GroupWise to Exchange

Just wondering if anyone has any experience migrating from GW 7.x/8.x to Exchange 2K7/2010? If so I am curious what utilities/software if anyone used? Example: Quest Migration, M+ Archive or other?

I did it in March 2008, thousands of mailboxes, 70 postoffices from Groupwise 7.0.3 to Exchange 2007 SP1. I used the quest tools, and they worked GREAT. I already had my AD in place. The biggest obstacle for us was archives, we mad people get their
mailbox size under 500 megs, prior to this we had no size limit. So after the migration we had tons of Groupwise archives we had to convert into PST's and make them statically available to users.This was an awful process because so many people's GW archives
were corrupt and some of them were unusable. The Quest tools are expensive, but worth every penny.
We also did it in phases 1 postoffice at a time, so we were interoperating with Groupwise for a while. During this time, free/busy (busy search) between Exchange and Groupwise is not available, this was a challenge for SOME users, but a minority. We did
leave Groupwise as the primary SMTP connector until the migration was over, then we made Exchange primary.

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GroupWise 7 Exchange Gateway "Bad GroupWise proxy"

I am testing the GW7 Gateway on a GW702(NW) and Exchange 2003SP2 installation. I have it basically running, but there are 2 issues that I cannot seem to fix.
as part of my learning, I have determined that I must run the Gateway as an Application, due to the windows Service being unable to run from a NetWare UNC, and I also determined that the Gateway name must be 8 chars. This all works.
At this point, if I initiate a Directory Synchronization, it creates contacts for every GroupWise user in the AD import container, and contacts in GroupWise for any existing Exchange users.
My first issue is that it ONLY creates contacts. It does not seem to be able to "mail enable" existing AD accounts event though they match. It is ignoring the settings in the properties of the gateway-> Import Container "When replicating a mailbox whose primary account does not exist in the domain" if I set it to create a Windows Account. Is this normal?
Second issue is: if I migrate a user from GroupWise to Exchange using the Microsoft Exchange 2003 sp2 Migration wizard, it correctly removes the Contact, and mail enables the AD User account, but the new Exchange account will not synchronize.
The problem is that the directory sync gives errors on every user account that was migrated, and does not create a new contact in GroupWise. Any new user created manually in Exchange does sync and is ok. The verbose log in the Gateway says "DXIN: Ignored: Adding User GW701DO.GW701PO.Bob Brown: Reason-Bad GroupWise proxy".
Taking this message at it's word, I have ensured that the account running the Gateway has full AD and NDS rights, and is explicitly assigned full GroupWise proxy rights.
What does this error message really mean?

There is something else going on with the migrated user account. I have deleted the NDS account, leaving only the AD/Exchange user, but it still does not populate the gateway domain with a contact. It still says "Bad GroupWise Proxy".
I will test if I can export, delete, and then import this user so that I can reproduce the content of the AD account. Perhaps there is something in the attributes that is causing the gateway to fail to do it's creation.
Originally Posted by durrand
I've previously tried (and failed) to get the gateway to create windows user accounts - maybe a call to NTS is require to get newer code(?)
On the second issue, are you trying to import/export to/from the same conatner in AD and DOMAIN in GroupWise? Is it possible that the create fails because it clashes with the old account?
If you're only testing the gateway my suggestion would be to create a separate External Domain and use this in the Exchange GWISE addressing scheme (which, in turn, will ensure that any sync'd accounts are created in the new domain).

Generic Groupwise to Exchange Migration Advice

Good afternoon folks, I am after some general advice/guideance on a migration project that I am about to start working on.
We're taking a Novell eDirector/Groupwise environment to Microsoft AD/Exchange...I know there's tools/utils that will do the migration but I am just after some general real world experiences/gotcha's etc.
The AD will be a nice new Win2008 R2 AD so first question is, what order should I approach this in..
Build new AD
Install Exchange
Migrate User Accounts/Data
Migrate Groupwise to Exchange
or
Build new AD
Install Exchange
Migrate Groupwise to Exchange
Migrate User Accouts/Data
To me the first looks more logical but I'm looking for advice from the trenches so to speak....
Also, what utils/tools would you recommend for the migration and co-existence?

