Public folder content replication is being suspended

 

Topic Last Modified: 2007-11-16

The Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Management Pack for Operations Manager monitors the Windows Application log on computers that are running Exchange Server 2007 and generates this alert when the event or events specified in the following Details table are logged.

To learn more about this alert, if you are using Microsoft Operations Manager 2005, do one or more of the following:

  • From the Operator Console, select this alert, and then click the Properties tab. Review the description of the alert that includes the variables specific to your environment.

  • From the Operator Console, click the Events tab, and then double-click the event in the list for which you want to review the event description. Review the events that have been logged that meet the criteria of this Operations Manager alert.

To learn more about this alert, if you are using System Center Operations Manager 2007, do one or more of the following:

  • From the Operations Console, double-click this alert, and then click the General tab. Review the description of the alert that includes the variables specific to your environment.

  • From the Operations Console, double-click this alert, and then click the Alert Context tab. Review the events that have been logged that meet the criteria of this Operations Manager alert.

Details

Product Name

Exchange

Product Version

8.0 (Exchange Server 2007)

Event ID

3116;3118

Event Source

MSExchangeIS*

Alert Type

Warning

MOM Rule Path

Microsoft Exchange Server/Exchange 2007/Mailbox/Information Store

MOM Rule Name

Public folder content replication is being suspended.

Explanation

This alert indicates that public folder content replication is being suspended.

  • Information event 3116 indicates that public folder content backfill responses will not be fulfilled because public folder content replication has been suspended in your organization. The public folder replication engine attached to the Microsoft Exchange Information Store service accepts content backfill requests from public folder servers that contain replicas in the Exchange organization. When public folder content replication is suspended, the backfill requests from other public folder replicas will not be fulfilled, causing the replicas not to be synchronized. When the public folder replicas are not synchronized, content changes will not be seen by users who access the replica until public folder content replication is resumed.

    Note   Suspending public folder content replication does not suspend hierarchy replication. Backfill requests that relate to the public folder hierarchy will still be fulfilled.

  • Warning event 3118 indicates that public folder content broadcasts cannot occur because public folder content replication has been suspended in your organization. The public folder replication engine attached to the Microsoft Exchange Information Store service will be able to resume content broadcasts when public folder content replication is resumed.

    Content broadcasts refer to the public folder replication engine broadcasting new content from its public folder database to other replicas in the Exchange organization. Be aware that suspending content replication does not suspend hierarchy replication. Changes to the public folder hierarchy will still be replicated.

For more information about how to manage public folders, see Managing Public Folders.

User Action

To resolve this alert, resume content replication on the public folder database using the Resume-PublicFolderReplication cmdlet. For more information about how to use cmdlets, see Resume-PublicFolderReplication.

For More Information

To search the Microsoft Knowledge Base articles based on criteria that generated this alert, visit the Search the Support Knowledge Base (KB) Web site.

To review Exchange Server 2007 event message articles that may not be represented by Exchange 2007 alerts, see the Events and Errors Message Center.

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