TransVault Notes Address Migrator

Migrating Notes personal address books (also known as NABs) can present organizations with a tricky challenge, as users may have several separate address books held on local systems,

Client-driven solutions are available, but this approach requires that end-users interact with specialized desktop applications, a scenario that will invariably lead to an increased burden on the IT team. A low success rate is also inevitable, owing to the fact that users may be ‘too busy’, ‘not IT savvy enough’, or simply not motivated to personally oversee the migration of their contacts.

Introducing TransVault - a better way to move.

The TransVault PAB Migrator provides a fully centralized decryption service that enables end users to move their address books with just a few confirmation clicks.

The PAB migration process involves the use of two integrated and centrally executed applications:

• The TransVault PAB Collector
• The TransVault PAB Migrator

The TransVault PAB Collector automates the collection of address books to a central location in the form of Vcard files. Its asynchronous operation ensures reliable collection from both fixed and mobile users spanning the enterprise.

Once the status of your selected users has turned to ‘collected’, the TransVault PAB Migrator takes over. This component extracts collected address books, converts them to Outlook Contact records and inserts them directly into the relevant Outlook folders in Microsoft Exchange.

User mailboxes are matched between Notes and Exchange using a table that contains mappings of Notes ‘names’ and Exchange addresses.

E.g.CN=John Doe/O=oldcompany;jond@newcompany.com

The TransVault PAB Migrator includes a function to automatically generate the mappings file. The same mappings file can also be used to convert internal Notes addresses into contacts that are valid once moved into Outlook.

A record of successful migrations is maintained enabling migrations to be staged as required, for example, a group of users at a time.

No Desktop Installation

The TransVault PAB Migrator minimizes overheads for the IT team as it requires no desktop install and no end user training. The whole migration process is centrally managed and user interaction is kept to the absolute minimum.

Users are sent an e-mail which includes an ‘export contacts’ button. Simply clicking on the button and then confirming the address books they want to migrate (users may have several) starts the collection process.

Now You’re Ready to Go!

The TransVault PAB Migrator can be used in conjunction with Microsoft or 3rd party mailbox migration tools or using other solutions in the TransVault Notes migration suite.

A Total Exchange Migration Solution

In addition to migrating address books, other TransVault applications designed to assist your migration to Microsoft Exchange include:

• The TransVault™ Notes Migrator - converts and migrates e-mail, calendars etc to Microsoft Exchange format as a zero-impact ‘behind the scenes’ process that leverages e-mail archive technology.
• The TransVault™ Decrypter - reports on and automatically decrypts any encrypted items prior to migration, with nothing to install on the desktop and just an authorization click from users.

TransVault addresses the key challenges associated with data migration: