XADM: How to Export the Connections Container to a Text File

ID: Q160971

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Exchange Server, versions 4.0, 5.0, 5.5

SUMMARY

This article describes how to export the Connections container to a text file. Exporting the Connections container to a text file allows you to view its contents in a different format than that provided by the Raw Properties command in the Microsoft Exchange Administrator program.

MORE INFORMATION

To export the Connections container to a text file, follow these steps:

Create a new text file called Connect.txt in the root folder of drive C that contains the following lines:


      [Export]
      DirectoryService=<server1>
      HomeServer=<server2>
      Basepoint=/o=ORG/ou=SITE/cn=configuration/cn=connections
      ExportObject=All
      InformationLevel=Full
      RawMode=Yes
      HiddenObjects=Yes
      Subcontainers=Yes

      [Import]
      DirectoryService=<server1>
      Basepoint=/o=ORG/ou=SITE/cn=configuration
      Container=
      InformationLevel=Full
      OverwriteProperties=Yes
      RawMode=Yes

where <server1> is the name of the computer on which the directory service is running and <server2> is the name of the Microsoft Exchange Server computer.

Use the Header.exe program from the Microsoft Exchange Server Resource Kit to create a comma-delimited text file called Connect.csv in the root folder of drive C. The file should contain all the attributes from the Mailbox Gateway object class.

Type the following command at a command prompt, and then press ENTER:

c:\exchsrvr\bin\admin.exe /e c:\connect.csv /o c:\connect.txt

NOTE: After you export the Connections container to the Connect.csv file, you can use the following command to import the contents of the Connect.csv file to the Connections container:

c:\exchsrvr\bin\admin.exe /i c:\connect.csv /o c:\connect.txt

Because the directory contains most of the necessary configuration information for the connectors, you should not back up the Connections container by exporting it to a text file. Importing the text file at a later time is essentially the same as restoring the directory.

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