Description of the Offline Address Book Integrity (OABInteg) tool (907792)

INTRODUCTION

This article contains information about the Offline Address Book Integrity (OABInteg) tool. The OABInteg tool was developed as a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) client and a MAPI client. Additionally, the OABInteg tool can simulate the logon process of a Microsoft Outlook client to download offline address book (.oab) files.

The OABInteg tool can connect to the public folder store and read the contents and properties of .oab files and folders. Additionally, the OABInteg tool can scan for Active Directory-related problems that cause the .oab file generation process to fail on a server that is running Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server or Microsoft Exchange Server 2003.

The OABInteg tool simulates the following:

The .oab file generation process that a Microsoft Outlook client uses to connect to the public folder store to download .oab files
The .oab file generation process that connects to the public folder store to rebuild .oab files.

MORE INFORMATION

The Microsoft Exchange System Attendant is responsible for invoking OABGen.dll so that address lists can be built or rebuilt. OABGen.dll is a MAPI application that reads from Active Directory through Name Service Provider Interface (NSPI) calls.

A healthy and correctly configured Active Directory is required for successful offline address book generation.

Active Directory-related issues, such as replication problems, latency, and stale information, can frequently cause the .oab file generation process to fail. The OABInteg tool can scan Active Directory for these types of issues.

The following tables contain descriptions of the Active Directory tests and the MAPI tests that you can perform by using the OABInteg tool.

Active Directory tests

Test name	Description
storealtest	Determines whether the public folder store points to an offline address list
altest	Lists all address lists in the organization
oaltest	Lists all offline address lists in the organization
abrtest	Lists the address book roots
proxytest	Scans for users who will be skipped during .oab file generation
rdntest	Scans for all LegacyExchangeDN attributes that have a final relative distinguished name size that is greater than 64 characters
templatetest	Scans Active Directory for orphaned display templates
Alltests	Performs all LDAP tests against Active Directory (storealtest, altest, abrtest, proxytest, rdntest, and templatetest)

MAPI tests

Test name	Description
oabfldcheck	Logs on to the public folder store and examines the OAB system folders, messages, and attachments
getabinfo_v2	Displays all address book entries from a profile and prints them with the OAB Version 2 folder details
getabinfo_v3	Displays all address book entries from a profile and prints them with the OAB Version 3a folder details
hierarchyinfo	Displays the offline address list hierarchy from the selected public folder store and displays the folders and the EntryIDs for all folder objects under the Offline Address List folder
getoabseqnum	Retrieves all MAPI profiles and reads the last known downloaded .oab file sequence number
scanmapisvc	Scans the Mapisvc.inf file for invalid attributes that can cause .oab file generation to fail

To obtain the OABInteg tool, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://gotdotnet.com/Community/UserSamples/Download.aspx?SampleGuid=A2338E73-F521-4071-9B1D-AAF49C346ACD

For more information about the OABInteg tool, see the OABInteg-UserGuide.doc file that is included with the OABInteg tool. The OABInteg-UserGuide.doc file contains details about each test. Additionally, the OABInteg-UserGuide.doc file contains information about display functionality and display counters.