RE: OWA 2003 Loading.(Somewhat fixed.)

[Peter Johnson]

I had a similar issue with urlscan many years ago where the  trailing period 
"." Was in the ini and stopped attachment downloading. Very frustrating until I 
tracked it down and sorted it out. Got me a job offer though !!! :)

Regards
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Peter Johnson
I.T Architect
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From: David W. McSpadden [mailto:dav...@imcu.com]
Sent: 03 May 2010 16:33
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: OWA 2003 Loading.(Somewhat fixed.)

It was the : and ... in the subject line.
Commented them out of URLScan and life is good, I guess.



From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com]
Sent: Monday, May 03, 2010 10:28 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: OWA 2003 Loading.(Somewhat fixed.)

"need" is a funny word. It's not a requirement.

You can use the IIS W3SVC logs and the urlscan logs to see what verbs are being 
denied and if truly files are not being found.

Regards,

Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com

From: David W. McSpadden [mailto:dav...@imcu.com]
Sent: Monday, May 03, 2010 9:01 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: OWA 2003 Loading.(Somewhat fixed.)

Does Windows 2003 IIS even need urlscan??


From: David McSpadden [mailto:dav...@imcu.com]
Sent: Monday, May 03, 2010 8:55 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: OWA 2003 Loading...(Somewhat fixed.)

Found that URLScan.ini was the culprit and can now get logged into OWA2003 and 
have a page display.  Can send email, can open previous emails, CANNOT open new 
mail though.
Getting an HTTP 404 error??

"Please consider the environment before printing this email."



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Setting up Active Sync on E2K10

[John Bowles]

All-

I've setup AS on my E2K10 server. We were pointing all the devices to the 
externalURL on the CAS server.  Everything was working fine, came in this 
morning and all the devices are not working.  I blew away my account on my 
phone and then tried to set it back up, and I'm getting verification failed 
errors on my phone.  Any ideas?
Thank you,


John Bowles

RE: Setting up Active Sync on E2K10

[John Bowles]

I'm following this article when opening up external ports... the ports are open 
for AS, AutoDisc etc.  I'm just curious as to why it would work one day and not 
the next if no changes were made?

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb331973.aspx


John Bowles | 301.473.2260


From: John Bowles [john.bow...@wlkmmas.org]
Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 9:28 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: Setting up Active Sync on E2K10

All-

I've setup AS on my E2K10 server. We were pointing all the devices to the 
externalURL on the CAS server.  Everything was working fine, came in this 
morning and all the devices are not working.  I blew away my account on my 
phone and then tried to set it back up, and I'm getting verification failed 
errors on my phone.  Any ideas?
Thank you,


John Bowles

RE: Setting up Active Sync on E2K10

[Dan Cooper]

try this site:

https://www.testexchangeconnectivity.com/

Let us know what errors you get


From: John Bowles [mailto:john.bow...@wlkmmas.org]
Sent: dinsdag 4 mei 2010 15:35
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Setting up Active Sync on E2K10

I'm following this article when opening up external ports... the ports are open 
for AS, AutoDisc etc.  I'm just curious as to why it would work one day and not 
the next if no changes were made?

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb331973.aspx


John Bowles | 301.473.2260


From: John Bowles [john.bow...@wlkmmas.org]
Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 9:28 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: Setting up Active Sync on E2K10
All-

I've setup AS on my E2K10 server. We were pointing all the devices to the 
externalURL on the CAS server.  Everything was working fine, came in this 
morning and all the devices are not working.  I blew away my account on my 
phone and then tried to set it back up, and I'm getting verification failed 
errors on my phone.  Any ideas?
Thank you,


John Bowles




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RE: Setting up Active Sync on E2K10

[John Bowles]

