RE: BUE & Exchange Logs - Possible Fix

[Sam Cayze]

Is 'Full Backup and Flush Logs' set as an option?   As oppsed to 'copy'?
(Can't remember the specific lingo...)



From: Roger Wright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 10:05 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: BUE & Exchange Logs - Possible Fix





I found this:

https://forums.symantec.com/syment/board/message?board.id=115&message.id
=13122

And will give it a try tomorrow.



Roger Wright 
Network Administrator 
Evatone, Inc. 
727.572.7076  x388 
 

A pessimist is never disappointed. 
  
  
From: Roger Wright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 10:58 PM 
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues 
Subject: RE: BUE & Exchange Logs 
  
  
Yep, the Information Store including all three SG's and their
sub-folders are all checked.  
Is there anything on the agent that needs to be configured or is it all
handled within the Media Server application? 
Roger Wright 
Network Administrator 
Evatone, Inc. 
727.572.7076  x388 
 
Ne auderis delere orbem rigidum meum! 
  
  
From: Greg Olson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 10:46 PM 
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues 
Subject: RE: BUE & Exchange Logs 
  
  
Don't forget to include backing up all your storage groups (including
your public folder store) as well or your logs will not flush. 

  
From: Stephan Barr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 7:38 PM 
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues 
Subject: RE: BUE & Exchange Logs 
  
  
Check that you have actually selected your Information Store. The
Information Store must be backed up in order for the logs to be cleared.


  
Cheers. 
  
  _   
From: Roger Wright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 9:31 PM 
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues 
Subject: BUE & Exchange Logs 
  
  
I've been playing with Backup Exec and it seems to be doing a good job,
however, my Exchange logs are not getting flushed when I do a full
backup of the server.  Is this a simple configuration setting I missed
somewhere?

  
Roger Wright 
Network Administrator 
Evatone, Inc. 
727.572.7076  x388 
 
Neckties strangle clear thinking.  --Lin Yutang 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  


 



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RE: BUE & Exchange Logs - Possible Fix

[Roger Wright]

I found this:

https://forums.symantec.com/syment/board/message?board.id=115&message.id
=13122

And will give it a try tomorrow.



Roger Wright 
Network Administrator 
Evatone, Inc. 
727.572.7076  x388 
 

A pessimist is never disappointed. 
  
  
From: Roger Wright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 10:58 PM 
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues 
Subject: RE: BUE & Exchange Logs 
  
  
Yep, the Information Store including all three SG's and their
sub-folders are all checked.  
Is there anything on the agent that needs to be configured or is it all
handled within the Media Server application? 
Roger Wright 
Network Administrator 
Evatone, Inc. 
727.572.7076  x388 
 
Ne auderis delere orbem rigidum meum! 
  
  
From: Greg Olson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 10:46 PM 
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues 
Subject: RE: BUE & Exchange Logs 
  
  
Don't forget to include backing up all your storage groups (including
your public folder store) as well or your logs will not flush. 

  
From: Stephan Barr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 7:38 PM 
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues 
Subject: RE: BUE & Exchange Logs 
  
  
Check that you have actually selected your Information Store. The
Information Store must be backed up in order for the logs to be cleared.


  
Cheers. 
  
  _   
From: Roger Wright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 9:31 PM 
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues 
Subject: BUE & Exchange Logs 
  
  
I've been playing with Backup Exec and it seems to be doing a good job,
however, my Exchange logs are not getting flushed when I do a full
backup of the server.  Is this a simple configuration setting I missed
somewhere?

  
Roger Wright 
Network Administrator 
Evatone, Inc. 
727.572.7076  x388 
 
Neckties strangle clear thinking.  --Lin Yutang 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  


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RE: BUE & Exchange Logs

[Roger Wright]

Yep, the Information Store including all three SG's and their
sub-folders are all checked.  

Is there anything on the agent that needs to be configured or is it all
handled within the Media Server application?



Roger Wright 
Network Administrator 
Evatone, Inc. 
727.572.7076  x388 
 

Ne auderis delere orbem rigidum meum! 
  
  
From: Greg Olson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 10:46 PM 
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues 
Subject: RE: BUE & Exchange Logs 
  
  
Don't forget to include backing up all your storage groups (including
your public folder store) as well or your logs will not flush. 

  
From: Stephan Barr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 7:38 PM 
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues 
Subject: RE: BUE & Exchange Logs 
  
  
Check that you have actually selected your Information Store. The
Information Store must be backed up in order for the logs to be cleared.


  
Cheers. 
  
  _   

From: Roger Wright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 9:31 PM 
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues 
Subject: BUE & Exchange Logs 
  
  
I've been playing with Backup Exec and it seems to be doing a good job,
however, my Exchange logs are not getting flushed when I do a full
backup of the server.  Is this a simple configuration setting I missed
somewhere?

  
Roger Wright 
Network Administrator 
Evatone, Inc. 
727.572.7076  x388 
 
Neckties strangle clear thinking.  --Lin Yutang 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  


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RE: BUE & Exchange Logs

[Greg Olson]

Don't forget to include backing up all your storage groups (including
your public folder store) as well or your logs will not flush. 

 

From: Stephan Barr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 7:38 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: BUE & Exchange Logs

 

 

Check that you have actually selected your Information Store. The
Information Store must be backed up in order for the logs to be cleared.


 

Cheers.

 



From: Roger Wright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 9:31 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: BUE & Exchange Logs

 





I've been playing with Backup Exec and it seems to be doing a good job,
however, my Exchange logs are not getting flushed when I do a full
backup of the server.  Is this a simple configuration setting I missed
somewhere?

 

Roger Wright

Network Administrator

Evatone, Inc.

727.572.7076  x388



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RE: BUE & Exchange Logs

[Stephan Barr]

Check that you have actually selected your Information Store. The
Information Store must be backed up in order for the logs to be cleared.


 

Cheers.

 



From: Roger Wright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 9:31 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: BUE & Exchange Logs

 






I've been playing with Backup Exec and it seems to be doing a good job,
however, my Exchange logs are not getting flushed when I do a full
backup of the server.  Is this a simple configuration setting I missed
somewhere?

 

Roger Wright

Network Administrator

Evatone, Inc.

727.572.7076  x388



Neckties strangle clear thinking.  --Lin Yutang

 

 

 


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BUE & Exchange Logs

[Roger Wright]

I've been playing with Backup Exec and it seems to be doing a good job,
however, my Exchange logs are not getting flushed when I do a full
backup of the server.  Is this a simple configuration setting I missed
somewhere?


Roger Wright
Network Administrator
Evatone, Inc.
727.572.7076  x388


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RE: Distribution list not being displayed in Global

[gsweers]

When you add a new user acct, sometimes it takes a few minutes before
RUS creates the email.  Make sure all users are added through the user
tool otherwise none of your SP permissions, group memberships etc are
handled.

 

If he manhandled the server you may want to rerun the Server
configuration tool and the Configure Internet tool.  It will reset all
the permissions on IIS, Exchange.  If things are working great, OWA,
RPC, RWW then I wouldn't worry about that tool.  

 

Wizards, Use the wizards..

 

From: Jonathan Link [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 4:53 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: Distribution list not being displayed in Global

 

Back from the world of public accounting.  Actually, I'm still there,
but my role has changed a bit...

