I'm troubleshooting our OAB download problems but I've noticed that
when I change the distribution point(s) there is a problem. At the
moment we only have public folders set as a distribution point and it
works OK but when I enable the web-based dist point through EMS and
then test it's availability using the Outlook 2007 Test E-mail
AutoConfiguration Tool nothing shows up. And by that I mean no
distribution points show up at all, not even the public folder dist
point that previously worked. If i remove the web-based dist point,
wait a few minutes and then do the AutoConfiguration test again the
public folder location then appears OK.
Any ideas why enabling a web-based dist point would cause both to
fail? Also, why does it take so long for my Outlook client to pick up
the changes i've made to the OAB in EMS. I bounced the System
Attendant service thinking that would send the info to Outlook but it
doesn't.
We're using Exchange 2007 SP1 Rollout 7 with a combination of Outlook
2003 and 2007.
Changing the distribution point is only the 1st step. You have to also
generate it , then it needs to be copied to the OAB virtual directory
on the CAS server.
Yup, I know that. As soon as I set the web-based dist point it copies
the OAB over from C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server
\ExchangeOAB to C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\ClientAccess
\OAB (all my roles are on the same box) so the OAB is generated and
copied just like in the text books.
But my question wasn't about generation of OAB anyway, it was asking
why I am losing both my dist points when i enable a web-based dist
point.
Try creating a new OAB with web-based and pf distr and see if you can
see that.
That's what I did, it's in my first post. I tried enabling just the
web-based one and both at the same time but it gave the same results -
nothing.
I've created new OABs and the same happens. All my roles are on the
same server.
Also, when i browse to https://servername/autodiscover/autodiscover.xml
i get a 600 invalid address error and when i look at the contents of C:
\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\ClientAccess\Autodiscover
\autodiscover.xml it's pretty much empty apart from having "This is a
place holder file". Should this be the case?