Important phone book files

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Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

Important phone book files

Connection Point Services (CPS) needs services, software, and data files to update the database, post the database and data files to the server, query the server database, and download the appropriate file to Connection Manager.

Phone Book Administrator (PBA) creates the database and files for the server and then transfers the data using the File Transfer Protocol (FTP). Phone Book Service (PBS) compares phone book versions based on the query variables sent by Connection Manager and responds with the appropriate compressed phone book (.cab) file.

Phone book data elements are described in the following table.

Element Description

Cabinet (.cab) files

Compressed data files that contain phone book information for Connection Manager. There are two types of .cab files, Full.cab and Delta.cab files.

Phone book (.pbk) files

Text files that contain lists of POP information. Phone book files are compressed before they are transferred to the server.

Region (.pbr) file

Text file that helps categorize POPs. A POP can reference one of many geographical regions listed in the Region file.

Version (.ver) file

Text file that keeps track of the latest phone-book release.

PBServer.mdb

A database that contains updated query tables for your phone books. PBA transfers the database to the server as Newpb.mdb every time a phone book is published.

Phone_book.mdb

A database that contains POP information.