 

I've recently assumed network administration duties for a Windows SBS
2003 deployment with Exchange (2003) installed.  I last worked with
Exchange at version 2000 over two years ago.

 

As I recall, when one adds a distribution group through the Exchange
provided Active Directory Users and Computers that group should
automatically be displayed in the Global Address List, unless you've
selected otherwise.  Unfortunately that I don't see the group, and I had
to shoehorn the user into the GAL, and don't recall the steps I took to
do it.  Also, when I create new users, or groups, no email addresses
appear in the Email addresses tab.  As I recall this isn't normal
behavior.  And to provide complete information, I did select Universal
and I did select Distribution for the scope and type, respectively.  A
quick google search didn't really stand out at me, but I may not be
searching for the correct thing, if so, I'll take my punishment like a
man! :-) 

 

Mainly, I'm looking for a sanity check or  a possible idea of what/where
to look to fix this.  Also, I need a good book to pickup for Exchange
2003 specifically.  The previous admin purchased all the books
personally and removed them when he left.  That won't be the case with
me, but it's another story altogether.  It also wouldn't suprise me if
this is a messed up configuration, since I've seen plenty of messed up
configurations since assuming the responsibility. 

 

Thanks,

Jonathan S. Link

 


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Distribution list not being displayed in Global

[Jonathan Link]

Back from the world of public accounting.  Actually, I'm still there, but my
role has changed a bit...

I've recently assumed network administration duties for a Windows SBS 2003
deployment with Exchange (2003) installed.  I last worked with Exchange at
version 2000 over two years ago.

As I recall, when one adds a distribution group through the Exchange
provided Active Directory Users and Computers that group should
automatically be displayed in the Global Address List, unless you've
selected otherwise.  Unfortunately that I don't see the group, and I had to
shoehorn the user into the GAL, and don't recall the steps I took to do it.
Also, when I create new users, or groups, no email addresses appear in the
Email addresses tab.  As I recall this isn't normal behavior.  And to
provide complete information, I did select Universal and I did select
Distribution for the scope and type, respectively.  A quick google search
didn't really stand out at me, but I may not be searching for the correct
thing, if so, I'll take my punishment like a man! :-)

Mainly, I'm looking for a sanity check or  a possible idea of what/where to
look to fix this.  Also, I need a good book to pickup for Exchange 2003
specifically.  The previous admin purchased all the books personally and
removed them when he left.  That won't be the case with me, but it's another
story altogether.  It also wouldn't suprise me if this is a messed up
configuration, since I've seen plenty of messed up configurations since
assuming the responsibility.

Thanks,
Jonathan S. Link

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RE: Distribution list not being displayed in Global

[Campbell, Rob]

You need to look at your recipient policies, and your Recipient Update
Service.  IMHO.

 



From: Jonathan Link [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 3:53 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: Distribution list not being displayed in Global

 

Back from the world of public accounting.  Actually, I'm still there,
but my role has changed a bit...

 

I've recently assumed network administration duties for a Windows SBS
2003 deployment with Exchange (2003) installed.  I last worked with
Exchange at version 2000 over two years ago.

 

As I recall, when one adds a distribution group through the Exchange
provided Active Directory Users and Computers that group should
automatically be displayed in the Global Address List, unless you've
selected otherwise.  Unfortunately that I don't see the group, and I had
to shoehorn the user into the GAL, and don't recall the steps I took to
do it.  Also, when I create new users, or groups, no email addresses
appear in the Email addresses tab.  As I recall this isn't normal
behavior.  And to provide complete information, I did select Universal
and I did select Distribution for the scope and type, respectively.  A
quick google search didn't really stand out at me, but I may not be
searching for the correct thing, if so, I'll take my punishment like a
man! :-) 

 

Mainly, I'm looking for a sanity check or  a possible idea of what/where
to look to fix this.  Also, I need a good book to pickup for Exchange
2003 specifically.  The previous admin purchased all the books
personally and removed them when he left.  That won't be the case with
me, but it's another story altogether.  It also wouldn't suprise me if
this is a messed up configuration, since I've seen plenty of messed up
configurations since assuming the responsibility. 

 

Thanks,

Jonathan S. Link

 


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RE: Distribution list not being displayed in Global

[Exchange (Sunbelt)]

Don't do it manually, Use the server management page that gives you access to 
all the wizards,

S

From: Jonathan Link [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 5:53 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: Distribution list not being displayed in Global

Back from the world of public accounting.  Actually, I'm still there, but my 
role has changed a bit...

I've recently assumed network administration duties for a Windows SBS 2003 
deployment with Exchange (2003) installed.  I last worked with Exchange at 
version 2000 over two years ago.

As I recall, when one adds a distribution group through the Exchange provided 
Active Directory Users and Computers that group should automatically be 
displayed in the Global Address List, unless you've selected otherwise.  
Unfortunately that I don't see the group, and I had to shoehorn the user into 
the GAL, and don't recall the steps I took to do it.  Also, when I create new 
users, or groups, no email addresses appear in the Email addresses tab.  As I 
recall this isn't normal behavior.  And to provide complete information, I did 
select Universal and I did select Distribution for the scope and type, 
respectively.  A quick google search didn't really stand out at me, but I may 
not be searching for the correct thing, if so, I'll take my punishment like a 
man! :-)

Mainly, I'm looking for a sanity check or  a possible idea of what/where to 
look to fix this.  Also, I need a good book to pickup for Exchange 2003 
specifically.  The previous admin purchased all the books personally and 
removed them when he left.  That won't be the case with me, but it's another 
story altogether.  It also wouldn't suprise me if this is a messed up 
configuration, since I've seen plenty of messed up configurations since 
assuming the responsibility.

Thanks,
Jonathan S. Link



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Distribution list not being displayed in Global

[Jonathan Link]

Back from the world of public accounting.  Actually, I'm still there, but my
role has changed a bit...

I've recently assumed network administration duties for a Windows SBS 2003
deployment with Exchange (2003) installed.  I last worked with Exchange at
version 2000 over two years ago.

As I recall, when one adds a distribution group through the Exchange
provided Active Directory Users and Computers that group should
automatically be displayed in the Global Address List, unless you've
selected otherwise.  Unfortunately that I don't see the group, and I had to
shoehorn the user into the GAL, and don't recall the steps I took to do it.
Also, when I create new users, or groups, no email addresses appear in the
Email addresses tab.  As I recall this isn't normal behavior.  And to
provide complete information, I did select Universal and I did select
Distribution for the scope and type, respectively.  A quick google search
didn't really stand out at me, but I may not be searching for the correct
thing, if so, I'll take my punishment like a man! :-)

Mainly, I'm looking for a sanity check or  a possible idea of what/where to
look to fix this.  Also, I need a good book to pickup for Exchange 2003
specifically.  The previous admin purchased all the books personally and
removed them when he left.  That won't be the case with me, but it's another
story altogether.  It also wouldn't suprise me if this is a messed up
configuration, since I've seen plenty of messed up configurations since
assuming the responsibility.

Thanks,
Jonathan S. Link

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RE: Internet Mail Wizard to send outgoing email through 3rd party?

