XFOR: Dirsync Between Notes and OV/VM over Exchange Backbone Fails

ID: Q192911

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Exchange Server, version 5.5

SYMPTOMS

When you use LinkAge Directory Exchange version 3.2 to perform directory synchronization between OV/VM and Lotus Notes over an Exchange Server 5.5 backbone, directory synchronization does not work.

In the following example, OV/MVS entries are not dirsynced to Lotus Notes and vice versa:


   OV/MVS-----SNADS LDE------->Exchange 5.5----Exchange 5.5 Notes
   Connector ------>Notes

This problem only occurs if you use LinkAge Directory Exchange (LDE) and an Exchange 5.5 connector to perform directory synchronization together.

CAUSE

When custom recipients are dirsynced via LDE connectors to Exchange, the recipients are not exported by any 5.5 connector, because their raw property "imported from" field is listed as a type that the connector misunderstands it received it from.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Exchange Server version 5.5. For more information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q191014 XGEN: How to Obtain the Latest Exchange Server 5.5 Service Pack

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:

Component: Exchange Notes Connector


   File Name      Version
   -------------------------
   Lsdxamex.exe   5.5.2163.0

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Exchange Server version 5.5. This problem was first corrected in Exchange Server 5.5 Service Pack 2.

Additional query words: notes dirsync ov/vm linkage


Keywords          : exc55sp2fix XFOR 
Version           : WinNT:5.5
Platform          : winnt 
Issue type        : kbbug

Last Reviewed: May 5, 1999