Hello,
I think you can do migrate Groupwise to Exchange at last.
Here is one related document for you, hope can give you some help:
http://www.msexchange.org/articles_tutorials/exchange-server-2007/migration-deployment/groupwise-exchange-2007-interoperability-migration-part1.html
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Migrate Novell Groupwise to Exchange Server

Migrating from one platform to another is really very tedious and complex job. However, manual migration of each user mailbox from Novell GroupWise to Exchange can be an extremely tedious and time consuming task. Starting from preparing Novell GroupWise
environment to installing and configuring connector manually, there is a long list of tasks to perform that needs a lot of technical expertise.
Therefore, GroupWise to Exchange Migration is the best tool to perform migration of mailboxes from Novell GroupWise to MS Exchange Server or MS Outlook. Equipped with user benefitted features, this software allows single and multiple mailbox
migration where users can save the migrated items to orphan .PST files or direct to MS Exchange Server user mailboxes.
Migrate archived items, address books, emails, trash items, attachments, images, calendars, work in progress, cabinet items and every other item of the mailbox..
You can try Free Demo version to see preview of Converted Mailboxes:- http://www.recoverydeletedfiles.com/groupwise-exchange-migration.html

GroupWise to Exchange migration tool perform the migration by two method.
Convert single GroupWise mailbox: In this method user is allowed to migrate only single GroupWise mailbox.
Convert batch of mailbox: In this method user is allowed to migrate batch of mailboxes
Thus having various features It has become one of the best GroupWise to Exchange migration tool.
Visit http://www.groupwisetoexchange.net/

GroupWise to Exchange Migration - lessons learned from a failedmigration

Read more at:
http://www.novell.com/communities/no...ion-exchange-2
007-%E2%80%93-notes-failed-migration

Novell actually designed the GW migration util because of several large Exch
to GW migrations. The very latest version is looking sweet and does a great
job.
Far better than any util out there taking GW to Exch.
Good Luck!!
Take Care.
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Hanh, Vietnamese monk.
>>> On 8/25/2008 at 5:22 PM, in message <[email protected]>,
Paul
Caron<[email protected]> wrote:
> Hopefully Exchange 2003. Use the Exchange to GW migration tool from
> Novell
> - works great. Pitfalls? Be sure to locate the workstation(s) to do the
> migration as close as you can to the Exchange server. For example, I'm
> in
> the beginning phase of doing the same thing, from one organization that
> has
> Exchange. We're going to migrate them to our GroupWise. We can't run
> the
> software from our workstations - it has to be on a workstation in the
> source
> domain. (The login process assumes so and can't be supplied with a
> different
> domain to log into.
>
> You can do test migrations and see how the data looks coming over. If
> you're working with someone on the Exchange side, make sure that you can
> trust them. Make sure they don't sabotage your efforts (I'm currently
> dealing with this). Additionally, take no assumptions and catalog your
> accounts that you test the migration on - meaning - how many emails do
> they
> have in each of their folders? How many appointments, tasks, notes,
> etc.
> Make sure that you have the appropriate number after migration. In an
> earlier buggy release of the software, the migration looked fine and I
> had
> the IT guy verify - yup, looks good. Turns out he didn't fully inventory
> the user's accounts and we migrated about one third of the data. So do
> it
> yourself.
>
> GroupWise - make sure that you're running the latest GroupWise. Don't
> try
> to migrate from Outlook 2007 and go to GroupWise 6. The users will kill
> you.
>
>>>> On 8/25/2008 at 3:06 PM, tgerber<[email protected]>
> wrote:
>> Ok it's great to hear that you are staying with GW, but how do I goabout
>
>> migrating away from Exchange to GW? I must make this as seamlessas
>> possible because I am also brand new with the company. Has anyonedone a
>> migration away from Exchange to GW and what were some of thepitfalls? We
>
>> need to be able to run parallel for awhile to ensure asmooth
> transistion.
>
>> I am a Novell person who has just come onboard to anAD shop yet we are
>> switching to GW. :-) Any assistance would beappreciated.--
>
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Is there GroupWise to Exchange 2007 gateway support yet?

I saw earlier posts that indicated that there may be Exchange 2007 support
in the future. Has anyone got an update? Is it out, is it in beta, any
time frame for release?

