Migrator for GroupWise’s Directory Exporter extracts user and group data from the GroupWise environment and creates CSV data files that feed input data to other Migrator for GroupWise applications. Run the Directory Exporter to generate the necessary data files. For more information and operating instructions for the Directory Exporter program, see the Directory Exporter chapter in the Migrator for GroupWise Administration Guide.
If mail-enabled users already exist in an existing Active Directory: Make sure the addresses listed in the TargetAddress and TargetAlias columns are appropriate. With existing mail-enabled users, Migrator for GroupWise will use the TargetAddress to locate the object for mailbox creation. The address in the TargetAddress of the CSV must therefore match a valid SMTP address on the target mail-enabled object. Also, the TargetAlias addresses will be applied as secondary/proxy addresses, so it is important to verify them before proceeding.
If Migrator for NDS is not used but AD objects still must be created, Migrator for GroupWise must still be able to match the exported GroupWise user records to the AD objects to perform some of its operations. If the AD objects must be merged or mail- enabled by Migrator for GroupWise, an attribute must be identified and/or populated into the CSV input files to establish a match between the GroupWise user and corresponding security principal in AD. The Directory Exporter extracts the NDSUserName, which commonly matches to the SAMAccountName in AD. If this is the case in your environment, simply copy the values from the NDSUserName column into the SearchKey column within the UsersToMerge.csv (or UsersToMigrate.csv). The resulting file can be used as the template to generate user lists for the merge and migration.
If alternate matching criteria are required, one of the additional attributes within UsersToMerge.csv can be used, or a match can be forced using the SearchKey column within the CSV. To force a match, a common approach is to export the existing objects from Active Directory and use the export file to populate the SearchKey column within the CSV. This may be done through macros or scripting, but sometimes requires manual intervention as well.
When the SearchKey column contains appropriate values for locating and merging the AD security objects, save the CSV file and use it as the template for creating lists of users for the merge and migration process.
You could also use Migrator for GroupWise’s Admin Batch Migrator to provision Active Directory and create Exchange mailboxes directly from contact objects. This can be a valuable feature in environments where security principals do not already exist in AD, and CMG is used to create routing contacts in AD. This approach is also useful for provisioning resource objects in some migrations. For more information, see the MBoxFromContact parameter in the Migrator for GroupWise Program Parameters Reference.
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