Ok guys I'm having an issue with my additional exchange server that I just brought online. Let me give you a little info about our environment before I brought on the new server. I have a single exchange 2003 running on W2K with a few patches behind on the OS and Exchange. This server serves several different domain names due to business needs. It is currently being overloaded and we need to get our new hardware running to ultimately replace the old. I plan on replicating the public folders then migrate mailboxes over in a timely manner. If there is a better way, please advise, I realize I could DR the information store however if I have these issues now, I'm not sure I would be successful. I have installed exchange 2003 on a new box and have it running with a test mail box on it. It communicates with the original sever (bridgehead) and mail flows fine. There are three issues: Probably a effect of one issue (permissions), however I cannot seem to find the problem.1. Public folders are not replicating. (Not sure I have them configured correctly.)2. I cannot manage mail boxes from other users like I can on my current exchange box. (I have added myself as an exchange admin.)3. I get a boat load of sync issues (over 1300 in a month. Yes I have been working on this for ever!)on the test mail box for the offline address book.I have looked in ADSI edit for the public folder email address and the two servers have entries that correspond to thier naming convention. I have turned up logging and the error I receive is Event Type:ErrorEvent Source:MSExchangeIS Public StoreEvent Category:Replication Errors Event ID:3093Date:3/27/2009Time:3:45:00 PMUser:N/AComputer:EPEXCHANGEDescription:Error -2147221233 reading property 0x674b0014 on object type tbtMsgFolder from database "First Storage Group\Public Folder Store (EPEXCHANGE)". For more information, click http://www.microsoft.com/contentredirect.asp. Please help! Thansk, Rick

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Since several issues have been involved in this thread, I suggest that we split them into different threads to better understand the problem& reply for all community members, which will also make the whole thread clearer, concise and fast the reply for your reference For this thread, lets focus on the public folder replication issue first Issue description: Public folders cant be replicated between old server (Server A) and new server (Server B) Check info: 1. If we send mail between test account on server B and users on server A, the mail flow is working, right? 2. You have put the public store into the replica list of the public folder, right? Possible cause: Please check if you had enabled smarthost on the SMTP virtual server on both servers, if yes, please remove smarthost, which can cause same symptom (Method) Troubleshooting: 1. Error event 3093 may be caused by Anti-virus software, please disable all anti-virus software on both servers temporarily during the troubleshooting 2. Please verify that public store of server B had been stamped with e-mail address a. Launch ADSI Editor (Start->run-> ADSIEditor.msc) b. Find the CN=Public Folder Store entry and right-click it, select Properties c. Locate Proxyaddresses attribute and verify it. it shall look like: ServerName-IS@DomainName.com 3. Please rise the diagnose level to maximum on both servers in order to monitor the replication process Notes: Turn on the Replication Incoming and Replication Outgoing to Maximum in the Properties of problematic server via ESM [Procedure] 4. Please remove the public store of server B from the replica list of public folder and re-add it. Then check the replication events on both servers, please refer to this article 5. Please also check Dcdiag and Netdiag [dcdiag >dcdiag.txt | netdiag >netdiag.txt] Resources: Exchange SMTP Virtual Server Smart Host configuration

