PF migration - Ex2003 to Ex2007 w/ CCR

[Rob Sargent]

Hi.  I'd appreciate help understanding how to move Exchange 2003 Public
Folders to our Exchange 2007 CCR cluster.   In Ex2003 there are several PF
stores.  In Ex2007, mbxs roles are only on the one 2-node CCR cluster.

Due to the conflict between PF replication and CCR, we plan to replicate all
PFs over a weekend to the Exchange 2007 cluster and then shut off PF
replication, but here's what I'm not sure about:
- do we disable CCR while the PF replication is taking place?
- once all PFs have replicated and PF replication is turned off, will
dismounting the Ex2003 Public Stores be enough to force Outlook 2007 clients
to the Ex2007 PFs or do I need to delete the Ex2003 Public Stores?
- will Ex2007 CCR automatically start copying the new public store within
the cluster?

What other gotchas should I look out for?

Thanks
Rob

RE: Migrating special mailboxes

[Rob Sargent]

To get rid of the remaining replicas on your Ex2003, some of which could be 
which the standard built-in PFs, use System Manager in Ex2003 and use the Move 
All Replicas option.  Wait for replication to complete .. the Public Folder 
Instances folder will be empty.   Then you can delete the PF database.

This is the blog that helped me the most.
http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2007/07/09/445967.aspx

re: Using Exmerge after migrating to 2010

[Rob Sargent]

Quest’s Recovery Manager for Exchange can read the Exchange db right off the 
Networker backup tape without need of an Exchange server.  It can save the mbx 
contents to a pst for importing into the ‘live’ mailbox.  I’ll bet 
PowerControls can do the same.

Quest’s details are here:  
http://www.quest.com/recovery-manager-for-exchange/features-benefits.aspx
I’m not sure about pricing/licensing though.

/Rob

Re: New Messages Moving to Deleted Items Folder

[Rob Sargent]

We've had several Ex2007 user mailboxes with those symptoms.  Their
mailbox's AutomateProcessing flag were getting set to "autoaccept" instead
of "autoupdate" ... Had to run a powershell script to change that setting,
and have not determined how the flag got reset.  I'm not sure it's the same
issue as KB983316 as I'm not sure how an Outlook patch would change a
mailbox setting like that (?).   I haven't found any background details on
exactly what the Outlook patch does for the symptom of automatically
moving newly received mail to deleted items.
Rob
On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 12:23 PM, Michael B. Smith wrote:

> I know this discussion came up somewhere (here?) last week, but I didn't
> pay close attention.
>
> Check out http://support.microsoft.com/kb/983316
>
> And the most recent EMO available at slipstick.com
>
> Regards,
>
> Michael B. Smith
> Consultant and Exchange MVP
> http://TheEssentialExchange.com 
>
>
>
>
>

Re: Recovering messages from Exchange server 2007

[Rob Sargent]

Assuming you still have the Tracking Logs for the period in question, then
download and install the 30-day trial of Quest MessageStats (
www.quest.com/messagestats).  In the admin console you can identify certain
mailboxes on which you want detailed information (auditing tab), and then
set up a gathering task for the tracking logs on the servers.  Wait for data
to be imported, then from the reports console run the Mailbox Sent Audits
report.

Rob
On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 7:59 AM, James Rankin  wrote:

> Greetings Exchange gurus
>
> What's the easiest way to view all messages that were sent by a particular
> user on a particular day in the past week? I need this for some
> cloak-and-dagger investigative purposes - I suppose I could just grant
> myself permissions to the user's mailbox and forward myself all their Sent
> Items, but a) would they be able to tell I'd done this? and b) I'm assuming
> this wouldn't cover any stuff they may have permanently deleted?
>
> I presume there must be other ways to achieve this - I apologise for my
> lack of Exchange knowledge, I am not an Exchange bod by any stretch of the
> imagination.
>
> TIA,
>
>
>
> JRR
>
> --
> "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into
> the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able
> rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such
> a question."
>
>

Re: OOO message only going out once

[Rob Sargent]

OOOs are once per user, per each time OOO is enabled.  There is no daily
reset.  So if I go on 2 weeks vacation, each person who sends me an email
only gets one OOO response while I'm gone.

On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 10:53 AM, Maglinger, Paul wrote:

> Running Exchange 2003, Outlook 2003.  Sender received an "out of office"
> message yesterday at 1pm from recipient that's on vacation.  Today, sender
> sent another email at 8:30am and did not get an OOO from recipient.
>  Mailboxes appear to be well under limits.  OOO is still turned on with
> recipient's mailbox.  I looked at message tracking and only saw the OOO from
> yesterday.  I understand that OOO only goes out once per day per sender.
>  What time of day is that counter reset?  Has anyone else run across
> problems where the OOO only fires off once?
>
> -Paul
>
>
>

Re: Resource Mailbox Calendar viewing

[Rob Sargent]

I log onto the mailbox using Outlook and in Calendar Properties set the
default right to Reviewer.  I think that's all they need to see basic
meeting details.

