Exchange Server - EXchange 5.5 connector shutdown consequences

Asked By Phantom

05-Nov-09 02:20 PM

We still have an old 5.5 server with an x.400 connector and a
directory replication connector. We've been utilizing an active
directory connector, pulling addresses for users in other sites in the
org, sites with different sub domain names (e.g.
subsidiary.company.com). We have our ADC with connection agreements to
our E2K3 SRS server.

What would happen if we killed the X.400 and replication connectors on
the 5.5 server? Would messages to the users in the other sites still
seek out the X.400 connection and bounce back the messages to our
users, or would the messages simply go out via our Internet
connection? Would we need to remove all the disabled user accounts, or
could we keep them?

We really want to kill the 5.5 server and leave the disabled user
accounts intact in our global address list (even though it will grow
stale).

Thanks.

03-Nov-09 11:02 PM

I have been around long enough to be familiar with what you are asking.  X.400
connectors came in two varieites.  The X.400 site connector happened to be a
better connector than the "regular" site connector in many situations.
There was also a public X.400 connector that I never used.  I am surmising
from the context of your question that you are using the X.400 site
connector.  If you remove this site connector and have no other site
connector, then you have no messaging path between your sites.  So, what you
can do is replace the X.400 connector between your Exchange 5.5 sites with
the "regular" site connector before you remove the X.400 site connectors.
If I recall correctly, when you remove a directory replication connector,
all the recipients added to your directory by that connector will disappear
from the directory.

If I recall correctly, if you remove an ADC connection agreement, the
objects will remain in Active Directory.  You could test that by removing
the CA and seeing what happens, knowing that you can restore the objects by
recreating the CA.
--
Ed Crowley MVP
.

05-Nov-09 02:20 PM

I suppose it is also feasible to create new x.400 and directory
replication connectors on the SRS server, remove the ones on the 5.5
server, then eliminate the 5.5 server altogether?

.400
be a
ing
t you
h
ar
ng
by

05-Nov-09 01:16 PM

That sounds reasonable, but no guarantees without details.
--
Ed Crowley MVP
.


I suppose it is also feasible to create new x.400 and directory
replication connectors on the SRS server, remove the ones on the 5.5
server, then eliminate the 5.5 server altogether?