Limitations

Table: EVDominoExchangeMigration tool limitations describes some known limitations in the EVDominoExchangeMigration tool that you need to be aware of.

Table: EVDominoExchangeMigration tool limitations

Limitation

Description

Non-US-ASCII characters in Domino mailbox names may break scripted migrations.

When there are many mailboxes to process, it can be convenient to run EVDominoExchangeMigration in a script. Note that, if the Domino mailbox name contains characters that are outside the US-ASCII character set, pasting the mailbox names into a Windows text editor is likely to result in failures because the characters are not interpreted correctly.

There are various possible solutions to this problem, including the following:

  • Create a Windows PowerShell script to process a list of mailbox names.

  • Use the MS-DOS Editor to create a batch file, as this lets you paste non-US-ASCII text. To do this, perform the following steps:

    • Open a Command Prompt window.

    • Type edit, and then press Enter.

    • Right-click the title bar of the Command Prompt window and then, on the shortcut menu, click Edit > Paste.

Archive Explorer does not show items in Domino archives

By design, Archive Explorer does not show items in Domino archives. Archive Explorer users who have been migrated from Domino to Exchange Server will see items that have been archived since migration, because these items are stored in Exchange Server archives. However, items that were archived before migration will not be shown in Archive Explorer.

Appearance of shortcuts to Domino Calendar and To Do items.

These items are retrieved as normal mail messages (IPM.Note) rather than as Calendar (IPM.Appointment) or To Do items (IPM.Task).

We recommend that, if possible, you do not archive Domino Calendar and To Do items from Domino mailboxes but instead wait until they have been migrated to Microsoft Exchange and then archive them using the Microsoft Exchange Archiving task. They are then retrieved correctly.

Message class restrictions

EVDominoExchangeMigration does not process messages that have any of the following Exchange Server message classes:

  • IPM.Appointment

  • IPM.Contact

  • IPM.Task

  • IPM.Stickynote