[Simon Butler]

Last instructions I saw from Message Labs said to put a smart host on the SMTP 
Virtual Server.
That is a very bad idea, particularly if you have more than one Exchange 
server, and it would be nice if third party services like Message Labs stopped 
telling their customers to do that.

What you need to do is create an SMTP Connector. 
http://www.amset.info/exchange/smtp-connector.asp

Simon.


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Go to http://www.certificatesforexchange.com/ for certificates for just $20 a 
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From: Campbell, Rob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 15 January 2008 17:05
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Internet Mail Wizard to send outgoing email through 3rd party?



Messagelabs would have given you a dns name to use for the outbound email.

Just plug that into the smarthost setting on the configuration on your internet 
mail connector.

I'm using Messagelabs now.  You can contact be off-list if you want to.


From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 11:00 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: Internet Mail Wizard to send outgoing email through 3rd party?





So I need to send all outgoing email from our exchange server to Messagelabs 
servers.

The only document they have that explains how to do this involves running the 
Internet Mail Wizard.

I am a little hesitant to run this as our Exchange environment (2003 SP2) has 
been running fine for many years.

Is there a way to manually configure Exchange to send all outgoing email 
through Messagelabs servers?

If so, how do I do this?

When I called to ask this question, their tech support said that is out of the 
scope of their responsibility, and they would not help me.

Thanks,

Dave





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RE: Recover hard delete

[Bingham, Kevin]

You'll find out she was using the Deliver to PST option in the Outlook
and you're screwed anyway. :-)

 

 



From: Carl Webster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 9:28 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Recover hard delete

 

 

Sounds like it is time to restore to a RSG.  Hopefully there are not
many e-mails that are not on the backup tape.  Using a RSG is not hard
and makes your recovery job fairly easy.

 

 

Webster

- Original Message 
From: Dan Bowlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RE: Recover hard delete

With the inbox highlighted, there are no items in the Recover Deleted
Items.  She does not have that many folders & I have looked in them to
see if maybe they were moved.  Regular Deleted items don't have them
either.

 

 

 



 
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RE: Free/Busy Info

[Dahl, Peter]

Make sure the Outlook client setting is correct on the VP's system so
that his Free/Busy time is being published properly.  If that is not the
issue then it could be a number of things.  Here is a good link on the
Free/Busy process.

 

http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2006/08/04/428597.aspx

 

 

 



From: Joe Fox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 11:53 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: Free/Busy Info

 

 

I know that this should be a simple one, but I'm not an Exchange guru.
:-(

 

I need to find out what I need to do to have our VP's Free/Busy schedule
show up for one of the Corporate Trainers.  It shows up for the VP's
Assistant, as he has shared his Calendar with her, and for any
Administrator.

 

I thought it was a matter of allowing that user to see the calendar with
restricted rights.

 

Exchange 2003, latest SP, Outlook 2000 and 2003 Clients.

 

Thanks.

 

Joe Fox

Systems Administrator

 

The McGuire Group

Office#  (716) 826-2010 ext: 1172

Mobile# (716) 846-9308

 

 

 

 



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RE: meeting planner slow

[Dahl, Peter]

I would start by re-running EXBPA to verify there are no known issues
reported by that tool.

 

Then I would capture detailed performance counters from the Exchange
servers.  If your client is seeing a delay then the MSExchangeIS\RPC
Average Latency value would be too high.  From there you have to work
back to determine which component is causing that delay.  More often
than not, in Exchange 2003, this is caused by a disk or memory
bottleneck.  Since 2003 has a hard limit on how much RAM it can utilize,
you often have to increase the disk system performance by modifying the
RAID configuration and/or adding additional drive spindles to increase
Disk Read performance.  You may have something different specific to
your environment but I would guess that 9 out of 10 times I have heard
of this problem Disk performance was the cause.

 

Hope that helps.

 



From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 1:28 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: meeting planner slow

 

 

Peter,

The administrative assistants are in the same site as the Exchange
servers - same building. We've done performance analysis on the client
PCs, the Exchange servers and the network and nothing looks amiss. 

Laura

 

 

 



From: Dahl, Peter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Posted At: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 11:52 AM
Posted To: msxlist (sunbelt)
Conversation: meeting planner slow
Subject: RE: meeting planner slow

 

Since all the Exchange servers are in the same physical location
replicating the Public Folder Free/Busy data to an additional server in
that same site would not increase the performance from the Outlook
client.  I am guessing your administrative client is not in the same
site as the servers in this case.

 

 



From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 10:34 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: meeting planner slow

 

 

I didn't find much help when googling this. I found articles that others
have the problem but didn't find a solution. Maybe there isn't one...

 

Exchange 2003 SP2

4500 mailboxes across 5 servers

Public folders on 6th server

All servers in same data center

 

Outlook 2003 takes a long time to populate the meeting planner info. I
know they can disable the meeting details in meeting planner, but the
administrative assistants prefer to see the details. Would it help if I
replicated free/busy to each server? I prefer to have only one location
for public folders to make recovery easier. 

 

Thanks,

Laura

 

 

 

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Re: OWA Error message

[Salvador Manzo]

What¹s perfmon say about the OWA server they¹re attaching to?


On 1/15/08 09:52, "Whitson, Garry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>  
>  
> Exchange Server 2007
>  
> Have several students getting the following error when trying to access email
> by OWA(does not happen all the time)
>  
>  ³The Microsoft Exchange Mailbox server is currently handling too many other
> requests and was unable to handle this request²
>  
> Thanks
>  
> Garry Whitson
> System Administrator
> Information & Telecommunication System
> Lincoln Land Community College
>  
> 
>  
>  
>  
>  


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RE: meeting planner slow

[msxlist2]

Peter,
The administrative assistants are in the same site as the Exchange
servers - same building. We've done performance analysis on the client
PCs, the Exchange servers and the network and nothing looks amiss. 
Laura


 



From: Dahl, Peter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Posted At: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 11:52 AM
Posted To: msxlist (sunbelt)
Conversation: meeting planner slow
Subject: RE: meeting planner slow





Since all the Exchange servers are in the same physical location
replicating the Public Folder Free/Busy data to an additional server in
that same site would not increase the performance from the Outlook
client.  I am guessing your administrative client is not in the same
site as the servers in this case.

 

 



From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 10:34 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: meeting planner slow

 

 

I didn't find much help when googling this. I found articles that others
have the problem but didn't find a solution. Maybe there isn't one...

 

Exchange 2003 SP2

4500 mailboxes across 5 servers

Public folders on 6th server

All servers in same data center

 

Outlook 2003 takes a long time to populate the meeting planner info. I
know they can disable the meeting details in meeting planner, but the
administrative assistants prefer to see the details. Would it help if I
replicated free/busy to each server? I prefer to have only one location
for public folders to make recovery easier. 

 

Thanks,

Laura

 

 

 

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OWA Error message

[Whitson, Garry]

Exchange Server 2007

Have several students getting the following error when trying to access email 
by OWA(does not happen all the time)

 "The Microsoft Exchange Mailbox server is currently handling too many other 
requests and was unable to handle this request"

Thanks

Garry Whitson
System Administrator
Information & Telecommunication System
Lincoln Land Community College


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RE: Anybody want to save my sanity?

