Thanks, this entire process is going to be the death of me! My two last questions on this subject: 1) Is there a good way to insure when I turn off the replication that I am not going to loose any information? 2) Is there a better time to do this?
I will try to stop being such a pest now. Thanks again Jeff -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ed Crowley [MVP] Posted At: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 12:24 PM Posted To: Exchange-List Conversation: Removing 1st Exchange 2003 Server Subject: RE: Removing 1st Exchange 2003 Server Outlook tends to be sticky on public folder servers. The real way to test this is to remove the replicas from the old server so that Outlook will try the new one. You see, Outlook still thinks that there are replicas on the old server, and keeps trying it, but it's down so it times out. Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP Freelance E-Mail Philosopher Protecting the world from PSTs and Bricked Backups!T -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Waters, Jeff Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 9:18 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Removing 1st Exchange 2003 Server OK, so now I am feeling rather stupid.... Setup replication last night for both the forms, and the Schedule+ Free Busy system folders. When I left I checked the details via my desktop and it said In Sync by both servers. This morning it said the same thing, so I turned off SrvA. All seemed well, I even got a message, but I noticed that my OL2K3 client was saying trying to connect, and it wouldn't. I rebooted my system and this problem went away. The only thing on this computer that is different from the others I checked is that I am running active sync for my Axim. After getting back into my system, all seemed well, was sending and Receiving and getting confirmations and read receipts as normal. Then the fun begins... About 30 min. later I get a call saying that all the calendar information is missing, and sure enough I try to make an appointment and bang, I get the //////////////////////// across all scheduling information for about 95% of our users. So I do the smart thing and turn SrvA back on. Now I am getting: >From Server A: SrvA In Sync SrvB Both Modified 9/21/2005 12:01 PM >From Server B: SrvA Local Modified 9/21/2005 12:04 PM SrvB In Sync FYI, I am getting rid of SrvA, and it was the 1st 2K3 server in our site, we migrated from 5.5 to that system, now I have moved all the users, and PF's to SrvB and want to get rid of the 1st server. The only thing I didn't do per KB922931 was kill the replication from SrvA, I just turned it off to see what would happen. Now I am a little more than gun shy to break the replication from SrvA, and based upon what Ed said last night about the status message. What I don't want is to break the replication, and bang have all the free/busy information go away from everyone. Any thoughts? Thanks Jeff -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Waters, Jeff Posted At: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 9:41 AM Posted To: Exchange-List Conversation: Removing 1st Exchange 2003 Server Subject: RE: Removing 1st Exchange 2003 Server Thanks again. I guess the only way to test it now is to turn off the server and see what happens! -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ed Crowley [MVP] Posted At: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 6:56 PM Posted To: Exchange-List Conversation: Removing 1st Exchange 2003 Server Subject: RE: Removing 1st Exchange 2003 Server I'm sorry to have to tell you this, but nobody I've discussed this with thinks those replication status flags are reliable. Still, I'd feel confident that based upon your observations things look okay. Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP Freelance E-Mail Philosopher Protecting the world from PSTs and Bricked Backups!T -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Waters, Jeff Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 3:27 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Removing 1st Exchange 2003 Server Thanks Ed, just one of those things that makes me go hmmmm. I have setup the replication for the other 3 and set them to always, and urgent. So my last question on this subject is under details, they all say: Srv1 In Sync Srv2 In Sync But none of them have a Last Received Time. On my other public folders I didn't really look at them as we have been replicating them for a few months now, but on these...... Am I ok if the status says In Sync, even if there is no Last Received Time? Thanks again. Jeff -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ed Crowley [MVP] Posted At: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 6:19 PM Posted To: Exchange-List Conversation: Removing 1st Exchange 2003 Server Subject: RE: Removing 1st Exchange 2003 Server Neither OWAScratchPad nor StoreEvents need to be replicated. Don't worry about them. The key system folders are the Schedule+ Free/Busy, Organizational Forms, and Offline Address Book folders--not the roots, but the child folders underneath them. Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP Freelance E-Mail Philosopher Protecting the world from PSTs and Bricked Backups!T -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Waters, Jeff Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 3:04 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Removing 1st Exchange 2003 Server I have ran through KB822931 and followed all the directions for removing the first server. I have found the system folders for OWAScratchPad and for StoreEvents. In my little mind, that's not working so well on Monday anyway, I think that there is suppose to be one of these for each server. If I am correct we should have 3 of each, however we have 5 of each. I can find the 3 that we should have by looking in the replication tab and seeing who the folder is residing on, we have 1st 2K3 server, 2nd 2K3 server, and the FE 2K3 server for OWA. So what's up with the other 2? Could they be left over from the two 5.5 servers we took out? Anything else I should be aware of? I am planning on turning off the server for a week before we do anything else. How many actually remove exchange from the server? 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