To export single or multiple mailboxes from Exchange Server 5.5, Exchange Server 2000 & Exchange Server 2003, Exmerge tool is the best utility to accomplish this task.
What user can do with Exmerge:
1). Download Exmerge.EXE & extract the Exmerge.exe & Exmerge.ini file in the Exchange Server Bin Folder.
Note: If the user extract these files in other folder then this error message might appear.
To fix this error user need to copy this “EXCHMEM.DLL” file at this path “C:\Program Files\Exchsrvr\Bin Directory”
2). Now, Add the Exmerge to the Mailbox Store or Exchange Database from which you need to export mailboxes into PST files.
a). To do that you need to open Exchange System Manager:
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b). Go to Administrative Group -> Select the Store (Mailbox Store or Public Folder Store) -> Right Click on it & move to “Properties”.
c). A dialog box appear, now, go to Security tab and click on “ADD” option to add the Exmerge to the Mailbox Store.
d). Now, provide the “Send As” & “Receive As” permission to the account that running Exmerge. And finally click on “OK”.
Note: To export mailbox to PST using Exmerge, you need run it as a delegated Adminstrators, Send or Receive permitted Account Admin or Exchange View Only Administrators
1. Start the Exmerge Wizard and Click on Next
2. To export PST, user need to select “Extract or Import (Two Step Procedure)”
3. Now select “Step 1: Extract data from an Exchange Server Mailbox”
4. Enter the name of the Exchange Server and leave the other optional information:
5. Now select the store from where you want to export the mailbox in pst format.
6. Select the single or multiple mailboxes which you want to export into pst format.
7. As default English is already selected as Default Locale, if you need to change in other locale then click on the drop list option.
8. Decide the location or path where you need the pst files after exporting task.
9. Click on save settings and click next.
10. Now, a process status dialog box will appear where you can view the exporting process.
11. And, that’s it you have mailbox or mailboxes in .pst format after successfully finish this task.
Note: if the exmerge fails in its task or any other problem arise while exporting mailbox to pst in Exchange Server 2003, 2000 or 5.0 editions then you can take the help of third party tool as a solution. Might be you do not have enough backup to continue the work at the present stage then I suggest you a third party conversion tool that helps you to get all content from exchange database files and restore it in active Exchange Server or in Outlook application.
My this post will help you to understand the working of third party tool and how it helps you to recover and convert content from mailbox to MS Outlook .PST or migrate into Live Exchange Server: https://plus.google.com/115112572193304560946/posts/a6Ft72Z5RLF
What user can do with Exmerge:
- It helps to export data from multiple mailboxes from one Exchange Server & merge data into other running Exchange Server mailboxes.
- It helps in exporting data from source Exchange Server into .pst files & merges the entire data, in the .pst files, into multiple mailboxes on the destination Exchange Server.
- Also, it helps to replace existing data instead of merging new data if this mentioned by the Administrator.
- It is not support above 2GB size mailboxes means user can only export maximum 2GB sized mailbox.
- It is not support Exchange Server 2007 & later editions.
- Domain Admins or Full Exchange Administrator Account doesn’t have Send-As or Receive-As permission by default thus, these users should active this permission first otherwise, an error message appear on the screen.
- Account that has running the Exmerge must be configure the permissions manually
- User must be the member of Local Administrator Group
- User who running Exmerge must be delegated as “Exchange View Only Administrator”
- From the database where user want to export PST’s, Add the user account that running Exmerge in Security Groups & provide it Send-As or Receive-As permissions.
Installation & Mailbox Export Procedure
1). Download Exmerge.EXE & extract the Exmerge.exe & Exmerge.ini file in the Exchange Server Bin Folder.
Note: If the user extract these files in other folder then this error message might appear.
2). Now, Add the Exmerge to the Mailbox Store or Exchange Database from which you need to export mailboxes into PST files.
a). To do that you need to open Exchange System Manager:
c). A dialog box appear, now, go to Security tab and click on “ADD” option to add the Exmerge to the Mailbox Store.
d). Now, provide the “Send As” & “Receive As” permission to the account that running Exmerge. And finally click on “OK”.
Note: To export mailbox to PST using Exmerge, you need run it as a delegated Adminstrators, Send or Receive permitted Account Admin or Exchange View Only Administrators
Start the Exporting Task using Exmerge.EXE
1. Start the Exmerge Wizard and Click on Next
Note: if the exmerge fails in its task or any other problem arise while exporting mailbox to pst in Exchange Server 2003, 2000 or 5.0 editions then you can take the help of third party tool as a solution. Might be you do not have enough backup to continue the work at the present stage then I suggest you a third party conversion tool that helps you to get all content from exchange database files and restore it in active Exchange Server or in Outlook application.
My this post will help you to understand the working of third party tool and how it helps you to recover and convert content from mailbox to MS Outlook .PST or migrate into Live Exchange Server: https://plus.google.com/115112572193304560946/posts/a6Ft72Z5RLF
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