[Andy David]

Oops. I just checked  my change log. You do make the change in ESM, not IIS.
That  blog entry was originally wrong, but looks like they corrected it.


From: Rausch, Michael D [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 12:42 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Anybody want to save my sanity?


Ack, found it.  Hotfix (joy!)

Wonder if the hotfix requires a reboot.

http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2007/01/05/432079.aspx





From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 11:32 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Anybody want to save my sanity?

I can tell you how to force it, if you want to know (it involves using 
adsiedit). But I have no idea why the tab is greyed out.

(It's getting reset because of a process called DS2MB that resyncs information 
from A/D to the IIS metabase.)

Regards,

Michael B. Smith
MCSE/Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com

From: Rausch, Michael D [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 12:24 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: Anybody want to save my sanity?








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RE: What would YOU want to know?

[William Lefkovics]

Write a SCOM book.  Put a chapter on Exchange.

 

Write an Exchange book.  Put a chapter on SCOM.

 

How many Exchange installations use SCOM? Or MOM?  Less than half?

 

 

From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 10:24 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: OT: What would YOU want to know?

 

 

OK, I ask these questions for my own benefit. I hope you'll forgive me.

 

1] Let's assume that a book regarding using Exchange 2007 and SCOM (Systems
Center Operations Manager) together was going to be written. Would you buy
such a thing? What would you want to be in it?

 

2] What type of Exchange topics would you like to see covered in blogs and
articles that you don't see being covered? Or that you don't get enough
details about? The more specific the better! 

 

Regards,

 

Michael B. Smith

MCSE/Exchange MVP

http://TheEssentialExchange.com

 

 

 


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RE: Anybody want to save my sanity?

[Rausch, Michael D]

Ack, found it.  Hotfix (joy!)

Wonder if the hotfix requires a reboot.

http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2007/01/05/432079.aspx





From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 11:32 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Anybody want to save my sanity?



I can tell you how to force it, if you want to know (it involves using 
adsiedit). But I have no idea why the tab is greyed out.

(It's getting reset because of a process called DS2MB that resyncs information 
from A/D to the IIS metabase.)

Regards,

Michael B. Smith
MCSE/Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com

From: Rausch, Michael D [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 12:24 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: Anybody want to save my sanity?




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RE: Anybody want to save my sanity?

[Andy David]

Apply http://support.microsoft.com/kb/937031
Then set it in the IIS console.


From: Rausch, Michael D [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 12:24 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: Anybody want to save my sanity?





So, we are beginning our transition to Exchange 2007.  So we currently have 
Exchange 2003 SP2 mailbox servers and Exchange 2007 SP1 CAS boxes.

We are having issues with Active-Sync.

Basically, active-sync needs Integrated Windows Authentication enabled on the 
2003 Microsoft-Server-ActiveSync virtual directory.  I understand this.

And according to this:

http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2007/09/04/446918.aspxhttp://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2007/09/04/446918.aspx>

"Note: Integrated Windows authentication for /Exchange and 
/Microsoft-Server-ActiveSync virtual directories must be enabled via Exchange 
System Manager on Exchange 2003 back-end server."



And here is where I start feeling like I am going to go insane.  If I go into 
Exchange System Manager, and expand the server, expand protocols, expand HTTP 
and right click on Microsoft-Server-Activesync and go to the Access tab I see 
this:

[cid:image001.jpg@01C85773.8A0AD380]


So needless to say I can't seem to set it there.  But if I set it using the IIS 
manager, the setting falls off after a few hours and everything breaks again.

Basically it is driving me crazy.  I am using the Exchange System Manager 
actually on the server in question, so they are at the same version level.

So what silly stupid thing am I missing here?

Thanks all

Mike Rausch





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RE: Anybody want to save my sanity?

[Michael B. Smith]

I can tell you how to force it, if you want to know (it involves using
adsiedit). But I have no idea why the tab is greyed out.

 

(It's getting reset because of a process called DS2MB that resyncs
information from A/D to the IIS metabase.)

 

Regards,

 

Michael B. Smith

MCSE/Exchange MVP

http://TheEssentialExchange.com

 

From: Rausch, Michael D [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 12:24 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: Anybody want to save my sanity?

 






So, we are beginning our transition to Exchange 2007.  So we currently have
Exchange 2003 SP2 mailbox servers and Exchange 2007 SP1 CAS boxes.

We are having issues with Active-Sync.

Basically, active-sync needs Integrated Windows Authentication enabled on
the 2003 Microsoft-Server-ActiveSync virtual directory.  I understand this.

And according to this:

 http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2007/09/04/446918.aspx>
http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2007/09/04/446918.aspx

"Note: Integrated Windows authentication for /Exchange and
/Microsoft-Server-ActiveSync virtual directories must be enabled via
Exchange System Manager on Exchange 2003 back-end server."



And here is where I start feeling like I am going to go insane.  If I go
into Exchange System Manager, and expand the server, expand protocols,
expand HTTP and right click on Microsoft-Server-Activesync and go to the
Access tab I see this:

 



 

 

So needless to say I can't seem to set it there.  But if I set it using the
IIS manager, the setting falls off after a few hours and everything breaks
again.

 

Basically it is driving me crazy.  I am using the Exchange System Manager
actually on the server in question, so they are at the same version level.

 

So what silly stupid thing am I missing here?

 

Thanks all

 

Mike Rausch

 

 

 


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RE: Anybody want to save my sanity?

[Robinson, Chuck]

Did you try to manage through Exchange Management Console?


Chuck Robinson, MCSE: Messaging, VCP
Senior Practice Consultant
EMC Global Services, Microsoft Practice
tel 732-321-3644 xt.45, mobile 973-865-0394, fax 732-321-6855
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.emc.com/mspractice

From: Rausch, Michael D [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 12:24 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: Anybody want to save my sanity?





So, we are beginning our transition to Exchange 2007.  So we currently have 
Exchange 2003 SP2 mailbox servers and Exchange 2007 SP1 CAS boxes.

We are having issues with Active-Sync.

Basically, active-sync needs Integrated Windows Authentication enabled on the 
2003 Microsoft-Server-ActiveSync virtual directory.  I understand this.

And according to this:

http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2007/09/04/446918.aspxhttp://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2007/09/04/446918.aspx>

"Note: Integrated Windows authentication for /Exchange and 
/Microsoft-Server-ActiveSync virtual directories must be enabled via Exchange 
System Manager on Exchange 2003 back-end server."



And here is where I start feeling like I am going to go insane.  If I go into 
Exchange System Manager, and expand the server, expand protocols, expand HTTP 
and right click on Microsoft-Server-Activesync and go to the Access tab I see 
this:

[cid:image001.jpg@01C85772.6AD1ED10]


So needless to say I can't seem to set it there.  But if I set it using the IIS 
manager, the setting falls off after a few hours and everything breaks again.

Basically it is driving me crazy.  I am using the Exchange System Manager 
actually on the server in question, so they are at the same version level.

So what silly stupid thing am I missing here?

Thanks all

Mike Rausch





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Anybody want to save my sanity?

[Rausch, Michael D]

So, we are beginning our transition to Exchange 2007.  So we currently have 
Exchange 2003 SP2 mailbox servers and Exchange 2007 SP1 CAS boxes.

We are having issues with Active-Sync.

