XFOR: Manual Dir-Sync with Exchange as Dir-Sync Server

• Microsoft Exchange Server, versions 4.0, 5.0, 5.5

SUMMARY

This article demonstrates how to perform manual directory synchronization (dir-sync) between Microsoft PC Mail Postoffices and Microsoft Exchange Server, with Microsoft Exchange Server as the dir-sync server.

MORE INFORMATION

PREPARATIONS BEFORE MANUAL DIRECTORY SYNCHRONIZATION

1. Run the Microsoft Mail for PC Networks Administrator program, Admin.exe, and click Config, Dir-Sync, Requestor, and Export.



2. When prompted to Export Local Users and Groups, click Yes. On the same menu (Config-DirSync-Requestor-Import), click Import. Click Yes to confirm.

1. Start Registry Editor (Regedt32.exe) and locate the following Registry subkey in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE subtree:
   

   
        SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\MSExchangeDX 




2. On the Edit menu, click Add Value.



3. Enter the following:
   

   
         Value Name: PauseKicksDX
         Data Type:  REG_DWORD
         Value:      1 




4. Click OK and quit Registry Editor.



5. In Control Panel Services, stop and restart the Microsoft Exchange Directory Synchronization service.

1. From the Container window, click the appropriate site's Configuration and then click the Connections container.



2. Click the Exchange Dir-Sync (DX) Server and press ALT+Enter to view the properties.



3. In the General property page, select the "Copy administrator on outgoing message" check box.



4. In the General property page, select the "Forward incoming dir-sync messages to administrator" check box. Click OK.



5. Double-click on each Remote Dir-Sync Requestor (found as child folders to the Exchange Dir-Sync Server object) and on the General page, click "Export on Next Cycle."



6. Double-click Microsoft Mail Connector.



7. In the Diagnostics Logging property page, click MSExchangePCMTA and set the Logging level to Maximum.

MANUAL DIRECTORY SYNCHRONIZATION

forcedos reqmain -d<drive> -t

1. (T1) On all Microsoft Mail Postoffices involved in the dir-sync as a requestor, type the following command in the Microsoft Mail directory:




reqmain -d<drive> -t


where <drive> is the drive letter that is connected to the Mail database. This generates the outgoing dir-sync mail messages and places them in the P1 directory.


2. Verify that the dir-sync messages have been transferred to the Microsoft Exchange DX server. To do this:



1. View the following events (for each requestor) in the Application log of Event Viewer:
   

   
            Event ID: 4395
            Category: Moved Out
            Description: Mail sent from \\<Requestor Server>\MAILDATA
            FROM: <Requestor Network>/<Requestor PO>/$SYSTEM
            TO: <DXA Server Organization>/<DXA Server Site>/$SYSTEM
   
            Event ID: 4355
            Category: Received
            Description: Mail received on \\<DXA Server>\MAILDAT$
            FROM: <Requestor Network>/<Requestor PO>/$SYSTEM
            TO: <DXA Server Organization>/<DXA Server Site>/$SYSTEM 




2. Log on to the Microsoft Exchange client with the DXA Administrator account (specified on the Microsoft Exchange DX Server container's General property page) to verify that at least two messages have been received from each requestor's $SYSTEM.



• One message is a status report with a Subject of "Status report from <Requestor Network>/<Requestor PO>."



• Another message has a Subject of "ReqTx R=R# (was r#), S=S#, I=I#, ## sent." where:
  

  
          Message         Description
          ---------------------------------------------------------------
          ReqTx           Indicates this is the requestor update to
                          the Dir-Sync server.
          R=R#            The current requestor sync number from
                          REQTRANS.GLB.
          (was r#)        The old requestor sync number from REQCONF.GLB.
          S=S#            The requestor's server sync number from
                          REQCONF.GLB.
          I=I#            The number of imports requested to date from
                          REQCONF.GLB.        
          ## sent         The number of address updates contained in the
                          attachment. 

