the w2003 r2 server in a branch office is not replicating with exchange server 2003 in the main office. they are both DC and located in different states.
I ran dcdiag on the problematic server in the branch office and replication from the exchange server came back failure as follow:
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Starting test: Replications
[Replications Check,BranchServer1] A recent replication attempt failed:
From ExchangeServer to BranchServer1
Naming Context: DC=ForestDnsZones,DC=Domain,DC=com
The replication generated an error (1256):
The remote system is not available. For information about network troubleshooting, see Windows Help.
The failure occurred at 2007-07-12 10:33:21.
The last success occurred at 2007-07-12 04:31:35.
24 failures have occurred since the last success.
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I pinged the exchange server from the problem server with its name, ip address and the CNAME and they all responded in a reasonable amount of time.
Dcdiag run on the exchange server returns no error.
What do I next to fix this replication problem?
I ran dcdiag on the problematic server in the branch office and replication from the exchange server came back failure as follow:
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Starting test: Replications
[Replications Check,BranchServer1] A recent replication attempt failed:
From ExchangeServer to BranchServer1
Naming Context: DC=ForestDnsZones,DC=Domain,DC=com
The replication generated an error (1256):
The remote system is not available. For information about network troubleshooting, see Windows Help.
The failure occurred at 2007-07-12 10:33:21.
The last success occurred at 2007-07-12 04:31:35.
24 failures have occurred since the last success.
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I pinged the exchange server from the problem server with its name, ip address and the CNAME and they all responded in a reasonable amount of time.
Dcdiag run on the exchange server returns no error.
What do I next to fix this replication problem?