Inter-Org Distribution List Migration

re: Inter-Org Distribution List Migration

Rui Silva — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 12:00:55 GMT

The link to download the code is now fixed.

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Dmitrieff — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 17:53:14 GMT

I would like to try this script, but I can't download it (HTTP Error 404). Could you upload it once again?

Thx in advance.

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Rui Silva — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 07:50:05 GMT

Yes Ryan, go ahead!

You can use the email link on this blog to send me the file.

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Ryan Mullinax — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 16:04:52 GMT

Rui,

I'm getting the Wrong File Format error as well. Can I send you my output files for you to peruse?

Thanks,

Ryan Mullinax

re: Inter-Org Distribution List Migration

Rui Silva — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 15:50:52 GMT

Ashish Shah, did you modify the variable "Const strDN" in order to match the OU where you have the migrated objects?

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Ashish Shah — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 09:19:21 GMT

I used the script and recd wrong file format error. I manage to identify few DL which causes the above error. So i deleted from out and MB file, afterthat IN files created successfully. Now i am getting following error while importing

Importing directory from file "DL_E55_rtl_ho_IN.txt"

Loading entries.

Add error on line 1: No Such Object

The server side error is "Directory object not found."

0 entries modified successfully.

An error has occurred in the program

Can you help on this!!!!

Regards,

re: Inter-Org Distribution List Migration

Jules Siddiqui — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 20:38:22 GMT

I've tried using this script but I always get the Wrong File Format error, and I have tried the changes to the script suggested above. Our ADC is in place, I ran the CSVDE from the Exch 5.5 server on Windows 2000, then copied the results over to the Windows 2003 DC and tried completing it there as well, but it only created an empty IN file and failed to import. Any ideas?

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Jeorge Lukasing — Sun, 27 Aug 2006 18:42:26 GMT

Very many thanks for a good work. Nice and useful. Like it!

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Rui Silva — Thu, 03 Nov 2005 03:07:00 GMT

To Exchange Guy:
- I've tested the tool with W2K3 with success, never had a problem
- The lates version is 0.3.20, which is the one I provided the link to download from
- Regarding the target OU, this process it's supposed to occur after a migration with ADC sync involved, so I designed it to use the ADC OU. You can move the objects after running the script

re: Inter-Org Distribution List Migration

Rui Silva — Wed, 02 Nov 2005 23:02:00 GMT

Hi,

Great script (if it works), just what I needed!
I did run into a few problems mentioned earlier, but those could be solved quite easy thanks to the comments above (the CSVDE dit not work from a remote server and some lines in the LDIFDE output file where not alligned -> seems to happen a lot with ldifde).

Still I would like to share the following findings:
- The W2K3 version of LDIFDE seems to give a different output compared to the W2K one and causes the script to fail
- The group members need to be in the same target OU as the distribution groups

Does anyone know if there's an updated version of this script, or a simular tool somewhere?

tnx

re: Inter-Org Distribution List Migration

Rui Silva — Wed, 02 Nov 2005 20:47:00 GMT

change => groupType: 214748640
somehow the groupType of 8 doesn't work (win/exch 2003)

add => mailNickname:
this makes the new group mail enabled

remove => otherMailbox
this will be added by the Exchange RUS ; exchange 5.5 often uses some extra (garbage) address templates like fax or something. the tool fails when those templates don't exist in the target environment

re: Inter-Org Distribution List Migration

Rui Silva — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 17:31:00 GMT

Hi,

When running this CSVDE command against NT4/Ex55 SP6a, you must change the properties of the LDAP protocol in Exchange 5.5 to "Allow all substring searches (slow)".

Additionally, within i would extend the provided CSVDE command used here with -d "RootDN" and -p SearchScope.

Annymouse

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Rui Silva — Tue, 27 Sep 2005 23:21:00 GMT

This looks to be a truly useful tool - its just what i need but can't get the CSVDE step2 to work, against an Ex55 Sp4 machine running on NT4Sp6a - the command completes succesfully, but i get "No Entries Found"

The Admin-Display-Name, rdn and cn entries dont seem to be recognised in an Exchange 5.5 directory export either. If I try and do an export to these headers, i get nothing out either? Any ideas gratefully recieved..!

Detailed instructions for using Inter-Org DL Migration Script

TrackBack — Wed, 15 Jun 2005 14:57:00 GMT

re: Inter-Org Distribution List Migration

Rui Silva — Fri, 10 Jun 2005 04:24:00 GMT

Im getting the same error when i run the script. WRONG FILE FORMAT. A window comes up, status bar goes to 19% and then i get the error. All the files have data in them. Any idea on how to fix this error?

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Rui Silva — Mon, 06 Jun 2005 19:53:00 GMT

Mark, I tested the script with empty DLs, so I don't think the problem has to do with the number of members. Can you confirm that you have a valid DL_E55_NT4DOMAIN_OUT.txt file?

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Rui Silva — Sat, 04 Jun 2005 01:47:00 GMT

I found that if you have a 0 member or 1 member DL, then you will get WRONG FILE FORMAT.

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Rui Silva — Fri, 20 May 2005 22:35:00 GMT

Chris, can you send me the DL_E55_NT4DOMAIN_OUT.txt file (or part of it)?

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Rui Silva — Fri, 20 May 2005 21:22:00 GMT

Ah I see now. It is putting a couple of the members on a second line.

re: Inter-Org Distribution List Migration

Rui Silva — Fri, 20 May 2005 21:19:00 GMT

I think it might be because there is a special character in one of the members.