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Groupwise 7 Exchange Gateway

I have and exchange system with 130K users and GW system with 50K users connected together via Exchange Gateway 7 SP2.
Is there a maximum in the number of contacts in either direction?
What is the maximum number of Post Offices on GW side supported by the gateway? There is a error stating maximum open POs but no number is given.
Is there any way to cause a full sync only on the weekends while allowing delta exchange at all times? I was considering a script file to delete the flag files in the DX directories. I think this is an ungraceful method to a simple problem.
I was told about GW7 SP3 coming out before GW8. How can I get a beta copy of the newer exchange gateway.

I have and exchange system with 130K users and GW system
with 50K users connected together via Exchange Gateway 7 SP2.
Q.- Is there a maximum in the number of contacts in either direction?
A.- None that I'm aware of. As long as your HW is fast enough for all them it should be fine.
Q.- What is the maximum number of Post Offices on GW side supported by the gateway?
A.- Same as before.
Q.- There is a error stating maximum open POs but no number is given.
A.- Could you provide more details about it?
Q.- Is there any way to cause a full sync only on the weekends while allowing delta exchange at all times? I was considering a script file to delete the flag files in the DX directories. I think this is an ungraceful method to a simple problem.
A.- I don't think it's supported by the product but you can always try.
Q.- I was told about GW7 SP3 coming out before GW8.
A.- GW 7.0.3 is expected between the second and third week of March. Of course this is not fixed and subject to change.
Bonsai is expected for 10/2008, again, not fixed and subject to change.
Q.- How can I get a beta copy of the newer exchange gateway.
A.- You need to subscribe to the beta program to have access to it or wait for the beta public release.
Hope it helps.
Roberto Helering.

Groupwise to Exchange gateway full release

Does anyone know where I can find a list of fixes/changes to this gateway
from the beta release to the full?
Thanks.

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Novell Groupwise to Hosted Exchange Migration

We are looking to migrate a client from Novell Groupwise Email to Hosted Exchange. It seems the only toll available to assist with this type of migration is the following:
http://www.quest.com/groupwise-migrator-for-exchange/
Does anyone know of any tools that Microsoft provides that are similar to this? I cannot really find any information via searching google, the microsoft partner portal...etc...
Thanks,
Ian

Most cusotmers moving from Groupwise utilize Quest Tools.
A couple other options, depending on the size of your user base:
http://www.nucleustechnologies.com/migrate-groupwise-to-exchange.html?gclid=CI-Pu6q8sKcCFQpvbAodLGjD_w
http://www.migrationwiz.com/Public/landing/groupwisemigrations.aspx?gclid=COX0jc28sKcCFQkFbAodBFngBw
If it wasn't difficult, it wouldn't be fun, but why's it got to be this much fun.