Ok, guys, first thanks for the replies! Next sorry for the late response as this fell off the radar for a few days....had some issues.1. Disabled antivirus2. In ADSI Edit everything looks good. The addresses exsist and they are correct.3. I have enabled maximum logging.4. I have created a new public folder to initiate replication (See failure below).5. Dcdiag and netdiag here are the results.DCDIAG RESULTSDomain Controller Diagnosis Performing initial setup: Done gathering initial info. Doing initial required tests Testing server: OH\mydc Starting test: Connectivity ......................... mydc passed test Connectivity Doing primary tests Testing server: OH\mydc Starting test: Replications ......................... mydc passed test Replications Starting test: NCSecDesc ......................... mydc passed test NCSecDesc Starting test: NetLogons ......................... mydc passed test NetLogons Starting test: Advertising ......................... mydc passed test Advertising Starting test: KnowsOfRoleHolders ......................... mydc passed test KnowsOfRoleHolders Starting test: RidManager ......................... mydc passed test RidManager Starting test: MachineAccount ......................... mydc passed test MachineAccount Starting test: Services RPCLOCATOR Service is stopped on [mydc] ......................... mydc failed test Services Starting test: ObjectsReplicated ......................... mydc passed test ObjectsReplicated Starting test: frssysvol ......................... mydc passed test frssysvol Starting test: kccevent ......................... mydc passed test kccevent Starting test: systemlog ......................... mydc passed test systemlog Running enterprise tests on : mydomain.com Starting test: Intersite ......................... mydomain.com passed test Intersite Starting test: FsmoCheck ......................... mydomain.com passed test FsmoCheck NETDIAG RESULTSPer interface results: Adapter : Local Area Connection Netcard queries test . . . : Passed Host Name. . . . . . . . . : myexchange IP Address . . . . . . . . : xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx Subnet Mask. . . . . . . . : xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx Default Gateway. . . . . . : xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx Primary WINS Server. . . . : xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx Dns Servers. . . . . . . . : xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx AutoConfiguration results. . . . . . : Passed Default gateway test . . . : Passed NetBT name test. . . . . . : Passed WINS service test. . . . . : Passed Global results: Domain membership test . . . . . . : Passed NetBT transports test. . . . . . . : Passed List of NetBt transports currently configured: NetBT_Tcpip_{C02DC6BB-6A3E-4D3F-AB9C-0C01048E7EB3} 1 NetBt transport currently configured. Autonet address test . . . . . . . : Passed IP loopback ping test. . . . . . . : Passed Default gateway test . . . . . . . : Passed NetBT name test. . . . . . . . . . : Passed Winsock test . . . . . . . . . . . : Passed DNS test . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Passed Redir and Browser test . . . . . . : Passed List of NetBt transports currently bound to the Redir NetBT_Tcpip_{C02DC6BB-6A3E-4D3F-AB9C-0C01048E7EB3} The redir is bound to 1 NetBt transport. List of NetBt transports currently bound to the browser NetBT_Tcpip_{C02DC6BB-6A3E-4D3F-AB9C-0C01048E7EB3} The browser is bound to 1 NetBt transport. DC discovery test. . . . . . . . . : Passed DC list test . . . . . . . . . . . : Passed Trust relationship test. . . . . . : Passed Secure channel for domain 'ourdomain' is to '\\mydomain.com'. Kerberos test. . . . . . . . . . . : Failed [FATAL] Kerberos does not have a ticket for MYEXCHANGE$. LDAP test. . . . . . . . . . . . . : Passed Bindings test. . . . . . . . . . . : Passed WAN configuration test . . . . . . : Skipped No active remote access connections. Modem diagnostics test . . . . . . : Passed IP Security test . . . . . . . . . : Passed IPSec policy service is active, but no policy is assigned. The command completed successfullyI'm still thinking it is permissionrelated. I created a new folder and watched the old exchange box generate a outgoing replication message. I tracked the ID in the the message tracking center and for a long time it was stuck in the categorizer. I finally got a NDR that saysEvent Type:InformationEvent Source:MSExchangeTransportEvent Category:NDR Event ID:3027Date:4/7/2009Time:3:42:08 PMUser:N/AComputer:MyExchangeDescription:A non-delivery report with a status code of 5.7.1 was generated for recipient rfc822;EXCHANGE-IS@mydomain.com (Message-ID <MYEXCHANGEzMPAOq4Oj0001040d@mydomain.com>). Causes: This message indicates that the sender was denied access or general access was denied. Solution: Check system privileges and attributes for the contact and retry sending the message. For more information, click http://www.microsoft.com/contentredirect.asp. Data:0000: 46 05 04 80 F..? I'm going to continue to look at permissions. Can anyone point me in the right direction?Thanks again!-Rick

Update guys.I can create a folder on the NEW exchange box and it replicates fine to the old box. I make a change on that folder on the old Exchange box and it replicates fine to the new.....Very strange.