Resource Scheduling Issue 1

[w33mhz]

I have recently went through an exchange DR situation and I had to rebuild the exchange server and restore the databases from backkup. I have everything up and rolling no problems sending or receiving email, public folders show up and mail flows into them properly. My issue is that when anyone tries to schedule a meeting and invite other we cannot view the other people's schedules. I am currently using Exchange 2003 Ent SP 2, installed on Windows 2003 Ent SP 2. The google gods have not helped me much on this.
Also when I go into outlook (which is 2007, our enviroment has office xp and office 2007), go to Tools > Options > Calendar Options > Resource Scheduling I get the following error:
"This folder cannot be opened because there is a configuration problem on the server. Contact your Microsoft Exchange administrator for assistance.

 

[TechyMcSe2k]

May be a possibility:

The "Schedule+ Free/Busy" system folder replica is missing from the Public Folder Instances.

 

[TechyMcSe2k]

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/945602

may or may not help.

 

[58sniper]

What do the logs say?

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[w33mhz]

Well I agree with TechyMcSe2k, i do not see that folder in my public folders how do I recreated it, just create it as a new public folder?

I will check the logs, I don't remember seeing many errors, but I will look again.

 

[w33mhz]

Well i have taken a look at the logs and I have a lot of warnings about user does not have a master account SID, I think that is a different issue. I also get an error about a connector that doesn't exist trying to connect to a server that doesn't exist, must be a stale record in my AD database, but still a different issue. That error is now fixed, it was an old entry I deleted with AD Explorer.

I have already tried the /cleanfreebusy, it didn't work, I have a "global" issue on it so I didn't really think it would. That would be nice if it did, I would just write a logon script to do it

 

[w33mhz]

OK, well I feel a little stupid, but I do have that folder I needed to right-click and view system folders and then I saw it. Now as for a replica, do I just need to replicate it out of the system folders?

 

[TechyMcSe2k]

check under the Public Folders under the Public Folder Store. If teh Sched... folder is there, choose properties and check the replication tab. It should be replicating to the Public Folder Store. As 58sniper states, is there anything else in the logs?

 

[w33mhz]

Ok, that fixed it, I wasn't sure if there was something special I had to do to create a replica of a system folder. But there is not here is a the link to tell how for anyone needing future reference.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa998973(EXCHG.65).aspx

Thanks for the help!