I can assure you that it isn't due to mixed modes of AD - that has no effect
on the schema changes.

Now, it could be because of a lack of 'local' global catalogs because you're
still using a downlevel BDC.

--------------------------------------------------------------
Roger D. Seielstad - MTS MCSE MS-MVP
Sr. Systems Administrator
Inovis Inc.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matt Hoffman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 12:38 PM
> To: Exchange Discussions
> Subject: RE: Replication and Schema problem
> 
> 
> Well, it already has.  We just haven't been able to figure it out yet.
> Likely it ahs to do with native vs. mixed AD modes, but even 
> the Enterprise
> Admins are relative newbies and none of us are really 
> knowledgable about
> this.  I'm still having trouble finding adequate 
> documentation on how to
> diagnose replication issues.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Beckham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 6:45 PM
> To: Exchange Discussions
> Subject: RE: Replication and Schema problem
> 
> 
> Don't try and finagle a way around the issue.  Fix the 
> replication problem
> between the domains.  It will cause you great distress 
> further down the
> road.
> 
> Jeff
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matt 
> Hoffman Posted
> At: Friday, August 22, 2003 12:50 PM Posted To: Exchange 
> Discussion List
> Conversation: Replication and Schema problem
> Subject: RE: Replication and Schema problem
> 
> 
> No, we are unable to run DomainPrep.  It says that ForestPrep 
> has not been
> run on the server, therefore it cannot run DomainPrep.  
> However, the server
> is not part of the root domain, therefore ForestPrep cannot 
> be run on it.
> The problem exists that the server has still not replicated the schema
> changes from the root domain.  This is why I was wondering if 
> there was
> another way to force the issue.  I have also not seen any information
> anywhere about why the server would not be able to replicate 
> schema between
> itself and the root domain, even though the root is mixed and this is
> native.  Do those two exist in such a different way that the 
> schema cannot
> be replicated between them?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roger Seielstad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 12:23 PM
> To: Exchange Discussions
> Subject: RE: Replication and Schema problem
> 
> ForestPrep is just that - forest wide. Its all or nothing.
> 
> I'm guessing you didn't run DomainPrep in this domain - and 
> that IS domain
> specific, and needs to be run in each domain hosting Exchange 
> servers (or
> users, IIRC).
> 
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> Roger D. Seielstad - MTS MCSE MS-MVP
> Sr. Systems Administrator
> Inovis Inc.
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Matt Hoffman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 12:11 PM
> > To: Exchange Discussions
> > Subject: Replication and Schema problem
> > 
> > 
> > Hopefully someone on this list will have a suggestion as to 
> what to do 
> > with this problem:
> > 
> > Upgrading from NT 4.0 domain/Exch. 5.5 - SP4 to AD with Exch 2000.
> > 
> > The domain in question is not the root domain for the forest, but 
> > ForestPrep has been run successfully in the root.  This particular
> > domain is now Native
> > mode (AD native mode vs. Exchange native) where the root 
> > domain is still
> > mixed mode.
> > 
> > ForestPrep changes to the schema have not replicated down to this 
> > domain, and I assume it's because of the Native vs. Mixed mode for
> > AD.  However,
> > that may be an incorrect assumption.  I've checked out a number of
> > knowledgebase articles as well as Microsoft's Exch 2000 
> > Admin's Guide and
> > Mark Minasi's Windows 2000 Server books, but have not found a 
> > reason yet as
> > to why there is no replication of schema other.  So, I still 
> > have to think
> > that this is the problem.
> > 
> > Can anyone point me in the right direction with this 
> problem?  As it 
> > is the users in the new AD domain here are still able to access
> > their Exch 5.5
> > mailboxes even though they log on in the AD domain, but 
> they can't (of
> > course) access their email through OWA, unless I go in and 
> > change their
> > password in the NT 4.0 domain to match that in the AD.
> > 
> > As an alternative solution, is there a method for exporting 
> the schema 
> > from the root domain and manually importing it here to
> > re-establish identical
> > schemas?  Is there a way to force this domain to run 
> > ForestPrep on it, even
> > though it's not the root domain?
> > 
> > Thanks for any help...  I'm going to keep looking around 
> for more info
> 
> > myself.
> > 
> > Matt
> > 
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