XADM: Exchange Uses Information Store for Intersite Replication

Last reviewed: February 12, 1998
Article ID: Q169638

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Exchange Server version 5.0

SYMPTOMS

When you attempt to remove the Private Information Store from an Exchange Server version 5.0 computer that is acting as the site's replication bridgehead server, the following error message may be appear:

   STOP
   This Private Information Store is being used. Remove the Directory
   Replication Connector first.

CAUSE

In Microsoft Exchange Server 5.0, the information store is used to deliver and receive inter-site replication messages. The Directory service uses MAPI calls to communicate with the store for this purpose. In Exchange Server 4.0, the above error message does not appear because the Directory service communicates directly with the message transfer agent (MTA) for inter-site replication communications.

Keywords          : XADM kbtshoot
Version           : WinNT:5.0
Platform          : winnt
Issue type        : kbprb
Solution Type     : kbfix

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Last reviewed: February 12, 1998
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