Testing Exchange ActiveSync
 Exchange ActiveSync test Failed
 Test Steps
 Attempting AutoDiscover and Exchange ActiveSync Test (if requested)
 Failed to test AutoDiscover for Exchange ActiveSync
 Test Steps
 Attempting each method of contacting the AutoDiscover Service
 Failed to contact the AutoDiscover service successfully by any method
 Test Steps
 Attempting to test potential AutoDiscover URL 
https://company.com/AutoDiscover/AutoDiscover.xml
 Failed testing this potential AutoDiscover URL
 Test Steps
 Attempting to resolve the host name company.com in DNS.
 Host successfully resolved
 Additional Details
 IP(s) returned: removed
Testing TCP Port 443 on host company.com to ensure it is listening and open.
 The specified port is either blocked, not listening, or not producing the 
expected response.
  Tell me more about this issue and how to resolve it
 Additional Details
 A network error occurred while communicating with remote host
Exception Details:
Message: No connection could be made because the target machine actively 
refused it 67.90.191.133:443
Type: System.Net.Sockets.SocketException
Stack Trace:
at System.Net.Sockets.TcpClient.Connect(String hostname, Int32 port)
at Microsoft.Exchange.Tools.ExRca.Tests.TcpPortTest.PerformTestReally()


Attempting to test potential AutoDiscover URL 
https://autodiscover.company.com/AutoDiscover/AutoDiscover.xml
 Failed testing this potential AutoDiscover URL
 Test Steps
 Attempting to resolve the host name autodiscover.company.com in DNS.
 The Host could not be resolved.
  Tell me more about this issue and how to resolve it
 Additional Details
 Host autodiscover.company.com could not be resolved in DNS Exception Details:
Message: No such host is known
Type: System.Net.Sockets.SocketException
Stack Trace:
at System.Net.Dns.GetAddrInfo(String name)
at System.Net.Dns.InternalGetHostByName(String hostName, Boolean includeIPv6)
at System.Net.Dns.GetHostAddresses(String hostNameOrAddress)
at Microsoft.Exchange.Tools.ExRca.Tests.ResolveHostTest.PerformTestReally()


Attempting to contact the AutoDiscover service using the HTTP redirect method.
 Failed to contact AutoDiscover using the HTTP Redirect method
 Test Steps
 Attempting to resolve the host name autodiscover.company.com in DNS.
 The Host could not be resolved.
  Tell me more about this issue and how to resolve it
 Additional Details
 Host autodiscover.company.com could not be resolved in DNS Exception Details:
Message: No such host is known
Type: System.Net.Sockets.SocketException
Stack Trace:
at System.Net.Dns.GetAddrInfo(String name)
at System.Net.Dns.InternalGetHostByName(String hostName, Boolean includeIPv6)
at System.Net.Dns.GetHostAddresses(String hostNameOrAddress)
at Microsoft.Exchange.Tools.ExRca.Tests.ResolveHostTest.PerformTestReally()


Attempting to contact the AutoDiscover service using the DNS SRV redirect 
method.
 Failed to contact AutoDiscover using the DNS SRV redirect method.
 Test Steps
 Attempting to locate SRV record _autodiscover._tcp.company.com in DNS.
 Failed to find AutoDiscover SRV record in DNS.
  Tell me more about this issue and how to resolve it


John Bowles


From: Dan Cooper [d...@180amsterdam.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 9:51 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Setting up Active Sync on E2K10

try this site:

https://www.testexchangeconnectivity.com/

Let us know what errors you get


From: John Bowles [mailto:john.bow...@wlkmmas.org]
Sent: dinsdag 4 mei 2010 15:35
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Setting up Active Sync on E2K10

I'm following this article when opening up external ports... the ports are open 
for AS, AutoDisc etc.  I'm just curious as to why it would work one day and not 
the next if no changes were made?

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb331973.aspx


John Bowles | 301.473.2260


From: John Bowles [john.bow...@wlkmmas.org]
Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 9:28 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: Setting up Active Sync on E2K10
All-

I've setup AS on my E2K10 server. We were pointing all the devices to the 
externalURL on the CAS server.  Everything was working fine, came in this 
morning and all the devices are not working.  I blew away my account on my 
phone and then tried to set it back up, and I'm getting verification failed 
errors on my phone.  Any ideas?
Thank you,


John Bowles




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Amsterdam 

RE: Setting up Active Sync on E2K10

[Dan Cooper]

Testing TCP Port 443 on host company.com to ensure it is listening and open.
 The specified port is either blocked, not listening, or not producing the 
expected response.
  Tell me more about this issue and how to resolve it
 Additional Details
 A network error occurred while communicating with remote host
Exception Details:
Message: No connection could be made because the target machine actively 
refused it 67.90.191.133:443

Therein lies the first indication of a problem.

