Command-line parameters for the Exchange Server 5.5 Migration Wizard

This article includes all available information, as well as any new updates, to the Migration Wizard as of the release of Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 Service Pack 2.

Command-line options for the Migration Wizard

You can use the Migration Wizard or a combination of command-line options and a control file to perform migration. The command-line options are as follows.

/C:<File> The location of the control file. The control file is a text file that contains parameters and their values. The parameters and their values are separated by commas.

/A:<Account> The administrator account name for a Microsoft Mail, for PC Networks, for Novell GroupWise post office, or for an LDAP server. For a Lotus Notes migration, Account is the path to the Notes ID file that is used for migration. This switch is not necessary for migration file import or for Lotus cc:Mail or Collabra Share migration. For Exchange migration, type the name of an account that has administrative privileges for the mailboxes that you are migrating.

Note The /A switch can be used only when you migrate MAPI mailboxes.

/P:<Password> The password for the administrator account on the Microsoft Mail for PC Networks, Lotus cc:Mail, or Lotus Notes post office, for Exchange or LDAP server, or the Novell GroupWise migration ID. The password is not necessary for migration file import.

Note The /P switch can be used only when you migrate MAPI mailboxes.

/S Silent mode. No error dialog boxes appear. All errors are written to the Microsoft Windows NT Application Event log.

/? Displays the Help text files.

Note If you are using the Migration Wizard in batch mode, the code page of the control file and the account file must be the Windows Default code page. Use the code page for the language you are migrating.

For example: When run in a batch mode, mailmig returns result codes depending on the success of the processing:

• 0=success: no errors or warnings
• 1=warnings, no errors
• 2=errors, possible warnings

For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Control file keywords

The control file is a text file that includes the options listed below. Each option is followed by a brief description.

Mode The mode for this migration. Valid options are FILE, MSMAILPC, CCMAIL, COLLABRA, NOTES, GRPWISE, GRPWISE5, ADSI(for LDAP), and IMAP. If included, it must be the first line in the control file. (Required)

Function The migration function to perform. Valid options are FULL, EXTRACT, and IMPORT. FULL means to perform a full migration (extract and import). EXTRACT means to extract a user list file (MS Mail PC) or to extract migration files (Lotus cc:Mail, Lotus Notes, Novell GroupWise, Novell GroupWise 5.x, LDAP, IMAP, and Collabra Share). IMPORT means to perform an MS Mail (PC) import from a user list file or to import migration files created by one of the other extractors. Defaults to FULL. Note that this is ignored unless Mode option is set to MSMAILPC, CCMAIL, NOTES, COLLABRA, GRPWISE, GRPWISE5, IMAP or LDAP. (Optional)

File (Required when Mode option is set to FILE, or Function option is set to EXTRACT or IMPORT, or the Mode option is set to CCMAIL, NOTES, COLLABRA, GRPWISE, GRPWISE5, ADSI, or IMAP.) Specify the path and file name of the packing list or userlist file, or for CCMAIL, NOTES, COLLABRA, ADSI, IMAP, GRPWISE or GRPWISE5, specify the path to the temporary directory for migration files.

Accounts (Optional and used when Mode is set to CCMAIL, NOTES, GRPWISE, MSMAILPC, GRPWISE5 or ADSI. Required when Mode is set to IMAP.) A userlist file with a listing of accounts to be migrated. If not specified, it defaults to all accounts in the postoffice or container (for LDAP). The format of the names in the accounts file must match the name format as it appears in the Migration Wizard account selection dialog box. Each name is on one line, followed by a carriage return and line feed. For IMAP, check the format of the userlist file with the Ldapimap.rtf documentation.

Mailbox (Optional.) Whether to extract mailbox creation information and create the mailbox on Microsoft Exchange Server. If this is set to TRUE, mailboxes are created and messages are imported. If this is set to FALSE, messages are imported to existing mailboxes or mailboxes that are converted from custom recipients. Valid options are TRUE and FALSE. Defaults to TRUE.

GWDomain The path to the GroupWise 5.x domain. Valid options are either a UNC path or a mapped drive location. (Applicable and required only when MODE is GRPWISE5).

