Migration tool crash

[Softec]

Hi,
I was testing Zimbra 4.05 for migrating some users from Exchange 2003 and i found some problems with the migration tool. While migrating big mailboxes (more than 1000 mails) i always get the error "Too many items failed, exiting". No problem migrating small mailboxes. I read somewhere in this forum that is a known problem that should be fixed in recent releases, so i tried Zimbra 4.50 RC2 but the migration tool always crashed at startup. Im running the tool on the same machine where is installed Exchange 2003 (the machine is a Windows 2003 Enterprise SP1) with a fully configured MAPI profile.
Any hints on how to migrate from Exchange are welcome

TIA

[phoenix]

Originally Posted by Softec

Im running the tool on the same machine where is installed Exchange 2003 (the machine is a Windows 2003 Enterprise SP1) with a fully configured MAPI profile.

Does that mean you also have Office (or Outlook) installed on this machine? If so that's not a supported configuration (i.e. it's not supported by Microsoft).

[edit]
You may want to review this Knowledgebase article.

[Softec]

It is a production exchange mailserver, so no outlook configured on that machine.
The 4.05 migration tool worked fine except for the size limit.
The 4.5 migration tool crashed no matter what we tried.

[phoenix]

Well then, some information about the failure might help. Is it the same problem? The GA version of 4.5 will be out soon, maybe you'd like to wait and see if it's fixed in that release.

[Softec]

Well not so many information about the crash...the tool's log only say "16-01-2007 15:27:15 [5204]: ZCSMigWiz-4.5.0_RC2_563 Version 4.1" and the program crash immediately after the start. No further info.

[phoenix]

If it was just email then I'd say use imapsync but I guess you want contacts as well. I'd wait a very short while for the 4.5 GA version and try with the migration wizard in that.

[sam]

To investigate further we'll need a core dump of the crash. If you need assistance, please contact Zimbra support.

[Softec]

What exactly do you mean with "core dump"? You need a msinfo32 dump from the Exchange server?
I installed 4.5 final but the tool still crash. Also tried the tool on several pcs with outlook 2003 installed and same results.

[phoenix]

Originally Posted by Softec

I installed 4.5 final but the tool still crash. Also tried the tool on several pcs with outlook 2003 installed and same results.

What do you mean by 'the tool still crash'? Do you mean it starts, you see the logo then it exits?

Troubleshooting tips for Outlook are on the wiki here including how to generate a core dump.

[Softec]

Im talking about the exchange migration tool, not the outlook connector. I double click the exe, see the application for less than a second and then it turns back to the desktop.
I have no users configured on Zimbra (so outlook connector is not installed on clients), i still need to import them from exchange.