Basically, active-sync needs Integrated Windows Authentication enabled on the 
2003 Microsoft-Server-ActiveSync virtual directory.  I understand this.

And according to this:

http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2007/09/04/446918.aspxhttp://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2007/09/04/446918.aspx>

"Note: Integrated Windows authentication for /Exchange and 
/Microsoft-Server-ActiveSync virtual directories must be enabled via Exchange 
System Manager on Exchange 2003 back-end server."



And here is where I start feeling like I am going to go insane.  If I go into 
Exchange System Manager, and expand the server, expand protocols, expand HTTP 
and right click on Microsoft-Server-Activesync and go to the Access tab I see 
this:


[cid:646522317@15012008-327A]


So needless to say I can't seem to set it there.  But if I set it using the IIS 
manager, the setting falls off after a few hours and everything breaks again.

Basically it is driving me crazy.  I am using the Exchange System Manager 
actually on the server in question, so they are at the same version level.

So what silly stupid thing am I missing here?

Thanks all

Mike Rausch

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RE: Internet Mail Wizard to send outgoing email through 3rd party?

[Campbell, Rob]

Messagelabs would have given you a dns name to use for the outbound
email.  

 

Just plug that into the smarthost setting on the configuration on your
internet mail connector.

 

I'm using Messagelabs now.  You can contact be off-list if you want to.

 



From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 11:00 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: Internet Mail Wizard to send outgoing email through 3rd party?

 






So I need to send all outgoing email from our exchange server to
Messagelabs servers.

The only document they have that explains how to do this involves
running the Internet Mail Wizard.

I am a little hesitant to run this as our Exchange environment (2003
SP2) has been running fine for many years.

Is there a way to manually configure Exchange to send all outgoing email
through Messagelabs servers?

If so, how do I do this?

When I called to ask this question, their tech support said that is out
of the scope of their responsibility, and they would not help me.

Thanks,

Dave

 

 

 


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Internet Mail Wizard to send outgoing email through 3rd party?

[David Mazzaccaro]

So I need to send all outgoing email from our exchange server to
Messagelabs servers.
The only document they have that explains how to do this involves
running the Internet Mail Wizard.
I am a little hesitant to run this as our Exchange environment (2003
SP2) has been running fine for many years.

Is there a way to manually configure Exchange to send all outgoing email
through Messagelabs servers?
If so, how do I do this?
When I called to ask this question, their tech support said that is out
of the scope of their responsibility, and they would not help me.

Thanks,
Dave


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RE: Delegating OOF management

[Travis Robinson]

Thanks for confirming my thought. We have OWA published so that would
work, but apparently not everyone has access to internet? Odd, I know. 

 

I haven't had the legal conversation yet, because I initially told them
I wasn't aware of a way. I never told them we could do it by giving them
full access. That would get shot down quickly if they actually wanted to
move forward with it. 

 

Thanks again

 

From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 9:50 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Delegating OOF management

 

I don't think that there is a program that will do what you are asking.
Basically, you must be in the actual mailbox, not attached to it via
some permissions etc, to setup OOF, which means you are going to have to
give "Ownership" level permissions in order to do this.   Wouldn't it be
easier to give these employees the ability to connect to their mailboxes
remotely so that they can do it for themselves? 

Oh, and if you say management has demanded this, you might want to ask
management if they have checked on the legal aspect of this.  

On Jan 15, 2008 10:38 AM, Travis Robinson < [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 > wrote:

 

Hello,

 

Scenario:

 

We have an offsite location which is two hours ahead of my location.
When they have someone call in sick for the day, they want to be able to
go in and change the Out of Office message for the person calling in.
One problem being they want about 10 people to have the ability to
change these for about 100 employees. I know I can give them the
permission to do this, but don't want to give them too much access and I
don't want to do this for 100 people.  Delegates don't work for this
issue. Right now, I tell them to call the helpdesk and I'll make the
changes when I get in, but they're concerned about the 2 hour delay. 

 

Is there a program  that can accomplish this? What would the best way to
handle this so it can be changed in a timely manner without giving
access to everyone's e-mail?

 

Thanks

 

Travis

 

 

 




-- 
Sherry Abercrombie

"Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a persistent one."
-Albert Einstein 

 


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Free/Busy Info

[Joe Fox]

I know that this should be a simple one, but I'm not an Exchange guru. L

 

I need to find out what I need to do to have our VP's Free/Busy schedule
show up for one of the Corporate Trainers.  It shows up for the VP's
Assistant, as he has shared his Calendar with her, and for any
Administrator.

 

I thought it was a matter of allowing that user to see the calendar with
restricted rights.

 

Exchange 2003, latest SP, Outlook 2000 and 2003 Clients.

 

Thanks.

 

Joe Fox

Systems Administrator

 

The McGuire Group

Office#  (716) 826-2010 ext: 1172

Mobile# (716) 846-9308

 


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RE: meeting planner slow

[Dahl, Peter]

Since all the Exchange servers are in the same physical location
replicating the Public Folder Free/Busy data to an additional server in
that same site would not increase the performance from the Outlook
client.  I am guessing your administrative client is not in the same
site as the servers in this case.

 

 



From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 10:34 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: meeting planner slow

 

 

I didn't find much help when googling this. I found articles that others
have the problem but didn't find a solution. Maybe there isn't one...

 

Exchange 2003 SP2

4500 mailboxes across 5 servers

Public folders on 6th server

All servers in same data center

 

Outlook 2003 takes a long time to populate the meeting planner info. I
know they can disable the meeting details in meeting planner, but the
administrative assistants prefer to see the details. Would it help if I
replicated free/busy to each server? I prefer to have only one location
for public folders to make recovery easier. 

 

Thanks,

Laura

 

 

 



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Re: Delegating OOF management

[Sherry Abercrombie]

I don't think that there is a program that will do what you are asking.
Basically, you must be in the actual mailbox, not attached to it via some
permissions etc, to setup OOF, which means you are going to have to give
"Ownership" level permissions in order to do this.   Wouldn't it be easier
to give these employees the ability to connect to their mailboxes remotely
so that they can do it for themselves?

Oh, and if you say management has demanded this, you might want to ask
management if they have checked on the legal aspect of this.

On Jan 15, 2008 10:38 AM, Travis Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

>
>
>  Hello,
>
>
>
> Scenario:
>
>
>
> We have an offsite location which is two hours ahead of my location. When
> they have someone call in sick for the day, they want to be able to go in
> and change the Out of Office message for the person calling in. One problem
> being they want about 10 people to have the ability to change these for
> about 100 employees. I know I can give them the permission to do this, but
> don't want to give them too much access and I don't want to do this for 100
> people.  Delegates don't work for this issue. Right now, I tell them to call
> the helpdesk and I'll make the changes when I get in, but they're concerned
> about the 2 hour delay.
>
>
>
> Is there a program  that can accomplish this? What would the best way to
> handle this so it can be changed in a timely manner without giving access to
> everyone's e-mail?
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
> Travis
>
>
>
>


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Delegating OOF management

[Travis Robinson]

Hello,

 

Scenario:

 

We have an offsite location which is two hours ahead of my location.
When they have someone call in sick for the day, they want to be able to
go in and change the Out of Office message for the person calling in.
One problem being they want about 10 people to have the ability to
change these for about 100 employees. I know I can give them the
permission to do this, but don't want to give them too much access and I
don't want to do this for 100 people.  Delegates don't work for this
issue. Right now, I tell them to call the helpdesk and I'll make the
changes when I get in, but they're concerned about the 2 hour delay. 