1 Check your firewall/ISA server or whatever you use as the internet facing 
front end

From: John Bowles [mailto:john.bow...@wlkmmas.org]
Sent: dinsdag 4 mei 2010 16:12
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Setting up Active Sync on E2K10

Testing Exchange ActiveSync
 Exchange ActiveSync test Failed
 Test Steps
 Attempting AutoDiscover and Exchange ActiveSync Test (if requested)
 Failed to test AutoDiscover for Exchange ActiveSync
 Test Steps
 Attempting each method of contacting the AutoDiscover Service
 Failed to contact the AutoDiscover service successfully by any method
 Test Steps
 Attempting to test potential AutoDiscover URL 
https://company.com/AutoDiscover/AutoDiscover.xml
 Failed testing this potential AutoDiscover URL
 Test Steps
 Attempting to resolve the host name company.com in DNS.
 Host successfully resolved
 Additional Details
 IP(s) returned: removed
Testing TCP Port 443 on host company.com to ensure it is listening and open.
 The specified port is either blocked, not listening, or not producing the 
expected response.
  Tell me more about this issue and how to resolve it
 Additional Details
 A network error occurred while communicating with remote host
Exception Details:
Message: No connection could be made because the target machine actively 
refused it 67.90.191.133:443
Type: System.Net.Sockets.SocketException
Stack Trace:
at System.Net.Sockets.TcpClient.Connect(String hostname, Int32 port)
at Microsoft.Exchange.Tools.ExRca.Tests.TcpPortTest.PerformTestReally()


Attempting to test potential AutoDiscover URL 
https://autodiscover.company.com/AutoDiscover/AutoDiscover.xml
 Failed testing this potential AutoDiscover URL
 Test Steps
 Attempting to resolve the host name autodiscover.company.com in DNS.
 The Host could not be resolved.
  Tell me more about this issue and how to resolve it
 Additional Details
 Host autodiscover.company.com could not be resolved in DNS Exception Details:
Message: No such host is known
Type: System.Net.Sockets.SocketException
Stack Trace:
at System.Net.Dns.GetAddrInfo(String name)
at System.Net.Dns.InternalGetHostByName(String hostName, Boolean includeIPv6)
at System.Net.Dns.GetHostAddresses(String hostNameOrAddress)
at Microsoft.Exchange.Tools.ExRca.Tests.ResolveHostTest.PerformTestReally()


Attempting to contact the AutoDiscover service using the HTTP redirect method.
 Failed to contact AutoDiscover using the HTTP Redirect method
 Test Steps
 Attempting to resolve the host name autodiscover.company.com in DNS.
 The Host could not be resolved.
  Tell me more about this issue and how to resolve it
 Additional Details
 Host autodiscover.company.com could not be resolved in DNS Exception Details:
Message: No such host is known
Type: System.Net.Sockets.SocketException
Stack Trace:
at System.Net.Dns.GetAddrInfo(String name)
at System.Net.Dns.InternalGetHostByName(String hostName, Boolean includeIPv6)
at System.Net.Dns.GetHostAddresses(String hostNameOrAddress)
at Microsoft.Exchange.Tools.ExRca.Tests.ResolveHostTest.PerformTestReally()


Attempting to contact the AutoDiscover service using the DNS SRV redirect 
method.
 Failed to contact AutoDiscover using the DNS SRV redirect method.
 Test Steps
 Attempting to locate SRV record _autodiscover._tcp.company.com in DNS.
 Failed to find AutoDiscover SRV record in DNS.
  Tell me more about this issue and how to resolve it


John Bowles


From: Dan Cooper [d...@180amsterdam.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 9:51 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Setting up Active Sync on E2K10
try this site:

https://www.testexchangeconnectivity.com/

Let us know what errors you get


From: John Bowles [mailto:john.bow...@wlkmmas.org]
Sent: dinsdag 4 mei 2010 15:35
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Setting up Active Sync on E2K10

I'm following this article when opening up external ports... the ports are open 
for AS, AutoDisc etc.  I'm just curious as to why it would work one day and not 
the next if no changes were made?

