Article ID: 222647
Article Last Modified on 10/26/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q222647
SYMPTOMS
When you use Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) commands by means of an LDAP client to add mailboxes into Exchange Server, if any attributes of the object being added use extended characters (for example, in the Distinguished Name and Relative Distinguished Name), intersite replication will stop working.
This will be logged as follows in the event logs at the time the knowledge consistency check (KCC) runs:
The other noted effect is that this added object cannot be deleted from the directory using the Exchange Server Administrator program, the error message being:
RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Exchange Server version 5.5. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
191014 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: Directory
File name | Version |
---|---|
Dsamain.exe | 5.5.2530.0 |
To remove the bad data, delete the offending objects, then set the Exchange Server Garbage Collection Interval to "Every 6 hours," and Tombstone Lifetime to "2 days," which is the minimum time you can set it for. Then wait two days.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Microsoft Exchange Server version 5.5. This problem was first corrected in Exchange Server 5.5 Service Pack 3.
Additional query words: LDAP EXTENDED INTERSITE REPLICATION
Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbqfe KB222647