Default Exchange 2007 To Exchange 2003 Connector not created 1

[anawrocki]

After very sucsessful testing in a research lab we roled Exchange 2007 out to our production environment, and of course the initial install of the first Hub Transport Server crashed due to a known bug in the MS install media.

We had to re-install and it looked good, but alas, the default connector that is created to route e-mail between E2K3 and E2K7 is missing. Has anyone run into this and what did they do to resolve it? I did find one article explaining how to create additonal connectors via powershell but was hoping someone could point me at the orriginal script ran by the installer.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

 

[Zelandakh]

The original ones don't always work but I haven't installed at enough locations yet to work out a pattern.

Do this:
In EMC delete the receive connectors on the HT (there will probably be 2 of them).
In ESM delete the one routing group connector from the E2003 routing group that specifies the E2007 name.
In ESM delete the one routing group connector from the E2007 routing group that specifies the E2003 name.

Then in EMS, type the following:
New-RoutingGroupConnector -Name "2003 to 2007 conduit" -SourceTransportServers "E2007 server name" -TargetTransportServers "E2003 server name" -Cost 1 -Bidirectional $true -PublicFolderReferralsEnabled $true

Mail will start to flow.

 

[anawrocki]

Thanks! - This confirms what I was going to try based on some MS info.

 

[Zelandakh]

I've made a few explanatory changes:

http://www.tek-tips.com/faqs.cfm?fid=6695

 

[anawrocki]

I am going to take a stab at this tonight. I actually have 2 E2K7 HT Servers Installed, Should I repeat the deletion and creation of the connectors on both of them?

 

[Zelandakh]

Yes, I'd say so. Not tried, I've only got 1 HT!

 

[anawrocki]

I created both two nights ago and all is well! Thanks again.

 

[Zelandakh]

No problem, pleased to help.

Could you vote on the FAQ for me please so that it becomes more visible as you won't be the only person who gets caught by this for certain.

Thanks.