XADM: Directory Replication After Site Address Is Changed

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Intersite directory replication occurs when the Microsoft Exchange directory service on the bridgehead server in one site sends messages to the directory service on the bridgehead server in another site. The messages are delivered to the other site by the message transfer agent (MTA). To determine which address the directory service sends these messages to, view the Connected Sites page in the properties of the connector between the two sites.

If the site address of a site is changed, the information provided on the Connected Sites pages of all connectors that connect to that site must also be changed.

For example, consider two Microsoft Exchange sites, Site1 and Site2, connected via an X.400 Connector. The X.400 Site Address of Site1 is changed on the Site Addressing page of the Site Addressing object.

In order for directory replication between Site1 and Site2 to complete, follow these steps:

1. Run the Exchange Administrator program against a server in Site1.
2. Get the properties of the <Site>\Configuration\Site Addressing object.
3. Go to the Site Addressing page.
4. Note the X.400 Site Address.
5. Connect the Administrator program to a server in Site2.
6. Get the properties of the X.400 Connector to Site1.
7. Go to the Connected Sites page.
8. Make sure that the X.400 address on the Connected Sites page is the same as the address determined in Step 4.

If these addresses do not match, directory service messages sent from Site2 to Site1 will be returned as non-deliverable.

The above information is correct no matter which connector is used between the two sites. However, if directory replication is being performed between sites using the Internet Mail Connector (Internet Mail Service in Exchange Server versions 5.0 and 5.5), the SMTP address specified on the Connected Sites page of the Internet Mail Connector in Site2 should be exactly the same as the SMTP address in the Site Addressing page of the Site Addressing object of Site1.