Hi All, I am looking forward to find at a database level for PF replica database which has been created on a exchange 2007 mailbox server. I know for the fact that i can get into one of the public folder properties andfind with exchange server is this particular public folder replicating. Example: I have Server A (2000 exchange server) and server B (2000 exchange server) and Server C ( which is exchange 2007 server ). Server C is hosting the PF replica. Now i want to find which is the source of this PF replica? Is it Server A or Server B. Where can i find this information from Server C. I tried doing Get-MailboxDatabase -Identity "StorageGroupName\PFreplica" | fl - It throws an error saying domain controller could not find this database. When i try the same command on other database, it works absolutley fine. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks Sivaram

I am looking forward to find at a database level for PF replica database the source from which replication is happening. This PF replica has been craeted on exchange 2007 mailbox server. I know for the fact that i can get into one of the public folder properties andfind which exchange server is this particular public folder replicating. Example: I have Server A (2000 exchange server) and server B (2000 exchange server) and Server C ( which is exchange 2007 server ). Server C is hosting the PF replica. Now i want to find which is the source of this PF replica? Is it Server A or Server B. Where can i find this information from Server C. I tried doing Get-MailboxDatabase -Identity "StorageGroupName\PFreplica" | fl - It throws an error saying domain controller could not find this database. When i try the same command on other database, it works absolutley fine. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks Sivaram

I didn't get you properly here... Do you want to know which server is holding public folder replicas? If so you can use below cmdlet to get list of all PFs... Get-PublicFolder "\" -Recurse | FL Name, Identity, Replicas You can export the result to CSV file like this... Get-PublicFolder "\" -Recurse | Select Name, Identity, Replicas | Export-CSV C:\PFReplica.csv BTW, to get the status of public folder database, you need to use Get-PublicFolderDatabase "StorageGroupName\PFDatabase" | FL Here are list of PF cmdlets and some of the PF script information. Public Folder Cmdlets http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb232202.aspxAmit Tank | MVP Exchange Server | MCITP: EMA | MCSA: M | http://ExchangeShare.WordPress.com

Hi Amit, Thanks for that information about get-publicfolderdatabase. I was again doing a stupid mistake. Anyways, i did | fl and did not get what i was looking for. Okay i will explain the reason behind me looking for this information may be that will give you clear understanding. I have two test exchange 2000 servers and one 2007 mailbox test server. There is one PF replica database created on this 2007 server.Now on one of this 2000 servers has been down since pastfew months. Now i am trying to test a GPO to set free/busy publishing interval to 6 months across the domain. For this what i did is i picked few mailboxes placed them in test ou and applied the policy. These test mailboxes are in different databases on the exchange 2007 server. All the databases have the deafult public folder store set to PF database on exchange server 2007 itself which is a replica.Now when i query free/busy after configuring the user mailboxes i see "No information" looks like i have a replica on the server which has been de-comissioned. I am trying understand which is the source server from where replication is happening. Finally users are usin outlook 2003 so i need schedule + free busy systems folder available. Hope i am clear.Thanks Shiv

Ah, okay... Take a look at this article and make sure that decommissioned 2000 box PF replica is not listed in any scheduled free busy folders... Users who use Outlook 2003 cannot publish their free/busy data in Exchange Server 2007 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/945602Amit Tank | MVP Exchange Server | MCITP: EMA | MCSA: M | http://ExchangeShare.WordPress.com