Groupwise Gateway for Exchange

We are trying to setup the GroupWise gateway for exchange. The exchange server, the GroupWise Gateway for Exchange and the domain that owns the gateway are all installed on the same Windows 2003 server, along with the novell client and the Groupwise client.
When we try to start the gateway, we get a series of errors that are shown in TID#3644821 and we have gone through those settings and verfiied everything.
07-24-07 16:45:58 0 ********************* Gateway Started *******************
07-24-07 16:45:58 0 ****** 2007-07-24 16:45:58 ******
07-24-07 16:45:58 0 {GweCorr:GweCorrInit
07-24-07 16:45:58 0 }GweCorr:GweCorrInit
07-24-07 16:45:58 0 {GWEACCT:GweAcctInit
07-24-07 16:45:58 0 }GWEACCT:GweAcctInit
07-24-07 16:45:58 0 OK
07-24-07 16:45:58 0 {GWEAC:GweacInit
07-24-07 16:45:58 0 }GWEAC:GweacInit
07-24-07 16:45:58 0 OK
07-24-07 16:45:58 0 Address Type : GWISE
07-24-07 16:45:58 0 Display Name : System Administrator
07-24-07 16:45:58 0 Email Address : emailadmin
07-24-07 16:45:58 0 Inbound Converter : GROUPWISE.INBOUND
07-24-07 16:45:58 0 Outbound Converter : GROUPWISE.OUTBOUND
07-24-07 16:45:58 0 \\vcexchange1\d$\grpwise\vcexdom\wpgate\vcexch
07-24-07 16:45:58 0 vcexdom
07-24-07 16:45:58 0 SOFTWARE\Novell\GroupWise Gateways\Exchange\vcexdom\vcexch\
Parameters
07-24-07 16:45:58 0 Could not open registry parent key to get Display Name info
rmation. Using defaults..
07-24-07 16:45:58 0 {XDXSUtils2000:ReadExpContainerEx2000
07-24-07 16:45:58 0 ERROR (E01) 0323004 - Unable to bind to the Gateway Object
07-24-07 16:45:58 0 ADsPath - LDAP://cn=vcexch,cn=Connections,CN=First Routing
Group,cn=Routing Groups,cn=First Administrative Group,cn=Admin
istrative Groups,cn=SanMateoCounty,cn=Microsoft Exchange,cn=Se
rvices,cn=Configuration,DC=csmservices,DC=SANMATEO COUNTY,DC=AD
S - hr: 2030
07-24-07 16:45:58 0 }XDXSUtils2000:ReadExpContainerEx2000
07-24-07 16:46:01 0 {GWEACCT:GweSendAcctFile
07-24-07 16:46:01 0 }GWEACCT:GweSendAcctFile
07-24-07 16:46:01 0 OK
07-24-07 16:46:01 0 ****** 2007-07-24 16:46:01 ******
07-24-07 16:46:01 0 ******************** Gateway Terminated *****************
07-24-07 16:46:01 0 {GWEAC:GweacQuit
07-24-07 16:46:01 0 }GWEAC:GweacQuit
07-24-07 16:46:01 0 OK
07-24-07 16:46:01 0 {GWEACCT:GweAcctQuit
07-24-07 16:46:01 0 }GWEACCT:GweAcctQuit
07-24-07 16:46:01 0 OK
In the install/admin guide V7, may 8, 2007, page 36, it referrs to modifying the gateway connector and specifying an "administrator username and password." The field says "netware account"." We went ahead and used a netware account here.
We are seeing several errors in the event log:
Logon Failure on database "First Storage Group\Mailbox Store (VCEXCHANGE1)"- Windows 2000 account SANMATEOCOUNTY\ExchangeMailAdmin; mailbox /o=SanMateoCounty/ou=First Administrative Group/cn=configuration/CN=Connections/CN=vcexch.
Error: -2147221237
vcexch is the name of the gateway.
and
Logging on NetWare server with remote location '\\vcexchange1\D$', userid 'cn=xxx,ou=xxx,o=xx'
then
Error occurred when logging on NetWare server.
The system error code is 2202
The specified username is invalid.
what netware server is the account tyring to log into. this path is not identified anywhere that we can find. Should we actually identify a windows account here?
What shall we try now? Any ideas?
Thanks,
Stormy Maddux

