XGEN: How to Extend the Schema Manually for Calendar Connector Installation (302401)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server
This article was previously published under Q302401

SYMPTOMS

If you attempt to run the initial Exchange 2000 Service Pack 1 (SP1) Calendar Connector (Calcon.exe) Setup and you are not a member of the Schema Admins group, you receive the following error message:
Installation Warning:
Setup failed to update the Directory schema with error code 8.
Please ensure that you are a member of the "Schema Admins" group, and the server acting as your domain schema master is available before running Setup.

WORKAROUND

If an Exchange administrator cannot obtain Schema Admin rights, a Schema administrator can either run Calendar Connector Setup, or can extend the schema before the initial installation of Calendar Connector by using the following steps. If the schema has already been extended with Calendar Connector attributes, Calendar Connector Setup will proceed without difficulties.

The Ldifde.exe utility is included in Windows 2000 Server, but not in Windows 2000 Professional. However, you can copy the Ldifde.exe program to a computer that is running Windows 2000 Professional and then you can run the program remotely against the Windows 2000 Server Active Directory.

To extend the schema before the initial installation of Calendar Connector:
  1. Copy the text of the Calcon.ldf file that is located in the "More Information" section in this article into Notepad.exe.
  2. In the ADSI Edit MMC snap-in, connect to the Schema Naming Context, expand the Schema container, right-click the Schema object, and then click Properties.
  3. In the Select a Property to View drop-down box, click distinguishedName.
  4. Copy the value to the clipboard. It should look something like the following:

    CN=Schema,CN=Configuration,DC=domainname,DC=microsoft,DC=com

  5. In Notepad, on the Edit menu, click Replace.
  6. In the Find What box, type:

    SchemaContainerDN

  7. In the Replace with box, paste the contents of the clipboard, and then click Replace all.
  8. Click Cancel after all the replacements have been made, and save the file to the same folder that contains the Ldifde.exe program.
  9. From a command prompt, run the following command:

    ldifde -i -f calcon.ldf -s SchemaMaster

If you run this command successfully, the output should look similar to the following text: 
   Connecting to <SchemaMaster>.domain.microsoft.com"
   Logging in as current user using SSPI
   Importing directory from file "CalCon.ldf"
   Loading entries..................
   17 entries modified successfully.

   The command has completed successfully

MORE INFORMATION

The installation of Exchange 2000 Service Pack 1 (SP1) does not extend the Active Directory schema. However, the first installation in the forest of the Calendar Connector (for Novell GroupWise and Lotus Notes), which is included with SP1, does extend the schema. If the Exchange administrator that is running Calendar Connector Setup is not a member of the Schema Admins group, Calcon Setup will fail. The Calendar Connector setup program is not automatically run when installing Exchange 2000 SP1. The Calendar Connector has its own setup program which is located in the Calcon\I386 folder in the SP1 folder structure.

Calcon.ldf

dn: CN=ms-Exch-CalCon-Client-Wait,<SchemaContainerDN>
changetype: add
adminDescription: ms-Exch-CalCon-Client-Wait
adminDisplayName: ms-Exch-CalCon-Client-Wait
attributeID: 1.2.840.113556.1.4.7000.102.1043
attributeSyntax: 2.5.5.9
isMemberOfPartialAttributeSet: FALSE
isSingleValued: TRUE
lDAPDisplayName: msExchCalConClientWait
name: ms-Exch-CalCon-Client-Wait
oMSyntax: 2
objectCategory: CN=Attribute-Schema,<SchemaContainerDN>
objectClass: attributeSchema
schemaIdGuid:: eHlEdVI3VkKon7Tf666aMg==
searchFlags: 0


dn: CN=ms-Exch-CalCon-Providers,<SchemaContainerDN>
changetype: add
adminDescription: ms-Exch-CalCon-Providers
adminDisplayName: ms-Exch-CalCon-Providers
attributeID: 1.2.840.113556.1.4.7000.102.1042
attributeSyntax: 2.5.5.12
isMemberOfPartialAttributeSet: FALSE
isSingleValued: FALSE
lDAPDisplayName: msExchCalConProviders
name: ms-Exch-CalCon-Providers
oMSyntax: 64
objectCategory: CN=Attribute-Schema,<SchemaContainerDN>
objectClass: attributeSchema
schemaIdGuid:: Phq0c7BooUWeMGl7bRmu5g==
searchFlags: 0