Hi Amit, We have our production and test environment almost similar and i am tryingwhat iposted in earlier posts.I enetered the below command in our production mailbox server where we have PF replica.get-publicfolder -Identity "\NON_IPM_SUBTREE\SCHEDULE+ FREE BUSY" -Recurse |flLet me give few details or terminology which i changed in below output for security reasons. Below is the output from production server which has a PF replica on it and free/busy is working fine. Please help me understanding the output.There are two admin group names :First Administrative Group - This has all exchange 2007 servers in it.Itasca - This has all exchange 2000 servers in itThree servers as discussed earlier:(1) Exchange 2007 server (2) Exchange 2000 server 1 (3) Exchange server 2000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Here is the output For my convinience idividedtheoutput into four parts and i request you to add your comments at the end of each part of this output and help me in understanding what it means. Name : SCHEDULE+ FREE BUSYParentPath : \NON_IPM_SUBTREEPerUserReadStateEnabled : TruePostStorageQuota :Replicas : {} - WHY THIS IS NOT SHOWING REPLICAReplicationSchedule : {}RetainDeletedItemsFor :StorageQuota :UseDatabaseAgeDefaults : TrueUseDatabaseQuotaDefaults : TrueUseDatabaseReplicationSchedule : TrueUseDatabaseRetentionDefaults : True -------------------------------------------------------------------------------Identity : \NON_IPM_SUBTREE\SCHEDULE+ FREE BUSYIsValid : TrueOriginatingServer : exchange 2007 server.domain name.com AgeLimit : 100.00:00:00EntryId : 000000001A447390AA6611CD9BC800AA002FC45A0300BE F2E13848A03C4A990A972C33FEB0BA0000000000070000HasSubFolders : FalseHiddenFromAddressListsEnabled : TrueLocalReplicaAgeLimit :MailEnabled : FalseMaxItemSize :Name : EX:/o=ENERGY/ou=Exchange Administrative Group (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT)ParentPath : \NON_IPM_SUBTREE\SCHEDULE+ FREE BUSY PerUserReadStateEnabled : TruePostStorageQuota :Replicas : {Public Folder Store (2000 server 2), sgpftree (2007 replica) }ReplicationSchedule : {}RetainDeletedItemsFor :StorageQuota :UseDatabaseAgeDefaults : FalseUseDatabaseQuotaDefaults : TrueUseDatabaseReplicationSchedule : TrueUseDatabaseRetentionDefaults : True -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Identity : \NON_IPM_SUBTREE\SCHEDULE+ FREE BUSY\EX:/o=ABCD/ou=Exchange Administrative Group (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT) IsValid : TrueOriginatingServer : exchange 2007 server.domain name.com AgeLimit : 100.00:00:00EntryId : 000000001A447390AA6611CD9BC800AA002FC45A030034 594130BCC7D011B70D00805FA6E5160000000000070000HasSubFolders : FalseHiddenFromAddressListsEnabled : TrueLocalReplicaAgeLimit :MailEnabled : FalseMaxItemSize :Name : EX:/o=Energy/ou=ItascaParentPath : \NON_IPM_SUBTREE\SCHEDULE+ FREE BUSYPerUserReadStateEnabled : TruePostStorageQuota :Replicas : {Public Folder Store (2000 server 2), Public Folde r Store (2000 server 1), sgpftree (2007 replica) }ReplicationSchedule : {}RetainDeletedItemsFor :StorageQuota :UseDatabaseAgeDefaults : FalseUseDatabaseQuotaDefaults : TrueUseDatabaseReplicationSchedule : TrueUseDatabaseRetentionDefaults : True ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Identity : \NON_IPM_SUBTREE\SCHEDULE+ FREE BUSY\EX:/o=Ene rgy/ou=ItascaIsValid : TrueOriginatingServer : exchange 2007 server.domain name.comTHANKS A MILLION .........Shiv

Parent folder \NON_IPM_SUBTREE doesn't have replicas by design. About other two admin groups, remove dead server's public folder database from the replica list. You can use Set-PublicFolder, PFDavAdmin or PF Management Tools in EMC to remove it. Besides, are you able to see free/busy information if you set it to 6 months manually for a single user (without GPO)?Amit Tank | MVP Exchange Server | MCITP: EMA | MCSA: M | http://ExchangeShare.WordPress.com

As Amit said, as the replica shall be the subfolders under the SCHEDULE+ FREE BUSY folder. Its expected behavior that no replica exists for it In the output, I saw two subfolders, for two Administrative groups, which is normal. However, since the name of first subfolder is EX:/o=ENERGY/ou=Exchange Administrative Group(FYDIBOHF23SPDLT), why it become EX:/o=ABCD/ou=Exchange Administrative Group (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT) in the Identity parameter? The value after /o shall be the name of the exchange organization Which server contains the user mailbox that you failed to query the free/busy data? So, we can know which free/busy subfolder shall have that user mailboxs free/busy message Which server contains the user mailbox that you try to perform the query action? Resources: Error message: "Unable to update public free/busy data" or "No free/busy information could be retrieved"

Hi Amit, Thanks for the clarification. Actually the above output is from production. Ignore that part. Yesterday i went through ESM on Exchange 2000 machine which is up and i have added exchange 2007 server as a replica on Schedule + Free Busy folder and i still experinced the same issue. Imprtant point is as you said i checked for free busy information on other mailboxes which are not part of OU and i see no issues. For mailboxes in this OU free/busy some times shows as no information some times it works.Before posting the question the first thing what i did is 1)I went to PFMC on the exchange 2007 server and navigated to Schedule + Free Busy under the systems folders and added a replica to it. The replica is 2000 server. Waited for a day and checked this it did not fix anything. 2) Yesterday i went to exchange system manager on the 2000 server and navigated to schedule + free busy and adedd the 2007 as a replica at the same time i removed the replica what i careted from the day before.So now things are working intermittently. Which is good sign rather than always seeing the information as "No information".Which one is the correct way of adding replica 1 0r 2 ?Thanks Shiv

In the methods you mentioned, did you add the exchange 2000 as a replica of Schedule + Free Busy folder? Schedule + Free Busy folder dont need to be replicated, we shall add the replica of the subfolders under Schedule + Free Busy folder instead If you do mean that you have modified the replica of the subfolders under Schedule + Free Busy folder, both methods can be used to add the replica Free/busy information on other mailboxes which are not part of OU and i see no issues By OU, do you mean that Organizational Unit or Administrative Group?