NOTE: You can modify the Polling Frequency to check for mail once per minute to ensure the mail is transferred quickly. To change the Polling Frequency, use the Microsoft Exchange Administrator program and do the following:


1. From the Container window, click the appropriate site's Configuration and then click the Connections container.



2. Open the Microsoft Mail Connector and click the Connector MTA property page.



3. Select the appropriate Microsoft Mail Connector (PC) MTA Service and click Configure.



4. Change the value of "Check for mail every __ minute" to 1.



5. Stop and restart the service.



3. (T2) In Control Panel Services on the Exchange DX Server, pause the Microsoft Exchange Directory Synchronization service. The following message appears:

   Could not pause the Microsoft Exchange Directory Synchronization service on \\<server>.
   
   Error 2140: An internal Windows NT error occurred. Click OK.

   This is a harmless message. Ignore the message and click OK.



4. Verify that the dir-sync message has been transferred to the Microsoft Mail requestor postoffices.



1. View the following events (for each requestor) in the Application log of Event viewer:

   
            Event ID: 4395
            Category: Sent
            Description: Mail sent from \\<DXA Server>\MAILDAT$
            FROM: <DXA Server Organization>/<DXA Server Site>/$SYSTEM
            TO: <Requestor Network>/<Requestor PO>/$SYSTEM
   
            Event ID: 4355
            Category: Moved In
            Description: Mail received on \\<Requestor Server>\MAILDATA
            FROM: <DXA Server Organization>/<DXA Server Site>/$SYSTEM
            TO: <Requestor Network>/<Requestor PO>/$SYSTEM 




2. Log on to the Microsoft Exchange client with the DXA Administrator account (specified on the Exchange DX Server container's General property page) to verify that the message has been distributed. This message appears in the Inbox and possesses the following attributes:
   

   
            From:    Microsoft Exchange DX
            To:      <X.400 address of requestor's $SYSTEM>
            Subject: SrvTx R=R# S=S# (was s#), I=I# ## sent 

   
   The table below shows you how to interpret this message.
   

   
         Message         Description
         -----------------------------------------------------------------
         SrvTx           Indicates this is the server's update to the
                         requestor.
         R=R#            The requestor sync number that is sent from the
                         requestor. This is an acknowledgment of the
                         updates received by the server.
         S=S#            The new server sync number for the requestor.
         (was s#)        The old server sync number for the requestor.
         I=I#            The number of imports requested to date by the
                         requestor.
         ## sent         The number of updates sent back to the requestor. 




5. (T3) On each Microsoft Mail postoffice involved in the dir-sync as a requestor, type the following commands in the Microsoft Mail directory:

   reqmain -d<drive> -r
   
   import -d<drive> admin -p<password> -q -y
   
   rebuild -d<drive> -f
   

   where <drive> is the drive letter that is connected to the Mail database.
   
   Description of commands above:
   
   
   • The "reqmain -r" command receives the updates and moves them into the SRVTRANS.GLB file.
   
   
   
   • The IMPORT command takes the SRVTRANS.GLB records and moves them into the temporary transaction files, depending on what types of addresses they contain. Then, the Import command moves the names into the .USR and .NME files. The -q option informs Import to use the SRVTRANS.GLB file for the update, and the -y option informs Import to run without user intervention to continue.
   
   
   
   • The "rebuild -f" command takes the network names, the .NME files and the .USR files to build the GAL and the GAL index file. The -f option informs Rebuild to run without user intervention to continue.

REFERENCES

For more information on Microsoft Mail for PC Networks Directory Synchronization, please refer to the "Directory Synchronization (Dir-Sync)" document. For more information about how to obtain the Dir-Sync document, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q96060 PC DirSync: Directory Synchronization (Dir-Sync)

Q148309 Manual Dir-Sync with Exchange as Dir-Sync Requestor

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Keywords          : kbusage XFOR 
Version           : winnt:4.0,5.0,5.5
Platform          : winnt 
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Last Reviewed: March 18, 1999