1) Make sure the public folders that are being a problem have "instances" on NewServer. To check this go to the "Instances" tab of the Public Information Store on NewServer, select the problem folders and move them from the left side to the right side.
2) Newserver should be in the "Replicas" tab (on the right side of the display) for the uncooperative public folders. If not, select them and 'make it so'. 3) Set a replication schedule commensurate with your bandwdth and wait and see. If none of this works then check for any errors in the event logs. I did not read any mention of anything found here and this information would help. If you don't see any red or yellow flags in the Applications Log then try cranking up the Diagnostic logging levels to Maximum for the Public Information Store for an hour or so (more than likely you will not need this amount of time to find a problem), but do not leave them there, or your event logs will become VERY large. By doing so you can gather more information not normally seen. I hope this helps. Nate Couch EDS Messaging > ---------- > From: Smith, Ronni > Reply To: Exchange Discussions > Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 6:42 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: public folder replication problem persists > > I have posted before about my issue with several public folders not > getting > replicated (or not flipping the bit to indicate they have replicated > perhaps?) properly from my old server to my new server as I try to > complete > a much too elongated ECMSM server upgrade. I have only gotten responses > from > other people with the same problem asking if I had fixed it yet. Since I > haven't fixed it yet I thought I would post again with the further info I > have developed and ask again for advice on solving or working around this > problem. > > I have about 1/4 of the public folders in the site showing up as "local > modified" on OldServer (Exch5.5 on NT4) but "In Sync" on NewServer > (Exch5.5 > on Win2k) regardless of which server I checked. All folders were re-homed > to > NewServer. The other 3/4 of the public folders had shown as "In Sync" on > both servers so their replicas were removed from OldServer. In most cases > there is no last received time listed for the folder replication status > for > the problem folders. When there is, it is the date that the NewServer > replica was created. > > Both servers are in the same organization and site. NewServer was > installed > new into the existing site and most of the folders replicated without > issue. > I believe the inital cause of the problem was attempting to delete > OldServer > from the site before all the replicas had propogated properly but I am not > sure. > > I have verified that replication appears to be working correctly for new > messages at least. I put a message into three of the folders showing > "Local > Modified" for OldServer and for each one the item count incremented first > on > NewServer and then after a wait for the replication interval (currently > set > to 'always' but setting specific times had no affect on my main problem > nor > did increasing the urgency or size limit of replication messages) > incremented the item count on OldServer's replica. > > I have hunted and hunted but I can't find any replication messages hung up > anywhere. I'm almost to the point of just shutting down the services on > OldServer and waiting for the screams. Unfortunately I can't since it is > also a print server for a printer I don't appear to be able to move > elsewhere. Even if I could I'd be happier about doing that if I could find > a > way to export the contents of OldServer's public folder database to a pst > file so I could recover stuff if necessary. I'm sure there is a way but > I'm > not finding it. I'm sure it's me using the wrong search terms but knowing > that doesn't help. If I can't find any info I guess I will just create > myself a temporary mailbox on OldServer, isolate it from the network for a > while and log into that mailbox and thus in theory only those public > folders > and do a brute force copy to pst. > > Many thanks for any help, pointers, links, "you idjit read thus and such" > messages, > > Ronni > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Web Interface: > http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&la > ng=english > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