POName The name of the GroupWise 5.x Post Office to migrate or extract. (Applicable and required only when MODE is GRPWISE5).

Postoffice (Required when Mode is MSMAILPC, CCMAIL, NOTES, COLLABRA, GRPWISE or ADSI). This specifies the full path to the container, including server name. In general the format can be: Secure (Optional; ignored unless Mode option is set to ADSI or IMAP). Valid options are TRUE and FALSE. Defaults to FALSE.

Encrypted (Optional; ignored unless Mode option is set to ADSI or IMAP). Valid options are TRUE and FALSE. Defaults to FALSE.

Port (Optional; ignored unless Mode option is set to ADSI). The port number for LDAP access may differ for each LDAP directory. The default port is 389.

Email Whether to extract personal e-mail messages. Valid options are TRUE and FALSE. Defaults to TRUE. (Optional; ignored unless Mode option is set to MSMAILPC, CCMAIL, NOTES, GRPWISE, GRPWISE5, or IMAP.)

Public (Optional; ignored unless Mode option is set to MSMAILPC, CCMAIL, or COLLABRA.) This is used to determine whether to extract shared folders, bulletin board or forum information. Valid options are TRUE and FALSE. Defaults to TRUE. Can not be used when MODE is GRPWISE5.

PAB (Optional, ignored unless Mode option is set to MSMAILPC) Whether to extract personal address book (PAB) entries and PAB distribution lists. Valid options are TRUE and FALSE. Defaults to TRUE. Can not be used when MODE is GRPWISE5.

Schedule (Optional; ignored unless Mode option is set to MSMAILPC, NOTES, GRPWISE, or GRPWISE5.) Whether to extract schedule information. Valid options are TRUE and FALSE. Defaults to TRUE.

EmailStart (Optional; ignored unless Mode option is set to MSMAILPC, NOTES, CCMAIL, GRPWISE, GRPWISE5, or IMAP.) The earliest (start) date for filtering which e-mail messages are moved. It is in the date/time format (YYYYMMDDHHMMSS). Defaults to Jan 01, 1601. Messages without dates are always migrated.

EmailEnd (Optional; ignored unless Mode option is set to MSMAILPC, NOTES, CCMAIL, GRPWISE, GRPWISE5, or IMAP.) The end date for filtering which e-mail messages are moved. It is in the date/time format (YYYYMMDDHHMMSS). Messages without dates are always migrated. Defaults to the current date.

Home-Server (Required when Mailbox option is set to TRUE.) The Microsoft Exchange Server computer where information is to be migrated. Defaults to the server that was used last or the current machine name.

Container (Optional; ignored unless Mailbox option is set to TRUE.) The container and path on the specified home server where new mailboxes are to be migrated. The path is formatted as follows: where users is a subcontainer of Recipients and accnting is a subcontainer of users. Defaults to the Recipients container. The directory name is visible on the property page of the Recipients container and can be different from the display name. For example, the display name of the default Recipients container on a French Microsoft Exchange Server computer is "Destinataires," but the directory name is "Recipients."

Template (Optional; ignored unless Mailbox option is set to TRUE or mailboxes are created.) The Microsoft Exchange Server alias for the template mailbox to be used in creating new mailboxes. If the template mailbox is in a different Recipients container from the new mailbox, the template must be specified with the full distinguished name. Defaults to null. To find the distinguished name of a mailbox, you can use Directory Export and set the header line of the export file to: obj-class,common-name,obj-dist-name.

NTAccounts (Optional; ignored unless Mailbox option is set to TRUE.) Whether to create Windows NT accounts for new users and which value to use as the Windows NT account password. Valid options are RANDOM, ALIAS, and NO. RANDOM creates Windows NT accounts and generate random passwords. ALIAS creates Windows NT accounts and uses the Microsoft Exchange Server e-mail alias as the initial password. NO does not create Windows NT accounts. Defaults to NO.

NTDomain (Optional; ignored unless Mailbox option is set to TRUE.) The Windows NT domain where new Windows NT accounts are to be created. Defaults to the domain that the user running migration is logged on to.

