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Q152321: XADM: Migration Wizard Reports Invalid Home-Server Definition

Article: Q152321
Product(s): Microsoft Exchange
Version(s): winnt:4.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbother kbusage
Last Modified: 28-MAR-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Exchange Server, version 4.0 
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SUMMARY
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When you perform a 2 step migration of a user from MS Mail to Microsoft
Exchange, if the user account already exists in the Microsoft Exchange
Directory, the following error will be reported in the Windows NT Event Log.

  Event ID: 162 (or Event ID: 178)
  Source: MSExchangeMig
  Type: Error
  Description:

  Invalid Home-Server definition in user list file for the user 'Home-Server'.


This error might cause you to think that the migration has not been completed
successfully, but it has.

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbother kbusage 
Technology        : kbExchangeSearch kbExchange400 kbZNotKeyword2
Version           : winnt:4.0
Issue type        : kbprb

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