Public folder tree not visible from ESM on new Exchange 2003 server
I installed a new Exchange 2003 server into my existing Exchange site. We have 8 Exchange servers all together, one Exchange 5.5 (being phased out), and 7 Exchange 2003 servers all running SP2. I installed a new server into this mixed mode site the other day. But I found that I could not view the public folder tree in ESM. I had this issue once before and managed to clear it up by giving it time to replicate and rebuilding the RUS. This time none of that worked. Here is what I have tried so far...
1. Rebuild RUS
2. Given days to allow full replication
3. Deleted pub.edb and pub.stm and re-created public folder store
4. Verified that the public folder store has a proxy address in adsiedit (rules out RUS right?)
At this point, I am out of ideas. I can say that when I connect to a test mailbox on this new Exchange 2003 server, that the user in Outlook can also not see any public folders. When I try using pfdavadmin and connect to this new exchange server, I also see no public folders there either. I think its definately an issue with Exchange on this new box and not an issue with AD (I think).
Anyone have any other ideas or things I can try? Searching online has not given me much to go on.
Thanks
1. Rebuild RUS
2. Given days to allow full replication
3. Deleted pub.edb and pub.stm and re-created public folder store
4. Verified that the public folder store has a proxy address in adsiedit (rules out RUS right?)
At this point, I am out of ideas. I can say that when I connect to a test mailbox on this new Exchange 2003 server, that the user in Outlook can also not see any public folders. When I try using pfdavadmin and connect to this new exchange server, I also see no public folders there either. I think its definately an issue with Exchange on this new box and not an issue with AD (I think).
Anyone have any other ideas or things I can try? Searching online has not given me much to go on.
Thanks
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Checked all that, nothing helpful in the event logs, no errors. I upped logging too to make sure I wasn't missing anything. I just ran the Best Practice Analyzer and it did report that my public store doesn't have an SMTP address stamped yet. I don't know why since I see a proxy address in adsiedit. Anyway, I'm still scratching my head over this one.
In your organisation there are multiple child domains?
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No its a single domain, single Exchange site org. Nothing that complicated.
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No its a single domain, single Exchange site org. Nothing that complicated.
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I am calling MS Support about this issue, nothing I am finding in the KBs are helping me, and after days this is still an issue. I will post back here with the solution.
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What dose event log say about this, are there any errors loged?
Did you test the connectivity with the domain controller.
Also verify that the Exchange enterprise server group is not empty.