Exchange 2010 looking for old dc when adding email
Hi Everyone,
Here is the problem.
I have a Server 2K8 R2 running Exchange 2010 SP3. One month ago i changed my DC to another DC running Server 2K8 R2. Both were 2K8 R2.Demoted the old one without any problem using DCPromo. Now i am trying to add an email address to a new user and get an error message saying:
Summary: 1 item(s). 0 succeeded, 1 failed.
Elapsed time: 00:00:00
Alexandre St-Jean
Failed
Error:
Active Directory operation failed on DELTA-DC03.*******. This error could have been caused by user input or by the Active Directory server being unavailable. Please retry at a later time. Additional information: Additional information: The global catalog verification failed. The global catalog is not available or does not support the operation. Some part of the directory is currently not available.
Active directory response: 000020E1: SvcErr: DSID-03200674, problem 5002 (UNAVAILABLE), data 0
.
The server is unavailable.
Click here for help... http://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/library/ms.exch.err.default(EXCHG.141).aspx?v=14.3.174.1&t=exchgf1&e=ms.exch.err.Ex872538
Exchange Management Shell command attempted:
Enable-Mailbox -Identity '********/Transformateur Delta/Granby/Bureau/Genie Industriel/Alexandre St-Jean' -Alias 'alexandre.st-jean'
Elapsed Time: 00:00:00
Exchange is trying to communicate with old DC. I checked everywhere i could, in ADUC,ADSS,in EMC all settings point to the good server,DNS (only thing in is a Alias of DC03 pointing to new DC),Exchange power shell -Get ADServerSettings : fl gives the good info as well as netdom /query fsmo.
Used up all my resources!!!
thank you very much.
Patrick
Here is the problem.
I have a Server 2K8 R2 running Exchange 2010 SP3. One month ago i changed my DC to another DC running Server 2K8 R2. Both were 2K8 R2.Demoted the old one without any problem using DCPromo. Now i am trying to add an email address to a new user and get an error message saying:
Summary: 1 item(s). 0 succeeded, 1 failed.
Elapsed time: 00:00:00
Alexandre St-Jean
Failed
Error:
Active Directory operation failed on DELTA-DC03.*******. This error could have been caused by user input or by the Active Directory server being unavailable. Please retry at a later time. Additional information: Additional information: The global catalog verification failed. The global catalog is not available or does not support the operation. Some part of the directory is currently not available.
Active directory response: 000020E1: SvcErr: DSID-03200674, problem 5002 (UNAVAILABLE), data 0
.
The server is unavailable.
Click here for help... http://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/library/ms.exch.err.default(EXCHG.141).aspx?v=14.3.174.1&t=exchgf1&e=ms.exch.err.Ex872538
Exchange Management Shell command attempted:
Enable-Mailbox -Identity '********/Transformateur Delta/Granby/Bureau/Genie Industriel/Alexandre St-Jean' -Alias 'alexandre.st-jean'
Elapsed Time: 00:00:00
Exchange is trying to communicate with old DC. I checked everywhere i could, in ADUC,ADSS,in EMC all settings point to the good server,DNS (only thing in is a Alias of DC03 pointing to new DC),Exchange power shell -Get ADServerSettings : fl gives the good info as well as netdom /query fsmo.
Used up all my resources!!!
thank you very much.
Patrick
ASKER
I rebooted the server this morning thinking it would do a fix but no....didn't work.
HI
take a look at this like it may help you
http://exchangeserverpro.com/how-to-use-a-specific-domain-controller-in-exchange-2010-management-shell/
take a look at this like it may help you
http://exchangeserverpro.com/how-to-use-a-specific-domain-controller-in-exchange-2010-management-shell/
@SEHC
the author already stated he used that powershell command
the author already stated he used that powershell command
He did and I do see that information in the question. the link for the article that I added has command that allows you to set the DC that you would like exchange to use that way it does not look for the other server.
Set-ExchangeServer -Identity -StaticDomainControllers dc1.mydomain.ad,dc2.mydoma
there is also this article that may help as well
http://marckean.wordpress.com/2011/06/30/exchange-2010-domain-controller-and-global-catalog-servers-being-used-by-exchange/
Set-ExchangeServer -Identity -StaticDomainControllers dc1.mydomain.ad,dc2.mydoma
there is also this article that may help as well
http://marckean.wordpress.com/2011/06/30/exchange-2010-domain-controller-and-global-catalog-servers-being-used-by-exchange/
ASKER
I did try that but in the EMC console Under Server config-modify config domain controller.
Also in settings of server config i see the good DC!!!!
Also in settings of server config i see the good DC!!!!
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Did some more research and found that.
all exchange services are dependent on that so may need to consider brief downtime
should rediscover domain controllers properly