dn: CN=ms-Exch-CalCon-Query-Window,<SchemaContainerDN>
changetype: add
adminDescription: ms-Exch-CalCon-Query-Window
adminDisplayName: ms-Exch-CalCon-Query-Window
attributeID: 1.2.840.113556.1.4.7000.102.1040
attributeSyntax: 2.5.5.9
isMemberOfPartialAttributeSet: FALSE
isSingleValued: TRUE
lDAPDisplayName: msExchCalConQueryWindow
name: ms-Exch-CalCon-Query-Window
oMSyntax: 2
objectCategory: CN=Attribute-Schema,<SchemaContainerDN>
objectClass: attributeSchema
schemaIdGuid:: Goi7XtQZJkW298xG2aoYaQ==
searchFlags: 0


dn: CN=ms-Exch-CalCon-Refresh-Interval,<SchemaContainerDN>
changetype: add
adminDescription: ms-Exch-CalCon-Refresh-Interval
adminDisplayName: ms-Exch-CalCon-Refresh-Interval
attributeID: 1.2.840.113556.1.4.7000.102.1041
attributeSyntax: 2.5.5.9
isMemberOfPartialAttributeSet: FALSE
isSingleValued: TRUE
lDAPDisplayName: msExchCalConRefreshInterval
name: ms-Exch-CalCon-Refresh-Interval
oMSyntax: 2
objectCategory: CN=Attribute-Schema,<SchemaContainerDN>
objectClass: attributeSchema
schemaIdGuid:: tjm/Iih1LEGyd6omjbQ5YA==
searchFlags: 0


dn: CN=ms-Exch-CalCon-Target-SiteDN,<SchemaContainerDN>
changetype: add
adminDescription: ms-Exch-CalCon-Target-SiteDN
adminDisplayName: ms-Exch-CalCon-Target-SiteDN
attributeID: 1.2.840.113556.1.4.7000.102.1044
attributeSyntax: 2.5.5.12
isMemberOfPartialAttributeSet: FALSE
isSingleValued: TRUE
lDAPDisplayName: msExchCalConTargetSiteDN
name: ms-Exch-CalCon-Target-SiteDN
oMSyntax: 64
objectCategory: CN=Attribute-Schema,<SchemaContainerDN>
objectClass: attributeSchema
schemaIdGuid:: JlW0M4uOeUaXw07v85x/vQ==
searchFlags: 0


dn: CN=ms-Exch-GWise-API-Gateway,<SchemaContainerDN>
changetype: add
adminDescription: ms-Exch-GWise-API-Gateway
adminDisplayName: ms-Exch-GWise-API-Gateway
attributeID: 1.2.840.113556.1.4.7000.102.1045
attributeSyntax: 2.5.5.12
isMemberOfPartialAttributeSet: FALSE
isSingleValued: TRUE
lDAPDisplayName: msExchGWiseAPIGateway
name: ms-Exch-GWise-API-Gateway
oMSyntax: 64
objectCategory: CN=Attribute-Schema,<SchemaContainerDN>
objectClass: attributeSchema
schemaIdGuid:: M2npx4C9okSlNex0TqX1Tw==
searchFlags: 0


dn:
changetype: modify
replace: schemaUpdateNow
schemaUpdateNow: 1
-


dn: CN=ms-Exch-Calendar-Connector,<SchemaContainerDN>
changetype: modify
add: mayContain
mayContain: msExchCalConClientWait
-


dn: CN=ms-Exch-Calendar-Connector,<SchemaContainerDN>
changetype: modify
add: mayContain
mayContain: msExchCalConProviders
-


dn: CN=ms-Exch-Calendar-Connector,<SchemaContainerDN>
changetype: modify
add: mayContain
mayContain: msExchCalConQueryWindow
-


dn: CN=ms-Exch-Calendar-Connector,<SchemaContainerDN>
changetype: modify
add: mayContain
mayContain: msExchCalConRefreshInterval
-


dn: CN=ms-Exch-Calendar-Connector,<SchemaContainerDN>
changetype: modify
add: mayContain
mayContain: msExchCalConTargetSiteDN
-


dn: CN=ms-Exch-Calendar-Connector,<SchemaContainerDN>
changetype: modify
add: mayContain
mayContain: msExchGWiseAPIGateway
-

dn: CN=ms-Exch-Calendar-Connector,<SchemaContainerDN>
changetype: modify
add: mayContain
mayContain: msExchEncryptedPassword
-

dn: CN=ms-Exch-Calendar-Connector,<SchemaContainerDN>
changetype: modify
add: mayContain
mayContain: msExchNotesNotesServer
-

dn: CN=ms-Exch-Calendar-Connector,<SchemaContainerDN>
changetype: modify
add: mayContain
mayContain: msExchNotesNotesINI
-

dn:
changetype: modify
replace: schemaUpdateNow
schemaUpdateNow: 1
-

For additional information, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

237677 Using LDIFDE to Import/Export Directory Objects to the AD

261231 XADM: Unable to Update the Schema on the Schema Owner

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:9/25/2006
Keywords:kberrmsg kbprb KB302401
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