 

Is there a program  that can accomplish this? What would the best way to
handle this so it can be changed in a timely manner without giving
access to everyone's e-mail?

 

Thanks

 

Travis


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RE: Naming convention suggestions

[Matt Lathrum]

The naming convention is static, so one way or another I need to use 4
letters and then 3 numbers with no deviation.


-Original Message-
From: Andy David [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 6:05 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Naming convention suggestions

Why not something simple like:

Ex011  for the Cluster
Ex011A and B for the physical nodes...etc...

And dont forget the Windows Cluster Name.

Since users and apps connect to the mailbox cluster name and that's what
you see in EMC, I dont see the point of giving the cluster name anything
like "virtual" or "Cluster".




From: Matt Lathrum [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 7:02 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: Naming convention suggestions



Does anyone have any naming convention suggestions for me?  I'm working
on a deployment for Exchange 2007 SP1 with 2 node CCR clusters, edge
transport, hub transport, and CAS servers.  My naming constraint is 4
letters followed by 3 numbers.

For instance, for the mailbox nodes, I was thinking of something like:

Virtual

Physical

EXVS011

EXPN011



EXPN012

EXVS021

EXPN021



EXPN022


VS is Virtual Server and PN is Physical Node. 11 stands for cluster 1
node 1, and 22 stands for cluster 2 node 2.

I don't want to make the names too confusing.  I was wondering how other
people named their larger installations and if they had any suggestions
for me.






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meeting planner slow

[msxlist2]

I didn't find much help when googling this. I found articles that others
have the problem but didn't find a solution. Maybe there isn't one...
 
Exchange 2003 SP2
4500 mailboxes across 5 servers
Public folders on 6th server
All servers in same data center
 
Outlook 2003 takes a long time to populate the meeting planner info. I
know they can disable the meeting details in meeting planner, but the
administrative assistants prefer to see the details. Would it help if I
replicated free/busy to each server? I prefer to have only one location
for public folders to make recovery easier. 
 
Thanks,
Laura

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Re: Recover hard delete

[Carl Webster]

Sounds like it is time to restore to a RSG.  Hopefully there are not many 
e-mails that are not on the backup tape.  Using a RSG is not hard and makes 
your recovery job fairly easy.


Webster


- Original Message 
From: Dan Bowlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RE: Recover hard delete


With the inbox highlighted, there are no items in the Recover Deleted Items.  
She does not have that many folders & I have looked in them to see if maybe 
they were moved.  Regular Deleted items don't have them either.
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RE: Recover hard delete

[Dan Bowlin]

With the inbox highlighted, there are no items in the Recover Deleted Items.  
She does not have that many folders & I have looked in them to see if maybe 
they were moved.  Regular Deleted items don't have them either.
 
Thanks,

-Original Message-
From: Andy David [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 10:09 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Recover hard delete





So they aren't recoverable under the inbox?

 

Have you done an advanced search to see if she moved them somewhere else? 

 

 

From: Dan Bowlin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 10:04 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: Recover hard delete

 

 

Exchange 2003, Outlook 2000.  User deleted contents of inbox this morning.  
Deleted item retention is 14 days, with no ADUC overrides.  I added the 
DumpsterAlwaysOn key to the users computer shortly after the user informed me 
of the problem, and restarted.  The deleted items are not showing in the 
deleted item recovery box.  User says she did CTRL-A to highlight all items, 
and hit the Delete key, not Sift+Delete, just Delete.  Items are not in the 
standard deleted items folder either.  Am I missing something?  Where else can 
I go to recover her email.

 

If after waiting a little while longer, the items still do not show up to be 
recovered, what are my options?  Create a second Exchange server, restore a 
back up to it and recover the data from there?  How would I get the deleted 
mail from the second Exchange to the primary after the back up has been 
restored?

 

Lots of questions, thanks for all help.

 

Dan Bowlin 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
IS Manager 
HAVE, Inc. 
350 Power Avenue 
Hudson, NY 12534 
p. 518-828-2000 
f. 518-828-2008 

 

 

 


 



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RE: Recover hard delete

[Sobey, Richard A]

You must recover them from the folder they were permanently deleted
from. E.g:

 

* They use Shift-Delete on the "Sales" folder. You run the
Recover Deleted Items tool while the Sales folder is selected.

* They use normal Delete on the "Sales" folder. The mails go to
the Deleted Items folder. The Deleted Items folder is then emptied. You
use the Recover Deleted Items tool while Deleted Items is selected.

 

Hope that helps.

 

From: Dan Bowlin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: 15 January 2008 15:04
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: Recover hard delete

 

 

Exchange 2003, Outlook 2000.  User deleted contents of inbox this
morning.  Deleted item retention is 14 days, with no ADUC overrides.  I
added the DumpsterAlwaysOn key to the users computer shortly after the
user informed me of the problem, and restarted.  The deleted items are
not showing in the deleted item recovery box.  User says she did CTRL-A
to highlight all items, and hit the Delete key, not Sift+Delete, just
Delete.  Items are not in the standard deleted items folder either.  Am
I missing something?  Where else can I go to recover her email.

 

If after waiting a little while longer, the items still do not show up
to be recovered, what are my options?  Create a second Exchange server,
restore a back up to it and recover the data from there?  How would I
get the deleted mail from the second Exchange to the primary after the
back up has been restored?

 

Lots of questions, thanks for all help.

 

Dan Bowlin 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
IS Manager 
HAVE, Inc. 
350 Power Avenue 
Hudson, NY 12534 
p. 518-828-2000 
f. 518-828-2008 

 

 

 


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RE: Recover hard delete

[Andy David]

So they aren't recoverable under the inbox?

Have you done an advanced search to see if she moved them somewhere else?


From: Dan Bowlin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 10:04 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: Recover hard delete


Exchange 2003, Outlook 2000.  User deleted contents of inbox this morning.  
Deleted item retention is 14 days, with no ADUC overrides.  I added the 
DumpsterAlwaysOn key to the users computer shortly after the user informed me 
of the problem, and restarted.  The deleted items are not showing in the 
deleted item recovery box.  User says she did CTRL-A to highlight all items, 
and hit the Delete key, not Sift+Delete, just Delete.  Items are not in the 
standard deleted items folder either.  Am I missing something?  Where else can 
I go to recover her email.

If after waiting a little while longer, the items still do not show up to be 
recovered, what are my options?  Create a second Exchange server, restore a 
back up to it and recover the data from there?  How would I get the deleted 
mail from the second Exchange to the primary after the back up has been 
restored?

Lots of questions, thanks for all help.

Dan Bowlin
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
IS Manager
HAVE, Inc.
350 Power Avenue
Hudson, NY 12534
p. 518-828-2000
f. 518-828-2008





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RE: Recover hard delete

[Andy Shook]

Google "recovery storage group"  RSG rocks...

