Environment:
Windows 2003 domain into which we migrated computers and users from 3
NT domains. No problems.
Began Exchange migration from 5.5 (two servers) to Exchange 2003
following Microsoft Implementation Guide and many KB articles. ADC
installed and OK, all mailboxes moved to EX2003 machine, all PF's
migrated to EX2003 machine and source replicas removed. All system
folders replicated to EX 2003 machine. Internet connector installed
on EX2003 machine and all connectors on 5.5 machines removed.
A problem occurred when removing the secondary 5.5 server from the
site (the "first" 5.5 server is still a member of the site), probably
because the event service was not removed with the connectors. When
attempting to remove the 5.5 server with the Exchange 5.5
Administrator on the EX2003 machine the error "could not load admin
agent extension" occurred. This was ignored. The administrator
reported a successful removal. We replicated the CA.
Current Symptoms
Both the 5.5 server and the EX2003 servers try to RPC to the deleted
server every ten minutes. This of course fails.
The deleted server doe not appear in the server list in the 2003
System Manager nor in the 5.5 administrator.
The server does not appear in the AD configuration container using
ADSI edit.
The Event Config folder of the deleted server appears in the Event
Root folder both in the 5.5 Administrator and in the System Manager.
There are no other problems or errors reported with AD or EX20003.
I have read KB187523 regarding the removal of duplicate EventConfig
folders in a site, but this is not quite our scenario.
The folder is not "deletable" for the 5.5 administrator, but Delete is
an option in the System Manager, but it might fail on trying.
Any advice appreciated.
doug stone