On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 3:53 PM, Steve Hart  wrote:

>  I have a conference room set up as a Resource Mailbox.  Users can
> schedule meetings and they can see when the conference room is busy with
> meetings scheduled by others. They want to have the ability to see who has
> scheduled the meetings. When I hover over the calendar entry it tells me,
> but I suspect that that is because I have full access to the mailbox. How do
> enable users to see the details of previously scheduled meetings without
> giving them full access to the mailbox?
>
>
>
> E2007 SP2,  Outlook 2002 and 2003.
>
>
>
> Steve
>
>
>
>
>

Re: Room reservations

[Rob Sargent]

You need to set the Default rights to the room's Calendar to Reviewer.  Log
on to the room mailbox (Outlook), view the Calendar and go to Properties /
Permissions tab...

On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 1:56 PM, Scott Mitchell wrote:

>  Exchange 2010 and Outlook 2007. Is there any way for users to see who has
> a room reserved?  We've just migrated from Domino and our users are used to
> having this ability.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Scott Mitchell, Sr.
>
>  "The [U.S.] Constitution is a limitation on the government, not on
> private individuals ... it does not prescribe the conduct of private
> individuals, only the conduct of the government ... it is not a charter for
> government power, but a charter of the citizen's protection against the
> government." --philosopher and novelist Ayn Rand (1905-1982)
>
>

OAB issue - Ex2007

[Rob Sargent]

Hi.   We have a problem with the Offline Address Book not updating.
Exchange 2007 w/ CCR.  Turns out the OAB generator is pointing to the
primary CCR mode but it's not the active node.  Technet (
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd285503(EXCHG.80).aspx)
indicates we need to either make the primary node the active node again, or
manually repoint the registry entry to the active node ... that seems kind
of strange.
Wouldn't it make more sense to point the OAB generator to the cluster
itself and let it figure out what node is active?So this means that
every time we fail over (ex: patching/maintenance activity), we need to
either change this registry entry or always fail back to the primary node?
Am I missing something?  Seems like a lot of manual work (that computers
were supposed to save us from).

Rob

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Re: OT: Outlook message won't go to PST file

[Rob Sargent]

Maybe save the email as a .msg file, attach it to a new message and put the
new message in the PST (?)...


On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 3:56 PM, Bill Songstad  wrote:

> I have a strange situation where I have a single message which I have been
> able to copy from one exchange 2003 mailbox to another but it will not be
> copied into a PST file.  I can copy other files but not this one.  I have
> forwarded it to another user and tried to copy the forwarded message and
> received the same error: "Cannot move the items.  The item cannot be moved.
> It was either already moved or deleted, or access was denied."
>
> The original message was in the journal mailbox,and as I do each month, i
> was peeling off the previous month's journal items using the export feature
> of Outlook 2007.  I was able to successfully export thousands of items
> before and after this item. But no matter how I try to export it, it gives
> me the error.
>
> I have tried exporting with the full mailbox;  Copying to a new PST file;
> Move to a new PST file; forward and move the forwarded item to a new PST.
> I've tried reusing PSTs, new PSTs.  Nothing will get that item into PST.  It
> does move fine between folders in the same mailbox or even into other
> mailboxes.
>
> The orginal email was only 400Kb.  But it did have numerous tiny graphics
> in it.  I can open and read it just fine.  It was sent originally from a
> Mac.  I have had no other problems with the mac's emails though.
>
> Anybody have any ideas how I can get this stinking email into my archival
> PST?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bill
>
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Re: Offline Address Book and MS Patching

[Rob Sargent]

It's my guess that it's more likely an Exchange issue as opposed to
client   We recently had one issue with respect to CCR that bit us
  our
OAB generator in Exchange 2007 was pointing to the primary CCR mode but
it wasn't the active node any more because we'd failed over at some
point.  (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd285503(EXCHG.80).aspx)
  Hope that helps a bit.


On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 1:41 PM, Michael B. Smith wrote:

>  You are asking a question that can have no answer :-P
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
> Michael B. Smith
>
> Consultant and Exchange MVP
>
> http://TheEssentialExchange.com 
>
>
>
> *From:* Brown, Larry [mailto:lc.br...@dplinc.com]
> *Sent:* Friday, September 10, 2010 11:48 AM
> *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues
> *Cc:* McCready, Rob
> *Subject:* Offline Address Book and MS Patching
>
>
>
> Exch 2007 SP1, CCR…Outlook 2007 in Cached mode
>
>
>
> Lately we’ve been getting a lot of calls about the Address Book not being
> up to date.  Having the user manually update always solves the problem…but
> I’m wondering…
>
>
>
>
>
> Our Exchange servers are up to date on patching.  However, our PC’s are
> many…many…many months behind because the powers that be don’t want to force
> reboots for mostly non-24/7 PC’s.  And yes, it makes no sense to me either.
>
>
>
>
> Could the lack of patching for Outlook be causing the OAB to not be updated
> every night?  I guess I’m wondering if a mismatch in security patches might
> somehow, in the zillions of lines of code that be the Microsoft Monster, be
> causing an issue…
>
>
>
> * **Larry C. Brown*
>
> LAN/WAN CS Support
>
>  Dayton Power & Light
>
>  (937)-331-4922
>
>
>
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Re: PF replication

[Rob Sargent]

Or maybe there really is only 2gb of PF data?  Maybe your source PF store,
which indicates 12gb, has lots of white space?  Does it look like there are
replicas on the target server of all folders?

Rob
On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 11:46 AM, Level Five - List wrote:

>  Okay, what am I missing, I have 2 ex2k7sp2 servers that im trying to
> replicate PF data. The data is about 12GB which isn’t a lot but its dozens
> of folders and hundreds of permissions.
>
>
>
> I started replication a month ago, replication got to about 2gb on the 
> 2ndserver and it hasn’t moved since.
>
>
>
> The other day I spun up a new vm as a test , installed exchange and ran the
> replication scripts. When I goto the primary server I see the new server in
> all the replication lists of all the folders. I waited about a day, I see
> the primarypf messages in the queues going to the new 3rd server. The
> server got to about 2.1gb and hasn’t moved now in 24 hours and I don’t see
> anything in the queues.
>
>
>
> As a test I made sure that all the limits were off, and i had previously
> lifted the 300k limit to 3k as a test for replication and that didn’t
> change anything either.
>
>
>
> So im either missing something very basic, or im going to just extract,
> delete, re-create all the pf’s on the new server and manually do all
> permissions (can pfwebdav export perms?) or if there is a tool to extract
> those would be appreciated .. the fact that 2 other servers are stopping
> right @ 2gb makes me think there is something I didn’t set correctly as far
> as size or similar.
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
>
>
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Re: SendAs Auditing tool

[Rob Sargent]

Quest own ScriptLogic ... it's the same product.  ScriptLogic sells to SMB
(can't remember if they define it as under 1000 or under 2000 seats) and
Quest sells to Enterprise ... so depending on your company size you have to
deal with one company or the other.



On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 9:09 PM, Peter Sam  wrote:

> Folks
>
> I am trying to determine if there is a good tool that can report on SendAs
> rights to various Exchange (2003/2007/2010) based mailboxes /shared
> mailboxes / public folders /distribution lists;
>
> I am looking at Quest Change Auditor for Exchange ;  Scriptlogic also has a
> changeauditor for exchange.   Do these tools do the required reporting?
>
> http://www.changeauditorforexchange.com/
> http://www.quest.com/changeauditor-for-exchange/
>
> Any other recommendations? Comments
>
> (I am not looking for home grown or custom powershell scripts)
>
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RE: A Little OT: BB Z10 Rebooting Issues

[Rob Sargent]

FYI  I noticed that this related posting was just added on berryreview.com:

"I have been hearing from quite a few readers who recently purchased the 
Verizon BlackBerry Z10 about issues I know BlackBerry has resolved months ago. 
I know that Verizon has an older version of the BlackBerry 10 OS but some of 
these issues are very painful. For example, here is just one laundry list of 
complaints from a single Verizon BlackBerry Z10 owner today:

•BlackBerry 10 Android Player menu swipe down stops working – Only fix is to 
turn on airplane mode, reboot, and pray.
•Charging just stops for no reason
•Sudden random reboots multiple times a day (They cannot use third party apps 
that need to be running)
•Random lack of connection in Android apps when other apps work along with 
Force Close annoyances
•Browser crashes regularly


All of these issues are things that I know BlackBerry has directly addressed 
and fixed in current OS updates on other carriers. For some reason the Verizon 
BlackBerry Z10 has been left out in the cold leaving BlackBerry faithful users 
with a bad impression of BlackBerry Z10. One that does not exist on any other 
carrier (that I know of).

I know that BlackBerry is putting the full court press on Verizon to get them 
to update but I have not been able to get any target dates due to their miles 
of red tape. If you do happen to have a BlackBerry Z10 on Verizon and are 
running into issues I only posted this to make sure you know that you are not 
alone AND this is not a typical BlackBerry Z10 experience. Hopefully Verizon 
users will get an OS update shortly to rectify the situation. Until now those 
Verizon Z10 users who are willing to take risks and have some technical know 
how are trying to load the latest leaked OS on their devices with some luck."


Hope that helps.  FWIW I've not had any issues with my Z10 up here in Canada.

Rob
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