 

Shook

http://www.linkedin.com/in/andyshook  



From: Dan Bowlin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 10:04 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: Recover hard delete

 

 

Exchange 2003, Outlook 2000.  User deleted contents of inbox this
morning.  Deleted item retention is 14 days, with no ADUC overrides.  I
added the DumpsterAlwaysOn key to the users computer shortly after the
user informed me of the problem, and restarted.  The deleted items are
not showing in the deleted item recovery box.  User says she did CTRL-A
to highlight all items, and hit the Delete key, not Sift+Delete, just
Delete.  Items are not in the standard deleted items folder either.  Am
I missing something?  Where else can I go to recover her email.

 

If after waiting a little while longer, the items still do not show up
to be recovered, what are my options?  Create a second Exchange server,
restore a back up to it and recover the data from there?  How would I
get the deleted mail from the second Exchange to the primary after the
back up has been restored?

 

Lots of questions, thanks for all help.

 

Dan Bowlin 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
IS Manager 
HAVE, Inc. 
350 Power Avenue 
Hudson, NY 12534 
p. 518-828-2000 
f. 518-828-2008 

 

 

 


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Recover hard delete

[Dan Bowlin]

Exchange 2003, Outlook 2000.  User deleted contents of inbox this morning.  
Deleted item retention is 14 days, with no ADUC overrides.  I added the 
DumpsterAlwaysOn key to the users computer shortly after the user informed me 
of the problem, and restarted.  The deleted items are not showing in the 
deleted item recovery box.  User says she did CTRL-A to highlight all items, 
and hit the Delete key, not Sift+Delete, just Delete.  Items are not in the 
standard deleted items folder either.  Am I missing something?  Where else can 
I go to recover her email.
 
If after waiting a little while longer, the items still do not show up to be 
recovered, what are my options?  Create a second Exchange server, restore a 
back up to it and recover the data from there?  How would I get the deleted 
mail from the second Exchange to the primary after the back up has been 
restored?
 
Lots of questions, thanks for all help.
 
Dan Bowlin 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
IS Manager 
HAVE, Inc. 
350 Power Avenue 
Hudson, NY 12534 
p. 518-828-2000 
f. 518-828-2008 

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RE: Symantec Storage Foundation

[Sirianni, Steven]

Thanks all.

 

Steve Sirianni

Enterprise Infrastructure Services

University at Buffalo

[EMAIL PROTECTED]  

716.645.6705



From: Matt Lathrum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 6:24 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Symantec Storage Foundation

 

 

Yes, we use NetBackup and that works fine.

 

 

From: Sirianni, Steven [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 7:41 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Symantec Storage Foundation

 

 

Thanks for your response, its hard to get a hold of anyone using the
product. We may integrate Netbackup from Symantec with SF, are you guys
using Netbackup at all, or have looked at it?

Thanks again.

 

Steve Sirianni

Enterprise Infrastructure Services

University at Buffalo

[EMAIL PROTECTED]  

716.645.6705



From: Matt Lathrum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 5:28 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Symantec Storage Foundation

 

 

It also increased my time for failover by an extra 60-90 seconds because
of the method it uses to bring disk resources offline and online, which
brings us dangerously close to exceeding the 5 minute "best practice"
watermark published by Microsoft.

 

Some combination of SFW, Command Central, PatchLink, and Configuration
Manager (yes, all Symantec products) is also causing one of our
clusters, the only cluster with SFW, to get ... peculiar ... on us with
performance issues.  With that, we are punting and have decided to
reinstall the cluster with our original HP drivers, and our other 4
clusters run the HP drivers without issue.

 

No, I don't think you'll get my recommendation for SFW.  But we are but
one customer and may not be representative of the rest of the customer
base.

 

 

From: Sirianni, Steven [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 2:35 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Symantec Storage Foundation

 

 

Do you recommend using SF at all since we are evaluating the product
now?

 

Steve Sirianni

Enterprise Infrastructure Services

University at Buffalo

[EMAIL PROTECTED]  

716.645.6705



From: Matt Lathrum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 6:35 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Symantec Storage Foundation

 

 

Having a hell of a time getting SFW's disk groups to play nice with
Trend ScanMail and Symantec's own(!) product Enterprise Vault.  Those
two won't install directly into disk groups.

 

 

From: Sirianni, Steven [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 8:49 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: Symantec Storage Foundation

 

 

Hi,

Is anyone using Symantec's Storage Foundation for Exchange 2007 out
there? If so what have been your recent experiences?

Thanks in advance.

 

Steve Sirianni

University at Buffalo

[EMAIL PROTECTED]  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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RE: Different Disclaimers Per Domain

[John Shaw-Miller]

Hi there Chuck,

Its Exchange 2003 (not upgrading to 2007 just yet), however, we don't
use Dynamic Distribution Groups, as the people that would be in those
groups, are not visible in the GAL (they cant be visible in the GAL)

Cheers

-Original Message-
From: Robinson, Chuck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: 15 January 2008 14:02
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Different Disclaimers Per Domain

What version of Exchange?
For 2003, take a look at Ninja Disclaimers.
http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/ I've helped clients implement it, and
for the price it is very good. You may have to create a Dynamic
Distribution Group and configure ND for each DDG. The last time I used
the product, it didn't dynamically update the users in a group.
Hopefully that has changed.

For 2007, you can use Transport Rules. You'll have to do some work with
the rule conditions, but it should be trivial.

HTH

Chuck Robinson, MCSE: Messaging, VCP
Senior Practice Consultant
EMC Global Services, Microsoft Practice
tel 732-321-3644 xt.45, mobile 973-865-0394, fax 732-321-6855
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.emc.com/mspractice


-Original Message-
From: John Shaw-Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 7:23 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: Different Disclaimers Per Domain

Hi there,

I currently have about five or six domains on an exchange server farm,
we now need to add a disclaimer to some domains - but not others, and
also different disclaimers depending on domains, anyone got any pointers
on how to do this?  Any software that's needed should be "set and
forget".

Cheers

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Re: Different Disclaimers Per Domain

[Carl Webster]

Did you look at the 30 day eval and see if the disclaimer part still worked 
after the 30 days?  

- Original Message 
From: John Shaw-Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RE: Different Disclaimers Per Domain

Yeah I looked at that - though might seem pretty pricey for 100,000+
users :(

-Original Message-
From: Carl Webster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Subject: Re: Different Disclaimers Per Domain

GFIMailEssentials does that:

Company-wide disclaimer/footer/header text 
GFI MailEssentials enables you to add disclaimers to the top or bottom
of an email. Text and HTML formats are supported. You can include
fields/variables to personalize the disclaimer. You can also create
multiple disclaimers and associate them with a user, group or domain.

You can download the 30-day eval and the disclaimer part will still work
after the 30 days (or it used to).

http://www.gfi.com/mes/mesfeatures.htm

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RE: Different Disclaimers Per Domain

[John Shaw-Miller]

Yeah I looked at that - though might seem pretty pricey for 100,000+
users :(

-Original Message-
From: Carl Webster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: 15 January 2008 13:18
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Different Disclaimers Per Domain

GFIMailEssentials does that:

Company-wide disclaimer/footer/header text 
GFI MailEssentials enables you to add disclaimers to the top or bottom
of an email. Text and HTML formats are supported. You can include
fields/variables to personalize the disclaimer. You can also create
multiple disclaimers and associate them with a user, group or domain.

