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by surrealx

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Hello

I am having a problem replicating Public folders between Exchange servers. I have three Exchange 2000 Servers, ServerA, ServerB & ServerC. ServerB and Server C are able to replicate public folders fine. ServerA, (which was the first one installed) does not replicate anything from itself. Public folders from ServerB and ServerC replicate to ServerA, however no changes, or public folders replicate back to ServerB and ServerC from ServerA.

In the Replication Status section of Exchange System Manger for ServerA, the Replication Status will vary between In Sync/local Modified/Both Modified as changes are made. So it appears to be functioning correctly, however the public folders never make it across to ServerB and ServerC. ServerB and ServiceC replicate to each other fine.

If anyone else has had such problem???

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by compgirlfhredi

Make sure the user's site contain a replica of the folder, you have defined affinity, affinity can't work because necessary servers lie in untrusted domains, or the user has permission to access the folder.

The Diagnostics Logging: The default Logging level is None, use Medium or Maximum to Application Event Log record server's replication activities. (Be aware that a large volume of events accumulates quickly on servers that host busy public folders or replicate at short intervals.)
Monitor replication events on any server that holds a replica, but replication problems are most evident on a folder's home server. Select a folder that has a replica on the site you're having difficulty replicating to. Set the folder's replication interval to Always. Add content to the folder: Create a new item or drag a small file into the folder. If replication is working, replication events will appear in the Application Event Log on the server that you added content to and on every other server that maintains a replica. Check the Application Event Log on the server that holds the problematic replica for events indicating that the server received the content change.
You will see the type of information the Application Event Log captures for outgoing replication messages. The message replicates information from a subfolder called Premier Support Newsletter within a folder called Exchange Server Information. The CNS appears below the folder and subfolder names. This replication message has a message type of 4, which means that it contains new content that one server is replicating to another. A type 2 message adds a new folder to the hierarchy or deletes a folder from the hierarchy. A type 8 message is a backfill request. A type 10 message contains a report of one or more folders' CNS. A type 20 message is either a server's request for a folder replica the server can retrieve information from, or a message that a replica is still active.

by surrealx

This as helped me get some errors in the event log, but these have not pointed out anything obvious for me to fix.

by surrealx

I am on a single domain, and single site. Just to clarify, that no Public folders that belong to ServerA appear on ServerB and ServerC. However all public folders from ServerB and ServerC appear on all three servers.

I have activated logging on all three servers and have got a lot of the below Error on ServerA:

Source: MSExchangeIS Public
Category: Replication Errors
EVENT ID: 3093

Error -2147221233 reading property 0xe080003 on object type tbtMsgFolder from database "First Storage Group\Public Folder Store (HWTEX1)".

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Howeveer I am getting some success messages, and to a much leser extent, the above error on ServerB and ServerC.

More help would be greatly appreciated.

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