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb331973.aspx


John Bowles | 301.473.2260


From: John Bowles [john.bow...@wlkmmas.org]
Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 9:28 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: Setting up Active Sync on E2K10
All-

I've setup AS on my E2K10 server. We were pointing all the devices to the 
externalURL on the CAS server.  Everything was working fine, came in this 
morning and all the devices are not working.  I blew away my a

RE: Attachment not visible

[Liby Philip Mathew]

Thanks for your response.  I tried your suggestion.  But no success.
After some googling I found the article 
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961940/en-us.  I guess it is something to do 
with the malformed MIME content as per the KB.  This is only applicable to 
mails coming from one client.  I do guess it's the source mail server 
configuration issue and wouldn't be able to do anything.
Do you have any other thoughts.
Appreciate your help
Liby


From: Orland, Kathleen [mailto:korl...@rogers.com]
Sent: Monday, May 03, 2010 3:44 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Attachment not visible

If you open Outlook in safe mode, can you see the attachment? What happens if 
you click Forward, do you see the attachment then?

Have you tried (with Outlook closed) to delete the following files:

outcmd.dat
extend.dat
frmcache.dat
views.dat

Then open Outlook again to see if the issue has resolved?

Kathleen Orland
- Original Message -
From: Liby Philip Mathew
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Sent: Monday, May 03, 2010 5:46 AM
Subject: Attachment not visible

Hi
In my E2K7 SP2, I am facing an issue with attachments.
I cannot see the attachments in Outlook 2003 or 2007.  But If I use OWA I am 
able to see, save etc.
How can I get the attachment visible in Outlook.  This happens to mail coming 
from 1 external client only.  All others are working good.
Any thoughts much appreciated.
Regards
Liby



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Public folders won't all move for Exchange 2003-2007 migration

[Ben N]

So I'm following the steps to migrate from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2007.
I've done this successfully in my test environment, but my production
environment just won't move the public folder replicas.

I have confirmed that all my public folders only have my exch2007 as the
only replica.
The next step is to go to my exch2003 public folder store database, right
click, and "Move All Replicas" to my exch 2007.

now in my test environment this worked great. but in my production there are
about 25 folders that just won't finish the move. There's nothing special or
common about them that i can see. some are big; some are small.

i've been trying to do this for a few months. I've rebooted my server in
that course a few times.

any ideas?

-BenN

Upgrade to 2010 first?

[Shields, Anthony]

Nearly every summer we rebuild our domain from scratch, including Exchange.  
This year, we will be upgrading several things including Win2k8 R2 and E2k10 
server.

Typically when we do this, we exmerge the existing store - in this case a E2k7 
- to PST files, which are then exmerged into the new store.

We currently have many users with mailboxes near or over 2gigs.  I have had 
issues previously trying to import large PST files and am hoping to avoid them 
if possible.

I believe E2k10 has brought back the ease of export/import PST files and was 
wondering if it would make sense to upgrade the E2k7 server to 2010 and then 
export the PST files - Wipe the equipment clean and reinstall 2010, importing 
those PST files?

Any thoughts or suggestions?


Anthony Shields
Systems Administrator
The Epstein School
(404) 250-5659


The Epstein School is a proud beneficiary of the Jewish Federation of Greater 
Atlanta.

RE: Setting up Active Sync on E2K10

[John Bowles]

My question to you is, why does it need port 443 open for the server hosting 
the domain evolvent.com?  This is a seperate server than the server hosting 
autodiscovery.


John Bowles

From: Dan Cooper [d...@180amsterdam.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 10:29 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Setting up Active Sync on E2K10

Testing TCP Port 443 on host company.com to ensure it is listening and open.
 The specified port is either blocked, not listening, or not producing the 
expected response.
  Tell me more about this issue and how to resolve it
 Additional Details
 A network error occurred while communicating with remote host
Exception Details:
Message: No connection could be made because the target machine actively 
refused it 67.90.191.133:443

Therein lies the first indication of a problem.