This TID will RESolve this issue 3940684
>>> On 7/24/2007 at 6:17 PM, in message
<[email protected]>, Stormy
Maddux<[email protected]> wrote:
> We are trying to setup the GroupWise gateway for exchange. The exchange
> server, the GroupWise Gateway for Exchange and the domain that owns the
> gateway are all installed on the same Windows 2003 server, along with the
> novell client and the Groupwise client.
>
> When we try to start the gateway, we get a series of errors that are
> shown in TID#3644821 and we have gone through those settings and verfiied
> everything.
>
> 07-24-07 16:45:58 0 ********************* Gateway Started
> *******************
> ***
> 07-24-07 16:45:58 0 ****** 2007-07-24 16:45:58 ******
> 07-24-07 16:45:58 0 {GweCorr:GweCorrInit
> 07-24-07 16:45:58 0 }GweCorr:GweCorrInit
> 07-24-07 16:45:58 0 {GWEACCT:GweAcctInit
> 07-24-07 16:45:58 0 }GWEACCT:GweAcctInit
> 07-24-07 16:45:58 0 OK
> 07-24-07 16:45:58 0 {GWEAC:GweacInit
> 07-24-07 16:45:58 0 }GWEAC:GweacInit
> 07-24-07 16:45:58 0 OK
> 07-24-07 16:45:58 0 Address Type : GWISE
> 07-24-07 16:45:58 0 Display Name : System Administrator
> 07-24-07 16:45:58 0 Email Address : emailadmin
> 07-24-07 16:45:58 0 Inbound Converter : GROUPWISE.INBOUND
> 07-24-07 16:45:58 0 Outbound Converter : GROUPWISE.OUTBOUND
> 07-24-07 16:45:58 0 \\vcexchange1\d$\grpwise\vcexdom\wpgate\vcexch
> 07-24-07 16:45:58 0 vcexdom
> 07-24-07 16:45:58 0 SOFTWARE\Novell\GroupWise
> Gateways\Exchange\vcexdom\vcexch\
> Parameters
> 07-24-07 16:45:58 0 Could not open registry parent key to get Display
> Name info
> rmation. Using defaults..
> 07-24-07 16:45:58 0 {XDXSUtils2000:ReadExpContainerEx2000
> 07-24-07 16:45:58 0 ERROR (E01) 0323004 - Unable to bind to the Gateway
> Object
> 07-24-07 16:45:58 0 ADsPath - LDAP://cn=vcexch,cn=Connections,CN=First
> Routing
> Group,cn=Routing Groups,cn=First Administrative
> Group,cn=Admin
> istrative Groups,cn=SanMateoCounty,cn=Microsoft
> Exchange,cn=Se
>
> rvices,cn=Configuration,DC=csmservices,DC=SANMATEO COUNTY,DC=AD
> S - hr: 2030
> 07-24-07 16:45:58 0 }XDXSUtils2000:ReadExpContainerEx2000
> 07-24-07 16:46:01 0 {GWEACCT:GweSendAcctFile
> 07-24-07 16:46:01 0 }GWEACCT:GweSendAcctFile
> 07-24-07 16:46:01 0 OK
> 07-24-07 16:46:01 0 ****** 2007-07-24 16:46:01 ******
> 07-24-07 16:46:01 0 ******************** Gateway Terminated
> *****************
> ***
> 07-24-07 16:46:01 0 {GWEAC:GweacQuit
> 07-24-07 16:46:01 0 }GWEAC:GweacQuit
> 07-24-07 16:46:01 0 OK
> 07-24-07 16:46:01 0 {GWEACCT:GweAcctQuit
> 07-24-07 16:46:01 0 }GWEACCT:GweAcctQuit
> 07-24-07 16:46:01 0 OK
>
> In the install/admin guide V7, may 8, 2007, page 36, it referrs to
> modifying the gateway connector and specifying an "administrator username
> and password." The field says "netware account"." We went ahead and
> used a netware account here.
>
> We are seeing several errors in the event log:
>
> Logon Failure on database "First Storage Group\Mailbox Store
> (VCEXCHANGE1)" - Windows 2000 account SANMATEOCOUNTY\ExchangeMailAdmin;
> mailbox /o=SanMateoCounty/ou=First Administrative
> Group/cn=configuration/CN=Connections/CN=vcexch.
> Error: -2147221237
>
> vcexch is the name of the gateway.
>
> and
>
> Logging on NetWare server with remote location '\\vcexchange1\D$',
> userid 'cn=xxx,ou=xxx,o=xx'
> then
> Error occurred when logging on NetWare server.
> The system error code is 2202
> The specified username is invalid.
>
> what netware server is the account tyring to log into. this path is
> not identified anywhere that we can find. Should we actually identify a
> windows account here?
>
> What shall we try now? Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Stormy Maddux

Groupwise gate to exchange 7 sp2

I have Groupwise 7 sp3, and Exchange 2003 sp2 with the 7 sp2 groupwise to exchange gateway. My Groupwise emails, and distribution lists show up in exchange. However, when my exchange users send to any distibution list that was created in groupwise it sends to the right people on the list but it shows all of their names in the to: field as the same persons name.
Has anyone see this and fixed it or have any suggestions?
Thanks

Originally Posted by Brian
I have Groupwise 7 sp3, and Exchange 2003 sp2 with the 7 sp2 groupwise to exchange gateway. My Groupwise emails, and distribution lists show up in exchange. However, when my exchange users send to any distibution list that was created in groupwise it sends to the right people on the list but it shows all of their names in the to: field as the same persons name.
Has anyone see this and fixed it or have any suggestions?
Thanks
We had an SR open with Novell on this issue. It's a known issue for them; Defect Number: 362353
Their response was that it is to be fixed in a future release.
Ryan

