Migrate Exchange 5.0 to Kolab 2

[Alex Chejlyk]

Martin Minkler wrote:
> Alohá!
>
> Migrating from M$ is like walking away from a black hole...
>
> Installation is a kolab 2.0.4 for debian sarge, clients are Outlook 2003
> with Toltec Connector 2.0.9, we're trying to migrate from exchange 5.0
>
> Email is already moved out to an off-site IMAP-server and does not
> reside on the Kolab server as the intranet here is behind a dial-up IP
> with no reverse DNS lookup.
>
> The Problem:
>
> After creating a new pst file and mapping it with the toltec connector I 
> can copy all folders to the new file and sync them with the server.
>
> Unfortunately all contacts are copied as LDAP addresses in LDAP format, 
>   so that the entries for the field "email adress" in the new folder 
> look like this:
>
> /o=First Organisation/ou=First administrative Group/cn=Recipients/cn=<name>
>
> Of course that is quite useless...
>
> Is there a howto or something (experience reports, etc.) that one can 
> read to make the migration less bumpy (if not possible in the first place)?
>
> Another thing: If I enter Adresses into the global LDAP address book, 
> these are listed in the management interface but I cannot for the life 
> of me make them show up in Outlook (followed the instructions from
> http://kolab.org/doc/doc3-1.34.pdf step by step).
>
> Also tried Thunderbird but to no avail - the address book stays empty.
>
>
> Any help appreciated
>
> Martin
>
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The way I've always done it:

Connect Outlook to exchange.
Export the contacts to a pst. If you have more than one contact list,
export them all separately so each has its own pst. I do this for safety
and archiving.
Export the calendar to a pst and a csv. I've had issues with recurring
appointments (never ending until 2032), the csv seems to get rid of them
;-)
If you have more than one calendar, export them all separately so each
has its own pst. I do this for safety and archiving.

Disconnect from exchange.

Create the shared addressbooks, calendars, etc using the Toltec
connected Outlook.

Copy the items from the pst into the appropriate shared areas (contacts,
calendars, etc).

That has always worked for me.

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Cheers, Alex C.