Network issues? Exchange is probably the most sensitive application to network throughput issues that I've seen. Or maybe it's just more noticeable to users because of it's widespread use and that little pop-up that the users see.....
On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 1:21 PM, Harry Singh <hbo...@gmail.com> wrote: > All - > > Exchange 2003 SP1 sitting on Windows 2000 SP4 > AD 2003 R2 > > I noticed that my mail server froze completely, i couldn't RDP get into > task manager, nothing. I had to physically shut it down and bring it back > up. Prior to the freeze i noticed some users were getting the Outlook prompt > in their sys trays "Outlook is retrieving information from your server", I > KVM'd into the box and everything froze, hence the reboot. > > Now rebooted, everything is up but i notice an that at times a few users > are getting the same prompt -- I've never received or experienced this on > the mail server, and it's been up and running for over 3 years without this > kind of issue. > > What can i do to start the troubleshooting process ? > > I checked my physical disks and they are all okay. Memory utilization is > abnormal either. Is there a specific counter inside Perfmon i can monitor ? > > Looking forward to your help and suggestions, > > Thanks, > -- Sherry Abercrombie "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." Arthur C. Clarke