1 Check your firewall/ISA server or whatever you use as the internet facing 
front end

From: John Bowles [mailto:john.bow...@wlkmmas.org]
Sent: dinsdag 4 mei 2010 16:12
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Setting up Active Sync on E2K10

Testing Exchange ActiveSync
 Exchange ActiveSync test Failed
 Test Steps
 Attempting AutoDiscover and Exchange ActiveSync Test (if requested)
 Failed to test AutoDiscover for Exchange ActiveSync
 Test Steps
 Attempting each method of contacting the AutoDiscover Service
 Failed to contact the AutoDiscover service successfully by any method
 Test Steps
 Attempting to test potential AutoDiscover URL 
https://company.com/AutoDiscover/AutoDiscover.xml
 Failed testing this potential AutoDiscover URL
 Test Steps
 Attempting to resolve the host name company.com in DNS.
 Host successfully resolved
 Additional Details
 IP(s) returned: removed
Testing TCP Port 443 on host company.com to ensure it is listening and open.
 The specified port is either blocked, not listening, or not producing the 
expected response.
  Tell me more about this issue and how to resolve it
 Additional Details
 A network error occurred while communicating with remote host
Exception Details:
Message: No connection could be made because the target machine actively 
refused it 67.90.191.133:443
Type: System.Net.Sockets.SocketException
Stack Trace:
at System.Net.Sockets.TcpClient.Connect(String hostname, Int32 port)
at Microsoft.Exchange.Tools.ExRca.Tests.TcpPortTest.PerformTestReally()


Attempting to test potential AutoDiscover URL 
https://autodiscover.company.com/AutoDiscover/AutoDiscover.xml
 Failed testing this potential AutoDiscover URL
 Test Steps
 Attempting to resolve the host name autodiscover.company.com in DNS.
 The Host could not be resolved.
  Tell me more about this issue and how to resolve it
 Additional Details
 Host autodiscover.company.com could not be resolved in DNS Exception Details:
Message: No such host is known
Type: System.Net.Sockets.SocketException
Stack Trace:
at System.Net.Dns.GetAddrInfo(String name)
at System.Net.Dns.InternalGetHostByName(String hostName, Boolean includeIPv6)
at System.Net.Dns.GetHostAddresses(String hostNameOrAddress)
at Microsoft.Exchange.Tools.ExRca.Tests.ResolveHostTest.PerformTestReally()


Attempting to contact the AutoDiscover service using the HTTP redirect method.
 Failed to contact AutoDiscover using the HTTP Redirect method
 Test Steps
 Attempting to resolve the host name autodiscover.company.com in DNS.
 The Host could not be resolved.
  Tell me more about this issue and how to resolve it
 Additional Details
 Host autodiscover.company.com could not be resolved in DNS Exception Details:
Message: No such host is known
Type: System.Net.Sockets.SocketException
Stack Trace:
at System.Net.Dns.GetAddrInfo(String name)
at System.Net.Dns.InternalGetHostByName(String hostName, Boolean includeIPv6)
at System.Net.Dns.GetHostAddresses(String hostNameOrAddress)
at Microsoft.Exchange.Tools.ExRca.Tests.ResolveHostTest.PerformTestReally()


Attempting to contact the AutoDiscover service using the DNS SRV redirect 
method.
 Failed to contact AutoDiscover using the DNS SRV redirect method.
 Test Steps
 Attempting to locate SRV record _autodiscover._tcp.company.com in DNS.
 Failed to find AutoDiscover SRV record in DNS.
  Tell me more about this issue and how to resolve it


John Bowles


From: Dan Cooper [d...@180amsterdam.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 9:51 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Setting up Active Sync on E2K10
try this site:

https://www.testexchangeconnectivity.com/

Let us know what errors you get


From: John Bowles [mailto:john.bow...@wlkmmas.org]
Sent: dinsdag 4 mei 2010 15:35
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Setting up Active Sync on E2K10

I'm following this article when opening up external ports... the ports are open 
for AS, AutoDisc etc.  I'm just curious as to why it would work one day and not 
the next if no changes were made?

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb331973.aspx


John Bowles | 301.473.2260

___

Re: Upgrade to 2010 first?

[Steve Ens]

My suggestion would be to not rebuild the domain.  What are the reasons
behind this?

