{"id":49,"date":"2009-04-30T20:11:41","date_gmt":"2009-04-30T19:11:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harun.se\/blog\/?p=49"},"modified":"2009-04-30T23:43:38","modified_gmt":"2009-04-30T22:43:38","slug":"how-to-make-the-routing-group-connector-redundant-between-the-exchange-2003-and-exchange-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harun.se\/blog\/?p=49","title":{"rendered":"How to make the “Routing Group Connector” redundant between the Exchange 2003 and Exchange 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"

After the first Exchange 2007 Hub Transport server is installed in an Exchange 2003 organization, a routing group connector\u00a0is created by the Exchange 2007 setup, this routing group connector is not redundant, if you have multiple Hub transport servers in the Exchange 2007 Administrative Group and multiple Bridge head servers in the Exchange 2003 Administrative group, you can simply make the connector between these Administrative groupsredundant by using the following PowerShell Script.<\/span><\/p>\n

First get information about all the Routing groups in your organization by using the following command<\/span><\/p>\n

[PS] C:\\>Get-RoutingGroupConnector <\/span><\/p>\n

This will give u a\u00a0list of existing Routing Group Connectors and their Identity<\/span><\/strong>, see\u00a0the following<\/span><\/p>\n

ExchSRV2k7 TO ExchSRV2K3<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

ExchSRV2k3 TO ExchSRV2K7<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

In my lab environment i have one connector that is from the Exchange 2003 administrative Group to the Exchange 2007 Administrative Group and it is called ExchSRV2k3 TO ExchSRV2K7<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

the other connector is from the Exchange 2007 to the Exchange 2003 and called ExchSRV2k7 TO ExchSRV2K3<\/span><\/strong><\/span>, these 2 connectors should be manupulated seperately,<\/span><\/p>\n

you can get detailed information about the connectors by using the following PS command;<\/span><\/p>\n

[PS] C:\\>Get-RoutingGroupConnector -Identity “ExchSRV2K3 TO ExchSRV2K7<\/strong>”\u00a0| fl<\/span><\/p>\n

This will give you all the details about the connector called “ExchSRV2K3 TO ExchSRV2K7″,<\/strong> see the details below:<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/strong>
\nTargetRoutingGroup\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 : Exchange Routing Group (DWBGZMFD01QNBJR)
\nCost\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 : 20
\nTargetTransportServers\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 : {ExchSRV2K7-A<\/strong>}
\nExchangeLegacyDN\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 : \/O=Contoso\/OU=Istanbul\/cn=Configuration\/cn=Conn
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ections\/cn=ExchSRV2K3 TO ExchSRV2K7
\nPublicFolderReferralsEnabled : True
\nSourceRoutingGroup\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 : Istanbul
\nSourceTransportServers\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 : {ExchSRV2K3-A<\/strong>}
\nHomeMTA\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 : Microsoft MTA
\nHomeMtaServerId\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 : ExchSRV2K3-A
\nMaxMessageSize\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 : unlimited
\nAdminDisplayName\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 :
\nExchangeVersion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 : 0.1 (8.0.535.0)
\nName\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 : ExchSRV2K3 TO ExchSRV2K7
\nDistinguishedName\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 : CN=ExchSRV2K3 TO ExchSRV2K7,CN=Connections,CN=Istanbul,
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 CN=Routing Groups,CN=Istanbul,CN=Administrative
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Groups,CN=Contoso,CN=Microsoft Exchange,CN=Serv
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ices,CN=Configuration,DC=Contoso,DC=org
\nIdentity\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 : ExchSRV2K3-A TO ExchSRV2K7-A
\nGuid\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 : 71631b3d-f781-4cdc-9ff0-b209be49d873
\nObjectCategory\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 : Contoso.org\/Configuration\/Schema\/ms-Exch-Routing
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 -Group-Connector
\nObjectClass\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 : {top, msExchConnector, msExchRoutingGroupConnect
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 or}
\nWhenChanged\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 : 2009-04-30 16:51:52
\nWhenCreated\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 : 2009-02-28 15:18:53
\nOriginatingServer\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 : Contosodc7.Contoso.org
\nIsValid\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 : True<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

