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Peable's avatar
Peable
Level 6
11 years ago

Migrating Shortcuts from Domino to Exchange

Hi there,

when migrating mailfile data from Domino to Exchange with e.g. Quest and afterwards using the tool EVDominoExchangeMigration to convert shortcuts in the Outlook mailbox to Exchange shortcuts., does EV still require a EVDG? Can the EVDG be uninstalled and is the Notes API sufficient for opening the data?

IMHO the utitilies guide (pdf file coming with each version) is a bit short on information here on the infrastructure changes.

Many thanks,
Jochen

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  • Arjun_Shelke's avatar
    Arjun_Shelke
    11 years ago

    We just need Notes Client installed on EV Server, which will recombine the dvs into notes format. StorageOnlineOPNS function will be used to retrieve the archived items, so when you double click on Shortcut (migrated) it contacts IIS on EV Server which then contacts Storage Online process.

  • Peable's avatar
    Peable
    Level 6
    11 years ago

    Hi there,

    In a different environment only for journaling domino data, I could test/show, that EVDG is not required for accessing domino data through the search interface (http://www.symantec.com/connect/forums/view-ev-domino-data-without-evdg-or-notes).

    In this environment, we've been using the migration tool and tested stopping the EVDG. Suddently, users couldn't open the shortcuts from Outlook anymore.

    Therefore, I was hoping for your answer, but have you tested it? Is stopping EVDG something else than uninstalling it?

    Many thanks,
    Jochen.

  • Arjun_Shelke's avatar
    Arjun_Shelke
    Level 6
    11 years ago

    When you say EVDG, I assume you have seperate EV Server for Domino Archiving.

    If the server which you are shutting down has storage service running for these Domino Archives then obiviously retrieval will fail.

  • Arjun_Shelke's avatar
    Arjun_Shelke
    Level 6
    11 years ago

    We just need Notes Client installed on EV Server, which will recombine the dvs into notes format. StorageOnlineOPNS function will be used to retrieve the archived items, so when you double click on Shortcut (migrated) it contacts IIS on EV Server which then contacts Storage Online process.

  • Peable's avatar
    Peable
    Level 6
    11 years ago

    No, when I mean EVDG, there is a single EV server with Lotus Domino (EVDG to access the domino domain) and Lotus Notes installed as well as Outlook (for the Exchange archiving).

    I asked the colleagues to stop the domino server and restart the EV services afterwards. I assume, it wasn't done this way and that EV still uses a known connection.

  • Arjun_Shelke's avatar
    Arjun_Shelke
    Level 6
    11 years ago

    Domino Server running on EVDG is only required for retrieval of archived items from Notes client (user end).

    From outlook client, when you access archived items, it does not require Domino Server running, it just need Notes client (Notes C API) in order to recombine the archived item back to native format

  • Peable's avatar
    Peable
    Level 6
    11 years ago

    Not sure what happened. Without Lotus Domino running on the EV server, Outlook can open converted shortcuts and Lotus Notes clients cannot - as expected. Thanks.