API Gateway has no HTML from Exchange to GroupWise

Greetings everyone, thanks in advance for helping with my issue. Here's my
problem... when an Exchange user sends a HTML email to a GroupWise user
through the API email connector, the email arrives in GroupWise as plain
text and is some times missing content as a result. How can I get these
messages from Exchange to GroupWise in HTML format through the connector.
Some additional information... when a GroupWise user sends a HTML email
through the API email connector to an Exchange user, the Exchange user
does get the HTML message but as an attachment, which is acceptable for
us. I'm running GroupWise 6.5 and Exchange 2003. I'm using the 4.1 SP2 API
gateway and everything is working properly except for HTML messages from
Exchange users to GroupWise users.
Also, if I use internet addressing (not the API connector) the messages
route out to the internet and then back in and keep their HTML format.
Using this method doesn't give me the address book sync or free/busy
search for the calendar though which makes it undesirable.
Thanks,
Kurt

Kurt Cortese wrote:
> Why can I send HTML email from GroupWise to Exchange then? The Microsoft side pieces being used are from Exchange
> 2003 which knows about HTML. If I can send HTML one way, the connector must know how
> to handle the format. Is it documented somewhere that HTML isn't supported through
> this older connector?
Can't find anything documented about this.....
And maybe GW and Exchange handles html mails different....
(In GroupWise, it's simply an attachment named text.html)
> I can use the new connector (version 2.0) without moving to GroupWise 7, right?
I have no idea.....and it's not supported anyway.....
>Using the new connector can I use internet email addresses through the connector
>instead of the GroupWise addressing ([email protected] instead of GWdomain.GWpostoffice.NDSusername)?
Yes
>Are there any other advantages or disadvantages of the new 2.0 connector? Is it possible to build and
> test the new connector with the old connector still in place? My biggest issue is that the old connector
>has been in place for years and will be missed the minute I take it down to try to implement the new
>connector. Any tips or "gotchas" with the new connector that you are aware of?
I beleave, that due to a native IE addressing,you could simply create a new ext-domain for the new gateway,
but will have all users dubbled in the addressbook until then.....
Why not setup a testlab instead of playing with the production ?
Regarding tips etc.....I've never played with it ;-)
Best Regards
Tommy Mikkelsen
IT Quality A/S
Denmark
Novell Support Forums SYSOP
Please Report back any success or failure, That way we all learn
Sorry, but no support through email
"I hate bugs".......Tommy Lee Jones, MIB
Be a GroupWiseR, go http://www.groupwiser.net

Share namespace/email address coexistence w/ Exchange

I know this has been discussed in other threads but I'm trying to find a clear answer on how/if this can be done. I've got a customer who has to co-exist between GroupWise 8 and Exchange 2010 for some period of time. Some users will be migrated from GroupWise to Exchange but the period of coexistence will likely be somewhat long.
Our goal is to be able to share the same namespace (client.com) and setup SMTP coexistence between the two organizations. Actually getting SMTP coexistence working is very simple and I have that working right now. I've also got an external domain configured in GroupWise with external contacts, and I can pick those contacts from the address book and email them without issue.
The problem I have is when I need to migrate a mailbox to Exchange. Using the "old" method of the Exchange 2003 connector and API Gateway in GroupWise, I could simply set the visibility to None on the migrated mailbox and then create a new external user with the same email address and everything works. However for whatever reason when I try to do the same with the external user it complains that the address is already in use.
If I simply define a different email address ([email protected] instead of [email protected]) then mail routing works properly. But I'd really like to keep the same email address to maintain consistency with external email recipients.
I hope this makes sense. Does anyone have any thoughts on this?
Thanks!

