PC DirSync: After Reset, Export/Import Times Still Exist

ID: Q131681

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Mail for PC Networks, versions 3.0, 3.2

SUMMARY

Administrators can reset the Reqconf.glb file using Listds.exe. This utility provides part of the process a mail administrators uses to reset a Dir-Sync requester for versions 3.0 and 3.2 of Microsoft Mail for PC Networks.

After Listds.exe is used to reset a Dir-Sync requester, the times for the last Dir-Sync Export and Dir-Sync Import still exist. This article explains why.

MORE INFORMATION

An administrator may view the Dir-Sync last Export and Import times by running the ADMIN.EXE program and selecting Config, DirSync, Requester, Import (or Export).

NOTE: The Import option is not available for a Dir-Sync Server.

When one of these options is selected, and an Export or Import has been done previously, the program will provide the following information:

Import

Last Import request processed on DATE at TIME. Continue?

Export

Last Export request processed on DATE at TIME. Continue?

This last Import/Export information is stored in the REQCONF.GLB file. However, the Listds.exe utility does not reset that particular portion of this file. Therefore, even though the Listds.exe "resets" the Reqconf.glb by successfully resetting the REQSYNC and SRVSYNC values, the last Import/Export times will remain. This is normal and expected behavior.

Resetting the last Import or Export times is not required to successfully reset a DirSync requester.

The Listds.exe utility is included in the "Directory Synchronization (Dir- Sync)" document. You can obtain this document from the following sources:

Microsoft's World Wide Web Site on the Internet

The Internet (Microsoft anonymous ftp server)

The Microsoft Network (MSN)

The following self-extracting file is available for download from the Microsoft Software Library: WA0725.exe For more information about how to obtain this document, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q96060 PC DirSync: Directory Synchronization (Dir-Sync)

Additional query words: 3.00 3.20

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Version : WINDOWS:3.0,3.2
Platform : WINDOWS
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