Migration Configurations

Single-Server-Second-Computer Migration

This migration scenario configures a separate target computer to run the Exchange 2000 Chat service, using the configuration of an Exchange Server 5.5 Chat server as the source. The only impact to the Exchange Server 5.5 source server is to copy the migration tool, Chatmig.exe, to the source server's Exchange\Bin folder. Follow all previous steps prior to the migration of the chat service.

1. Install Windows 2000 Server on the target computer (create a new domain or configure it as a member server of an existing domain).
2. Install the Exchange 2000 Chat Service on the target computer.
3. Copy the chat migration tool from the Exchsrvr\Bin folder (on the target computer) to the source computer.

NOTE: After migration has finished successfully, view the ChatSetup.log file in the Exchsrvr folder.

Multiple Exchange Server 5.5 Computers: In-Place Migration

This configuration is for a network of Exchange Server 5.5 computers in a portalled configuration. This assumes that all servers in the 5.5 chat network have the same configuration (except portal configuration). This process creates a chat community using the configuration of one of the Exchange Server 5.5 computers, and then configures each subsequent server to host that community (and not be migrated).

1. Upgrade all of the computers to Windows 2000 Server (create a new domain or configure it as a member server of an existing domain; all computers must be in the same domain).
2. Rename the display name of the Exchange Server 5.5 chat service (as explained in the "Modify the Exchange Server 5.5 Chat Service Display Name" section).
3. Either shut down the Exchange Server 5.5 chat service or configure it to use alternative ports than the default port 6667 and alternative port 7000.
4. Install the Exchange 2000 Chat Service on the computer.
5. Select one server to use for the base configuration. On that computer, do the following:
   1. Run the chat migration tool from the Exchsrvr\Bin folder.
   2. On the Start menu, point to Programs, point to Microsoft Exchange, and then click Exchange System Manager - Chat Communities.
   3. Verify that a new chat community has been created for the migrated server and that the configuration has been migrated.
   4. On the Start menu, point to Programs, point to Microsoft Exchange, and then click Exchange System Manager.
   5. In Exchange System Manager, click Servers, click the server that received the migrated data, click Protocols, and then click IRCX.
   6. Verify that the community created during migration is set to be hosted by this server, and that the server configuration (port and extensions) has been migrated.
6. On all other computers in the Exchange Server 5.5 chat network: On the Start menu, point to Programs, point to Microsoft Exchange, and then click Exchange System Manager - IRCX protocol. Configure the server to host the community created during migration of the first server. Configure the IP address and ports to be used, as well as any extensions.

NOTE: After the Exchange Server 5.5 chat network is migrated, each of the servers will operate independently, with separate user lists and channel lists. Exchange 2000 does not support spanning a network across multiple servers; however, the configuration for each server will be identical.