Microsoft KB Archive/147821

XSRV DS: Installing Server Into Large Existing Site Is Slow

PSS ID Number: Q147821 Article last modified on 05-02-1996

4.00

WINDOWS

= SYMPTOMS =

Installation of a new Microsoft Exchange Server into an existing Site that already has a large number of Microsoft Exchange Servers installed (around 50-80) can take a very long time to complete.

= CAUSE =

The Microsoft Exchange Setup program is trying to replicate the new Microsoft Exchange Server’s Directory with all of the other Microsoft Exchange Servers in the Site.

= WORKAROUND =

Tell the Microsoft Exchange Setup program to replicate the new Microsoft Exchange Server’s Directory only with the Microsoft Exchange Server specified in the Join an Existing Site dialogue. Then, after the Microsoft Exchange Setup program is finished, the Microsoft Exchange Knowledge Consistency Checker (KCC) will take care of informing the new Microsoft Exchange Server of the other Microsoft Exchange Servers in the Site.

= STATUS =

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Exchange version 4.0. This problem was corrected in the latest Microsoft Exchange Server U.S. Service Pack. For information on obtaining the Service Pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

S E R V P A C K

KBCategory: kbsetup kbbug4.00 KBSubcategory: XSRVDS Additional reference words: 4.00 ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1996.