Microsoft KB Archive/816434

= Exchange directory information is not up to date when you add a new Exchange Server 5.5 site =

Article ID: 816434

Article Last Modified on 10/26/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 Standard Edition

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SYMPTOMS
When you add a new Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 site to an existing Exchange Server 5.5 organization, the Exchange directory information is not up to date on the Exchange server in the new site. Additionally, you may notice that replication is frequently restarted at Update Sequence Number (USN) 0 that prevents the replication process from completing.



Hotfix Information
A supported fix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that is described in this article. Apply it only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem.

To resolve this problem, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the fix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services phone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-US;CNTACTMS

Note In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.

Component: Directory Synchronization

The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.   Date         Time   Version            Size    File name --  05-Mar-2003  20:10  5.5.2657.29       507,152  Dsamain.exe 05-Mar-2003 20:14  5.5.2657.29       238,352  Dsmsg.dll Note Because of file dependencies, this update requires Exchange Server 5.5 Service Pack 4.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.



MORE INFORMATION
After this hotfix is applied, the following event is logged in the application event log: Source: MSExchangeDS

Type: Warning

Description: An asynchronous request to replicate naming contexts was not able to complete because higher priority operations are running. The request will be retried at the next replication interval.

For additional information about how hotfix packages are named, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

817903 XADM: New Naming Schema for Exchange Server Hotfix Packages

Additional query words: synchronize

Keywords: kbhotfixserver kbqfe kbfix kbqfe kbbug KB816434

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