DOCUMENT:Q199387  26-SEP-1999  [exchange]
TITLE   :XADM: Replication Stops with Event ID 1188, 1083, and 1059
PRODUCT :Microsoft Exchange
PROD/VER:winnt:4.0,5.0,5.5
OPER/SYS:
KEYWORDS:exc4 exc5 exc55kbfixlist

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Exchange Server, versions 4.0, 5.0, 5.5 
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SYMPTOMS
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During directory replication the following events may be logged in the
application event log:

   Event ID 1188
   Source: MSExchange DS
   Type: Information
   Category: Replication
   Description:
   Internal event: The directory replication agent (DRA) received exception 1727
   from a remote procedure call (RPC) connection to server SERVER1.

   Event ID 1083
   Source: MSExchangeDS
   Type: Warning
   Category: Replication
   Description:
   Replication warning: The directory replication agent (DRA) couldn't
   synchronize naming context /o=Org/ou=Site with naming context on directory
   SERVER1.

   Event ID 1059
   Source: MSExchangeDS
   Type: Warning
   Category: Replication
   Description:
   Internal error: The directory replication agent (DRA) call returned error 13.

CAUSE
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The Exchange Server computer cannot resolve the name of the server to which it
is replicating by means of TCP/IP.

RESOLUTION
==========

Troubleshoot and resolve the name resolution issue.

WORKAROUND
==========

As a temporary workaround, you can add an entry to the Hosts or Lmhosts file on
the server; this entry points to the Exchange Server computer that you want the
server to replicate to.

To add an Exchange Server computer entry to a Hosts file:

1. Start a text editor, for example, Notepad.

2. Open the Hosts file from the Winnt\System32\Drivers\Etc directory.

3. To add an entry in the Hosts file, at the bottom of the file, type the IP
   address and computer name of the destination server, for example:

   1.1.1.1 SERVER1

4. Save the Hosts file without an extension, and then quit Notepad.

The Hosts file is read every time a Winsock application resolves a host name.
There are NO #PRE options to preload entries (which is how it is done in the
Lmhosts file). You can add the Exchange Server computer entry to the Hosts file
and start directory replication again without restarting Windows.

NOTE: If you are using the Lmhosts file instead of the Hosts file, it is also
located in the Winnt\System32\Drivers\Etc directory.

Additional query words: ping RPC network transport control transmission

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Keywords          : exc4 exc5 exc55 kbfixlist
Technology        : kbExchangeSearch kbExchange500 kbExchange550 kbExchange400 kbZNotKeyword2
Version           : winnt:4.0,5.0,5.5
Hardware          : ALPHA x86
Issue type        : kbprb

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