On 13.07.2011 03:36, mattyg30 wrote:
>
> Thanks Massimo, I was hoping you'd reply..
>
> I must be remembering things wrong from when I did this last time then,
> I could have sworn I was able to use the same email but your answer
> makes sense. But it's still not working unfortunately.
>
> Even if I change the Internet Address for the user in GroupWise, it
> won't let me assign the user's original email address to the external
> user. It still complains that there is a duplicate email address even
> after changing the user's original address. Ideally I'd like to change
> the GroupWise user's internet address to something else and then take
> the original address and assign it to the external user (as that is how
> most remaining GroupWise users will email the user).
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Thanks again for your reply.
Maybe you're changing the users *primary* email address, but the old one
is still in the list of allowed addresses, e.g vie userid,
first/lastname or some such?
CU,
Massimo Rosen
Novell Knowledge Partner
No emails please!
http://www.cfc-it.de

Converting from GroupWise to Outlook

Currently we have GroupWise installed. We are migrating to Exchange. We want to pre-install Outlook 2010 several weeks ahead of time. On the day the user is migrated, we are leaving the GroupWise software intact, but users will use Outlook.
I am having issues getting Outlook to connect to our Exchange server automatically. I was told by one of our engineers that it should work without any issue, but it's not working. It comes up and asks to create a new profile. In my msp file
I have chosen to create a new profile, but did not provide any information to go into that profile.

Do not have any direct experience with Groupwise migration but providing the following purely as information items in the event that these may be of assistance
GroupWise to Outlook Conversion Guide
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:Kh0HJo8h3aAJ:www.msmc.la.edu/PDFFiles/OIT/GroupWise%2520to%2520Outlook%2520Conversion%2520Guide.pdf+what+creates+Frequent+Contacts+in+Outlook&hl=en&gl=ca&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESjieiChnuyYJRldF3XTLAQkxkPMbnlT5m6jf5H9Yx03ilgQtFbSOjW9-siAepuICDXA8l3UwTUISnTux5u2IDdY-O7VHLmQR5AzRmtFCyr1dxFVsskAxR_wtPkgkEXz9oAUQbTg&sig=AHIEtbRF_sIxg4MM1AG3sO_LzNu6OJpxJA&pli=1
Migrate GroupWise to Exchange Tool
http://www.nucleustechnologies.com/migrate-groupwise-to-exchange.html
Karl Timmermans - The Claxton Group
Outlook Import/Export Hints/Tips
Contact import/export/data management tools for Outlook '2000/2010 -
ContactGenie.com

Extracting mail out of Groupwise

Unfortunately we are migrating from GW to Exchange 2003SP2, that aside,
I'm hoping to get some help on how something works, and a possible
solution.
The issue is that when I use the Exchange Migration Utility (2003sp2) it
pulls all the email out just fine and put it into and Exchange account.
The problem is that once there, if you reply to a converted message, the
right click the addresse and choose properties it says the email type is
GWISE: and usually has the format GWISE:gwdom.gwpo.gwuser obviously
exchange doesn't know how to route this and it results in a
undeliverable. Ideally it would be nice to have it come over in and SMTP
address format, is it possible to force this? Any ideas on what the
migrator looks at for an address, it appears that it pulls from the
current directory for the address.
Thanks for the help,
Bob

<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:qy%ph.238$[email protected]..
> Unfortunately we are migrating from GW to Exchange 2003SP2, that aside,
> I'm hoping to get some help on how something works, and a possible
> solution.
>
> The issue is that when I use the Exchange Migration Utility (2003sp2) it
> pulls all the email out just fine and put it into and Exchange account.
> The problem is that once there, if you reply to a converted message, the
> right click the addresse and choose properties it says the email type is
> GWISE: and usually has the format GWISE:gwdom.gwpo.gwuser obviously
> exchange doesn't know how to route this and it results in a
> undeliverable. Ideally it would be nice to have it come over in and SMTP
> address format, is it possible to force this? Any ideas on what the
> migrator looks at for an address, it appears that it pulls from the
> current directory for the address.
>
>
> Thanks for the help,
>
> Bob
I just went through a Groupwise to Exchange 2003SP2 migration (800 users).
I used the Quest Groupwise Migrator for Exchange. I wonder in your case if
you could make it work by creating an additionl address in your default
recipient policy with a GWISE address type. For the record, I'm not sure
this address type is available unless the Groupwise connector is installed,
which I'm not sure the Exchange Migration Utility requires. One way or
another, create GWISE addresses for the users in the format that it's trying
to send it in.
todd

GroupWise to Exchange

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