DefFldPerms (Optional, ignored unless Public is set to TRUE.) Used to assign default access permissions to all users for migrated shared information. Valid options are None, Author, and PubEditor. Defaults to none. Can not be used when MODE is NOTES, GRPWISE, GRPWISE5, IMAP, or LDAP.

FldOwner (Required if Public is set to TRUE.) Distinguished name of the account that will own the public folder. Can not be used when MODE is NOTES, GRPWISE, GRPWISE5, IMAP, or LDAP.

ImportDestination (Optional; ignored unless MODE is set to MSMAILPC, CCMAIL, NOTES, GRPWISE, GRPWISE5, IMAP, or FILE.) Specifies the destination store for migrated data. Valid options are SERVER and PST. SERVER migrates information to the Microsoft Exchange Server information store. PST migrates information to personal folder (.PST) files and personal address books (.PAB). Default is SERVER.

PSTPath (Ignored unless ImportDestination is set to PST.) The fully qualified path to the directory where personal folder (.PST) and personal address book (.PAB) files will be created.

GWUserGRPName (Required if MODE is set to GRPWISE, otherwise ignored by everything else.) The name of the Novell GroupWise group whose members are to be migrated. This can not be used when MODE is GRPWISE5.

SchdStart (Optional; ignored unless MODE is set to NOTES, GRPWISE or GRPWISE5.) The earliest (start) date for filtering which calendar data is moved. It is in the date/time format (YYYYMMDDHHMMSS). Defaults to Jan 01, 1601. Information without dates is always migrated.

Note If the SchdStart parameter is used, the default behavior is to migrate information from the specified date and time until the date and time that you run the migration utility. To get future data to migrate, you must use the SchdStart parameter together with the SchdEnd parameter.

SchdEnd (Optional; ignored unless Mode option is set to NOTES, GRPWISE, or GRPWISE5.) The end date for filtering which calendar data is moved. It is in the date/time format (YYYYMMDDHHMMSS). Messages without dates are always migrated. If the keyword is not used, it defaults to all dates.

Phone (Optional; ignored unless MODE option is set to GRPWISE or GRPWISE5.) Whether to migrate phone messages. Valid options are TRUE and FALSE. Defaults to TRUE.

Appointments (Optional; ignored unless MODE option is set to GRPWISE or GRPWISE5) Whether to migrate appointments. Valid options are TRUE and FALSE. Defaults to TRUE.

Notes (Optional; ignored unless MODE option is set to GRPWISE or GRPWISE5.) Whether to migrate notes. Valid options are TRUE and FALSE. Defaults to TRUE.

Tasks (Optional; ignored unless MODE option is set to GRPWISE or GRPWISE5.) Whether to migrate tasks. Valid options are TRUE and FALSE. Defaults to TRUE.

GWRTF (Optional; ignored unless MODE option is set to GRPWISE.) Indicates whether messages are migrated in Rich Text Format (RTF). If set to FALSE, messages are migrated in ANSI format. Valid options are TRUE and FALSE. Defaults to TRUE.

! (Optional.) A comment delimiter. Must be the first value in the line.

Sample Code

The examples below are provided as examples only.

Importing migration files created by a source extractor:
! This is a control file for 'File' Migrations (that is, Import)


Microsoft Mail (PC) Extracting a user list:
! This is a control file for 'MS Mail' Migrations


Microsoft Mail (PC) Importing with a user list, the template mailbox is in a different recipient container:
! This is a control file for 'MS Mail' Migrations


Microsoft Mail (PC) One step migration:
! This is a control file for 'MS Mail' Migrations


Lotus cc:Mail Extracting to migration files:
! This is a control file for 'cc:Mail' Migrations


Lotus:cc:Mail Importing migration files:
! This is a control file for 'cc:Mail' Migrations


Lotus cc:Mail One step migration:
! This is a control file for 'cc:Mail' Migrations


Novell GroupWise 4.x One step migration:
! This is a control file for 'GroupWise' Migrations


Collabra Share One step migration:
! This is a control file for 'Collabra' Migrations


GroupWise 5.x One step migration:
! This is a control file for 'GroupWise 5.x' Migrations


LDAP One step migration:
! This is a control file for 'LDAP' Migrations


IMAP One step migration:
! This is a control file for 'IMAP' Migrations