Sun One to Lotus Notes Migration?

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Hi,

Would just like to know is it possible to migrate emails from Sun One to Lotus Notes?

Hope you can share any inputs or helpfull links for this…

How to’s?

cheers!

Anthony

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Subject: Sun One to Lotus Notes Migration?

I’m also not familiar with Sun One - does it support POP or IMAP? Might be able to pull something off there…

Another idea - Take a look at binarytree’s website - there is a link you can fill out for more information - maybe they can help!

http://www.binarytree.com/website/msg/home.nsf

About 3 years ago, when we migrated a couple hundred users from exchange to Lotus Notes, we used CMT from BinaryTree - the entire migration went very smoothly.

I’m not usually happy about anything, but that went pretty slick!

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Subject: Sun One to Lotus Notes Migration?

I do not anything about Sun One, but I know that you can import external data into a Notes database.

When you are able to export from Sun One into a text file, you could write an agent that reads this text file, processes the lines and create memo-documents in your target database with the major fields set (like subject, body, sendto, posteddate).

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Subject: Sun One to Lotus Notes Migration?

Highly doubtful.

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Subject: Yes, possible … Sun One to Lotus Notes Migration?

There are four possible parts to any mail platform migration:

  1. Directories MUST be updated, this is the only crucial part. Can’t have user’s new mail delivered to the old mailbox, and if your migration isn’t not “full instant cutover,” you will need a transition (co-existence) solution

  2. Server to server data migration. Optional. If you want to give your users their old messages, calendar, contacts, then you will probably want to do this, unless you plan to do it all form the desktop, which I odn’t advise due to variability and peak network traffic

  3. Desktop. Users USUALLY need a new client (unless y ou are migrating without changing hosts and/or protocol). If you don’t do #2 above, you may need to offer users tools to migrate their server data from old platform to new. Even if you do #2, you may need to offer tools or instructions to migrate local archives (e.g., PST to NSF).

  4. Planning and tracking. In large migrations, this is the key to success. In the under 500 user range, you may be able to get away with doing it quickly without tracking what user gets migrated on what date and when platform capabilities become ready and what problems arise during pilot… etc. More users than that, and you are talking an extended rollout, with possibilities for certain unanticipated problems coming up again and again so that your whole scheule is thrown off, and possibly affecting a) your job, b) your coexistence strategy, c) your help desk, d) did I say your job?

Given all that, what technology can you use? CMT Universal offers a lot, as another responder mentioned. There are also manual methods for part #1, and other tools for parts or all of the above, including:

  • Transend

  • Shuttle Magic

  • Address Magic

You can also use the Notes IMAP client to extract message data into Notes from Sun One