You can download the 30-day eval and the disclaimer part will still work
after the 30 days (or it used to).

http://www.gfi.com/mes/mesfeatures.htm


Webster

- Original Message 
From: John Shaw-Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues 
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 7:23:11 AM
Subject: Different Disclaimers Per Domain

Hi there,

I currently have about five or six domains on an exchange server farm,
we now need to add a disclaimer to some domains - but not others, and
also different disclaimers depending on domains, anyone got any pointers
on how to do this?  Any software that's needed should be "set and
forget".

Cheers

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RE: Different Disclaimers Per Domain

[Robinson, Chuck]

What version of Exchange?
For 2003, take a look at Ninja Disclaimers. http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/ 
I've helped clients implement it, and for the price it is very good. You may 
have to create a Dynamic Distribution Group and configure ND for each DDG. The 
last time I used the product, it didn't dynamically update the users in a 
group. Hopefully that has changed.

For 2007, you can use Transport Rules. You'll have to do some work with the 
rule conditions, but it should be trivial.

HTH

Chuck Robinson, MCSE: Messaging, VCP
Senior Practice Consultant
EMC Global Services, Microsoft Practice
tel 732-321-3644 xt.45, mobile 973-865-0394, fax 732-321-6855
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.emc.com/mspractice


-Original Message-
From: John Shaw-Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 7:23 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: Different Disclaimers Per Domain

Hi there,

I currently have about five or six domains on an exchange server farm,
we now need to add a disclaimer to some domains - but not others, and
also different disclaimers depending on domains, anyone got any pointers
on how to do this?  Any software that's needed should be "set and
forget".

Cheers

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RE: Event ID 9004 Source MSExchange Transport

[Michael B. Smith]

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925379

Regards,

Michael B. Smith
MCSE/Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com


-Original Message-
From: Sascha [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 4:45 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: Event ID 9004 Source MSExchange Transport

First of all Hi to everyone !!!
I'm new in this Forum.
we are having Problems with our Exchange 2003 Server.
We have the log full of the following entries.
Source: MSExchange Transport
Category: Categorizer
Event ID: 9004
Description:
Categorizer encountered a hard error while processing a message.  While 
processing user 'smtp:[EMAIL PROTECTED]', the function 
'CPhatCat::HrSaveEJRecipIfNecessary' called 
'ItemProps->pIRecipsAdd->GetStringW' which returned error code '0x800300fd' (An 
unexpected error occurred.
).  A DSN has been generated. ( f:[EMAIL PROTECTED] )

can someone help me ?
Thanks
Chris


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Re: Different Disclaimers Per Domain

[Carl Webster]

GFIMailEssentials does that:

Company-wide disclaimer/footer/header text 
GFI MailEssentials enables you to add disclaimers to the top or bottom of an 
email. Text and HTML formats are supported. You can include fields/variables to 
personalize the disclaimer. You can also create multiple disclaimers and 
associate them with a user, group or domain.

You can download the 30-day eval and the disclaimer part will still work after 
the 30 days (or it used to).

http://www.gfi.com/mes/mesfeatures.htm


Webster

- Original Message 
From: John Shaw-Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues 
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 7:23:11 AM
Subject: Different Disclaimers Per Domain

Hi there,

I currently have about five or six domains on an exchange server farm,
we now need to add a disclaimer to some domains - but not others, and
also different disclaimers depending on domains, anyone got any pointers
on how to do this?  Any software that's needed should be "set and
forget".

Cheers

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RE: What would YOU want to know?

[Fogarty, Richard R Mr ARMY GUEST USA USASOC]

Excellent overview.  This type of book would be a must read on any Exchange
Admin's desk! 

-Original Message-
From: Jason Gurtz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 4:17 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: What would YOU want to know?

> First off, I am not a big fan of 'combined' style books unless the 
> products are obviously intertwined (something which SCCOM and EXCH are 
> not in my opinion)

I wholeheartedly agree.  It would be much better to see a title like
"Exchange: Best Practices for Operations and Monitoring."  Operations =
Common and esoteric business needs.  Monitoring = finding and solving
problems, and increasing performance and availability.  Possibly (due to
size) this would be two volumes, one for operations, one for monitoring.
If it's easily found in the documentation it probably doesn't belong.
This should focus on clarifying best practice and solving business need.

This book would cover Exchange in the current 2007 SP1 version and also
outline and note differences back to possibly 5.5 (still widely in use
thankfully not here :).  The best practices part would pertain to real world
operations in small, medium, and large (and possibly ISP if anyone's that
crazy) size organizations.

These best practices would include programs like SCCOM and other competing
products of that nature, homegrown programs in C#/VB.Net that utilize
various related messaging APIs, and scripts (in cmd, power shell, vbs, Perl,
iron Python, SysInternals tools, etc...) that utilize APIs or interact with
the filesystem.

I would fully expect that Spam/Malware fighting methods and proper
architecture represent a third of the content.  This would include extensive
discussion on DNS related items, not only in relation to blocking the bad
stuff, but also with a strong focus on site reputation
and deliverability.   Obviously, there would be talk of the edge transport
role in EX2k7, but a serious book would also talk extensively about third
party solutions (both commercial and open source).  Fully vetting in black
and white the SMTP bugs in the various versions of the Exchange SMTP engine
(incoming and outgoing) should be done including discussion of the many
hotfixes that deal with them!

Off the top of my head other topics should be (in no particular order):

-Relevant RFCs mentioned
-Mailbox management/provisioning
-MUA issues (cover not only lookout but also 3rd party clients that use
POP/IMAP)
-Remote traveling users and relaying.
-Effectively dealing with large attachments -Aliases (distribution groups)
-General messaging security -Archiving and compliance (HIPPA, etc...)
-performance on foo hardware (fully vet how much Ex loads disk writes vs.
reads, memory footprint, CPU loading etc... all per mailbox).
-reporting (in all its various guises)

Use one of the many O'Reilly animal series books (for example
Sendmail/Sendmail cookbook) as a guide.  I realize this future tome is
probably as much an MS marketing effort to sell SCCOM as much as it is help
for admins but hopefully that waste of paper won't happen.

Good luck,

~JasonG

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Different Disclaimers Per Domain

[John Shaw-Miller]

Hi there,

I currently have about five or six domains on an exchange server farm,
we now need to add a disclaimer to some domains - but not others, and
also different disclaimers depending on domains, anyone got any pointers
on how to do this?  Any software that's needed should be "set and
forget".

Cheers

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Event ID 9004 Source MSExchange Transport

[Sascha]

First of all Hi to everyone !!!
I'm new in this Forum.
we are having Problems with our Exchange 2003 Server.
We have the log full of the following entries.
Source: MSExchange Transport
Category: Categorizer
Event ID: 9004
Description:
Categorizer encountered a hard error while processing a message.  While 
processing user 'smtp:[EMAIL PROTECTED]', the function 
'CPhatCat::HrSaveEJRecipIfNecessary' called 
'ItemProps->pIRecipsAdd->GetStringW' which returned error code '0x800300fd' (An 
unexpected error occurred.
).  A DSN has been generated. ( f:[EMAIL PROTECTED] )

can someone help me ?
Thanks
Chris


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