Troubleshooting Lab

In this lab, you will create a connection agreement between Exchange Server 5.5 and Active Directory, but you will neglect to change the LDAP ports required when the ADC is installed on a domain controller. You will change the port settings, and then replication will succeed.

Before proceeding with this lab, you must have two servers installed as described at the beginning of this chapter. You must also install the ADC on Server01, the Windows 2000 Server domain controller.

Exercise 1: Configure a Connection Agreement

1. Start the Active Directory Connector Service console.

2. Right-click the Active Directory Connector (Server01), point to New, and then click Recipient Connection Agreement.

3. Create a two-way connection agreement to replicate between the Recipients and Users containers, both on Server01. Do not change any default values that are filled in. Complete the agreement.

4. Open Exchange Administrator and create a new mailbox. Click Create A New Windows NT Account and create a user account. Finish creating the mailbox.

5. Open Active Directory Users And Computers and navigate to the Users container. Observe that the user account does not exist in Active Directory.

Exercise 2: Change the LDAP Port

1. In the Active Directory Connector Service console, edit the connection agreement and change the LDAP port from 389 to 1389 on the Connections tab, under Exchange information.

2. In Exchange Administrator, expand the Configuration container and click the Protocols container. Click LDAP (Directory) Site Defaults, then click the File menu and click Properties.

3. Change the LDAP port to 1389 to match the ADC.

4. Start the Services console, and restart the Microsoft Exchange System Attendant, and click Yes when prompted to restart all the dependent services.

5. Once the services restart, right-click the connection agreement in the Active Directory Connector Service console, and click Replicate Now.

6. Refresh the view in Active Directory Users And Computers, and observe that the user account has now replicated.