Article ID: 178163
Article Last Modified on 10/28/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Exchange Server 5.0 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q178163
SYMPTOMS
If you install Microsoft Exchange Server and create a site that contains a colon in the name, for example, SiteA:EAST, intersite directory replication with other Exchange Server sites does not work correctly.
In the event viewer application log, you may notice the following event:
Event ID 1206
Source: MSExchangeDS
Type: Warning
Catagory: Knowledge Consistency Checker
Description: Couldn't modify directory replication connector
/O=Organization/OU=SiteA because of error 34. If this condition
persists, stop and restart this Microsoft Exchange Server computer.
WORKAROUND
Do not use a colon when naming an Exchange Server site.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Exchange Server version 5.0.
This problem has been corrected in the latest U.S. Service Pack for Microsoft Exchange Server version 5.0. 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
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