As you can see from the details\u00a0 “<\/strong>TargetTransportServers\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 : {ExchSRV2K7-A<\/strong>}” and “SourceTransportServers\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 : {ExchSRV2K3-A<\/strong>}” <\/span>are the only servers used for message routing between the administrative groups, I have 2 additional servers that I would like to add to this connector to make it redundant, ExchSRV2K7-B <\/strong>and ExchSRV2K3-B,<\/strong><\/span> so I use the following PS command to add those servers in to the routing group;<\/span><\/p>\n

[PS] C:\\>set-RoutingGroupConnector -Identity “ExchSRV2k3 TO ExchSRV2K7” -SourceTransport
\nServers “ExchSRV2K3-A”,”ExchSRV2K3-B<\/strong>” -TargetTransportServers “ExchSRV2K7-A”,”ExchSRV2K7-B<\/strong>“<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nSo when\u00a0I use the following PS command to see the details again, I\u00a0can see the new servers are added to the RGC:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

[PS] C:\\>Get<\/strong>-RoutingGroupConnector -Identity “ExchSRV2K3 TO ExchSRV2K7” | fl
\n<\/span>TargetRoutingGroup\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 : Exchange Routing Group (DWBGZMFD01QNBJR)
\nCost\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 : 20
\n<\/span>TargetTransportServers\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 : {ExchSRV2K7-B, ExchSRV2K7-A<\/span>}<\/span>
\n<\/strong>ExchangeLegacyDN\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 : \/O=Contoso\/OU=Istanbul\/cn=Configuration\/cn=Conn
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ections\/cn=ExchSRV2K3-A-ExchSRV2K7-A
\nPublicFolderReferralsEnabled : True
\nSourceRoutingGroup\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 : Istanbul
\nSourceTransportServers\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 : {ExchSRV2K3-B, ExchSRV2K3-A}<\/strong>
\n<\/span>HomeMTA\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 : Microsoft MTA
\nHomeMtaServerId\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 : ExchSRV2K3-A
\nMaxMessageSize\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 : unlimited
\nAdminDisplayName\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 :
\nExchangeVersion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 : 0.1 (8.0.535.0)
\nName\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 : ExchSRV2K3-A-ExchSRV2K7-A
\nDistinguishedName\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 : CN=ExchSRV2K3-A-ExchSRV2K7-A,CN=Connections,CN=Istanbul,
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 CN=Routing Groups,CN=Istanbul,CN=Administrative
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Groups,CN=Contoso,CN=Microsoft Exchange,CN=Serv
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ices,CN=Configuration,DC=Contoso,DC=org
\nIdentity\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 : ExchSRV2K3 TO ExchSRV2K7
\nGuid\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 : 71631b3d-f781-4cdc-9ff0-b209be49d873
\nObjectCategory\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 : Contoso.org\/Configuration\/Schema\/ms-Exch-Routing
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 -Group-Connector
\nObjectClass\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 : {top, msExchConnector, msExchRoutingGroupConnect
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 or}
\nWhenChanged\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 : 2009-04-30 16:51:52
\nWhenCreated\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 : 2009-02-28 15:18:53
\nOriginatingServer\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 : Contosodc7.Contoso.org
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\u00a0So i do the same thing for the connector from the other direction, From Exchange 2007 to Exchange 2003<\/span><\/p>\n

[PS] C:\\>set<\/strong>-RoutingGroupConnector -Identity “ExchSRV2k7 TO ExchSRV2K3” -SourceTransport
\nServers “ExchSRV2K7-A”,”ExchSRV2K7-B”<\/strong><\/span> -TargetTransportServers “<\/span>ExchSRV2K3-A”,”ExchSRV2K3-B”<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

That is it folks! and you don’t have to worry about getting NDRs\u00a0after you run this\u00a0command because\u00a0all the necessary permissions and other settings that should be configured to make the RGC work is all taken care of by the PS command (If you have the right permmissions of cource, Exchange full Admin and Enterprise admin)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After the first Exchange 2007 Hub Transport server is installed in an Exchange 2003 organization, a routing group connector\u00a0is created by the Exchange 2007 setup, this routing group connector is not redundant, if you have multiple Hub transport servers in the Exchange 2007 Administrative Group and multiple Bridge head servers in the Exchange 2003 Administrative […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/harun.se\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/harun.se\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/harun.se\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harun.se\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harun.se\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/harun.se\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51,"href":"https:\/\/harun.se\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49\/revisions\/51"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/harun.se\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harun.se\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harun.se\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}