You're not alone. This public folder replication stuff is like the Hogwarts curriculum.
Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP Tech Consultant Compaq Computer Corporation (soon to be HP) All your base are belong to us. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Herold Heiko Sent: Friday, November 23, 2001 1:41 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: (stupid?) directory replication question Oh. In this moment all visible (255/750) in folder replication status on the old server are "local modified", while those visible on the destination server ((41/750) all are "in sync". I'm starting to wonder, since those are live folders, where both users work and incoming mail is routed, could this be just due to new changes applied continously, never permitting a complete quiescent state ? I still lack to understand how exchange works in this case - I suppose once the whole "old" content has replicated, the new arriving content from outside is queued for both (all) servers containing a replica (knowing which ones from directory replication), so it would not be a problem removing the "old" instance if the old content has been replicated. However if I understand it correctly exchange users always use the instance on their local server (performance optimization) - this means any user who's mailbox is on the old server does work on the instance hosted in the old server. Now, if I remove that replica, just a moment after a change has made on the old server (not in sync), is that change still queued and will it be replicated, or will it be lost ? In other words, once the original content has replicated, is it possible to remove that replica on a live server, or is it necessary to force somehow a completely quiescent system (kick off users, shut inbound connectors ecc, wait for replication ) ? On the other hand, if it is possible to remove the old instance as soon as the base content has replicated, how are we supposed to know when this is if every new change puts the state in "modified" ? I suppose it is possible to wait and catch the exact moment for single folders, but if you need to relocate a bunch of folders (remove old server or whatever), how are you supposed to do it ? Also, just another terrifying thought, what if lots of those folders had agents installed ? Initially those agents were running on the original server. At the end of the process they will be running on the new server. But in between ? Is exchange intelligent enough to run them on one server only ? Or will it be run on both, possibly conflicting ? Feeling more newbie than ever :( .... Heiko -- -- PREVINET S.p.A. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Via Ferretto, 1 ph x39-041-5907073 -- I-31021 Mogliano V.to (TV) fax x39-041-5907087 -- ITALY >-----Original Message----- >From: Ed Crowley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2001 10:17 PM >To: Exchange Discussions >Subject: RE: (stupid?) directory replication question > > >Message size limits aren't supposed to apply to public folder >replication >messages. > >I think you should wait a little while longer. > >Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP >Tech Consultant >Compaq Computer Corporation (soon to be HP) >All your base are belong to us. > > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Herold Heiko >Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 5:30 AM >To: Exchange Discussions >Subject: (stupid?) directory replication question > > >I need to move a pf structure (about 750 folders, about 3GB >according to >outlook, however there should be lots of duplicated attachments) to >another server. All servers are 5.5sp4. > >I thought it would be simple - from admin.exe, root folder of the >structure, add a replica to the new folder, propagate to the >subfolders. >Check the public info stores in both server: Replication >schedule is set >to always. Since this has some priority, lower the interval to >5 minutes >and push up the message size limit to 2MB (probably overkill). > >Wait for full replication (has been a couple of days due to other >issues). Public store on the destination server has grown a lot, then >stopped (looking at the free space on the filesystem). Huh ? the public >store now seems to be about 8GB, outlook said 3GB (and there sould be >some SIS kicking in, too), after another day I've got (on the dest >server) 1221 events of 116MB free in public. Free space ?? > >Let's check the replication status: > >source server\pf store\server replication status says: in sync > >on dest server says: local modified. Hmm I suppose this is >because those >are live folders - users are working in some of them, in the original >copy on source server I suppose (since that one says in sync) > >Let's check which folders exactly. > >source server\pf store\folder replication status: huh ? Almost all of >those are "local modified", only 27 folders are in sync - should be at >least 50% due to the current usage pattern. Also, only 44 folders (only >2 of those are in sync) have a last received time, starting from the >moment I added the second replica to "now". All the other have a empty >entry in that column, although something must have been >replicated since >the store on the dest server grew a lot more than the expected amount. > >Check the same on the dest server: about 41 of those folders >are listed, >all have a "last received time" listed, all are in sync except >a couple. >Where are the others ? > >Am I doing something wildly wrong or is it just a matter of time ? > >Heiko > >-- >-- PREVINET S.p.A. 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