Services on Exchange 2003 to restart instead of rebooting the server
We have an exchange server that is having problems seeing the gobble catalog. We have rebooted the GC server and it has not been resolved. I do not want to reboot exchange if we do not have to. What services in what order should I restart in order to fix this issue.
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Exchange looks every 15 minutes for GC/DCs to use so you should not have to restart the Exchange services.
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Hi,
In general Exchange automatically discover GC.
If GC is not showing Directory Service Tab, you can possible to manually select the GC
Follow the below steps to manually select GC
Go to Exchange System Management (ESM)
Right-click the server and select Properties.
Select the Directory Access tab.
From the Show drop-down list, select Global Catalog Servers.
Clear the "Automatically discover servers" check box.
Click Yes in the confirmation box.
Click Add.
Enter the name of the GC to use.
Click OK.
If you are getting any issue once restart System Attendant services.
Before manually add the GC, first make sure the communication between Exchange and GC is fine.
You can check this by “ping GCname” .
Microsoft recommends that you don't manually set the GC that Exchange Server uses; therefore, you should manually set the GC, only when it's absolutely necessary.
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I would suggest stop and then start not restart
I have come across this issue before that restarting doesn't fix the issue. I had to stop and then start
Still recommend restarting the server would be the best option
Regards
Munish