XADM: Directory Replication After Site Address Is Changed

 Last reviewed: February 17, 1998
Article ID: Q180401
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Exchange Server, versions 4.0, 5.0, 5.5

SUMMARY

This article describes how to set up intersite directory replication when the site addressing of a site is changed from the default.

MORE INFORMATION

Intersite directory replication takes place by means of the Microsoft Exchange Directory Service on the bridgehead server in each site sending messages to the directory service on the bridgehead server in the other site. The messages are actually delivered to the other site by the message transfer agent (MTA). The address to which the directory service sends these messages is determined by looking at the Connected Sites page in the properties of the connector between the two sites.

Hence if the site address of a site is changed, the information provided on the Connected Sites pages of all connectors that connect to that site must also be changed.

For example, consider two Microsoft Exchange sites, Site1 and Site2, connected via a X.400 Connector. The X.400 Site Address of Site1 is changed on the Site Addressing page of the Site Addressing object.

In order for directory replication between Site1 and Site2 to complete, in Site2 the X.400 address on the Connected Sites page of the Connector to Site1 must be changed to be exactly the same as the X.400 address in the Site Addressing page of the Site Addressing object of Site1. If these addresses do not match, directory service messages sent from Site2 to Site1 will be returned as non-deliverable.

The above information is true no matter what the connector is between the two sites. However, if directory replication is being done between sites, using the Internet Mail Connector (Internet Mail Service in versions 5.0 and 5.5), the SMTP address specified on the Connected Sites page of the Internet Mail Connector in Site2 should be exactly the same as the SMTP address in the Site Addressing page of the Site Addressing object of Site1. 

Keywords          : XADM kbusage
Version           : WINDOWS:4.0,5.0,5.5
Platform          : WINDOWS

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Last reviewed: February 17, 1998
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