Archiving in Exchange 2007 and 2013 coexistence

[PoorAdmin]

I have Exchange 2007 and 2013 in a coexistence environment. I am ready to start migrating mailboxes. I am using tech48928 as a guide. I have completed all of the tasks including creating a system mailbox for my 2013 server. According to the doc there should be a system mailbox for each server that will be archived. Now I understand that my 2007 vault service account needs to be moved from 2007 to my 2013 server. I believe that my 2007 system mailbox and vault service account mailbox are one in the same. So, if I have to move the vault service account mailbox do I need to create a service a system account mailbox for 2007. I may be totally confused.

[TonySterling · Accepted solution]

So you shouldn't have used the VSA mailbox as a system mailbox, unfortunately this happens quite a bit.

You will need to create a new System Mailbox for your Exchange 2007 server.

see:

Creating the Enterprise Vault system mailbox
Article:HOWTO96170     |     Created: 2014-05-07     |     Updated: 2014-05-07     |     Article URL http://www.symantec.com/docs/HOWTO96170