On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 10:18 AM, Shields, Anthony <
ashie...@epsteinatlanta.org> wrote:

>  Nearly every summer we rebuild our domain from scratch, including
> Exchange.  This year, we will be upgrading several things including Win2k8
> R2 and E2k10 server.
>
>
>
> Typically when we do this, we exmerge the existing store – in this case a
> E2k7 – to PST files, which are then exmerged into the new store.
>
>
>
> We currently have many users with mailboxes near or over 2gigs.  I have had
> issues previously trying to import large PST files and am hoping to avoid
> them if possible.
>
>
>
> I believe E2k10 has brought back the ease of export/import PST files and
> was wondering if it would make sense to upgrade the E2k7 server to 2010 and
> then export the PST files - Wipe the equipment clean and reinstall 2010,
> importing those PST files?
>
>
>
> Any thoughts or suggestions?
>
>
>
>
>
> Anthony Shields
>
> Systems Administrator
>
> The Epstein School
>
> (404) 250-5659
>
> --
> The Epstein School is a proud beneficiary of the Jewish Federation of
> Greater Atlanta.
>

RE: Setting up Active Sync on E2K10

[Michael B. Smith]

It doesn't. Mr. Cooper was correct that port/DNS issues are the problem, but he 
picked the wrong segment. This is the problem:

Attempting to test potential AutoDiscover URL 
https://autodiscover.company.com/AutoDiscover/AutoDiscover.xml
 Failed testing this potential AutoDiscover URL
 Test Steps
 Attempting to resolve the host name autodiscover.company.com in DNS.
 The Host could not be resolved.


Regards,

Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com

From: John Bowles [mailto:john.bow...@wlkmmas.org]
Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 11:25 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Setting up Active Sync on E2K10

My question to you is, why does it need port 443 open for the server hosting 
the domain evolvent.com?  This is a seperate server than the server hosting 
autodiscovery.


John Bowles

From: Dan Cooper [d...@180amsterdam.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 10:29 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Setting up Active Sync on E2K10
Testing TCP Port 443 on host company.com to ensure it is listening and open.
 The specified port is either blocked, not listening, or not producing the 
expected response.
  Tell me more about this issue and how to resolve it
 Additional Details
 A network error occurred while communicating with remote host
Exception Details:
Message: No connection could be made because the target machine actively 
refused it 67.90.191.133:443

Therein lies the first indication of a problem.

1 Check your firewall/ISA server or whatever you use as the internet facing 
front end

From: John Bowles [mailto:john.bow...@wlkmmas.org]
Sent: dinsdag 4 mei 2010 16:12
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Setting up Active Sync on E2K10

Testing Exchange ActiveSync
 Exchange ActiveSync test Failed
 Test Steps
 Attempting AutoDiscover and Exchange ActiveSync Test (if requested)
 Failed to test AutoDiscover for Exchange ActiveSync
 Test Steps
 Attempting each method of contacting the AutoDiscover Service
 Failed to contact the AutoDiscover service successfully by any method
 Test Steps
 Attempting to test potential AutoDiscover URL 
https://company.com/AutoDiscover/AutoDiscover.xml
 Failed testing this potential AutoDiscover URL
 Test Steps
 Attempting to resolve the host name company.com in DNS.
 Host successfully resolved
 Additional Details
 IP(s) returned: removed
Testing TCP Port 443 on host company.com to ensure it is listening and open.
 The specified port is either blocked, not listening, or not producing the 
expected response.
  Tell me more about this issue and how to resolve it
 Additional Details
 A network error occurred while communicating with remote host
Exception Details:
Message: No connection could be made because the target machine actively 
refused it 67.90.191.133:443
Type: System.Net.Sockets.SocketException
Stack Trace:
at System.Net.Sockets.TcpClient.Connect(String hostname, Int32 port)
at Microsoft.Exchange.Tools.ExRca.Tests.TcpPortTest.PerformTestReally()


Attempting to test potential AutoDiscover URL 
https://autodiscover.company.com/AutoDiscover/AutoDiscover.xml
 Failed testing this potential AutoDiscover URL
 Test Steps
 Attempting to resolve the host name autodiscover.company.com in DNS.
 The Host could not be resolved.
  Tell me more about this issue and how to resolve it
 Additional Details
 Host autodiscover.company.com could not be resolved in DNS Exception Details:
Message: No such host is known
Type: System.Net.Sockets.SocketException
Stack Trace:
at System.Net.Dns.GetAddrInfo(String name)
at System.Net.Dns.InternalGetHostByName(String hostName, Boolean includeIPv6)
at System.Net.Dns.GetHostAddresses(String hostNameOrAddress)
at Microsoft.Exchange.Tools.ExRca.Tests.ResolveHostTest.PerformTestReally()


Attempting to contact the AutoDiscover service using the HTTP redirect method.
 Failed to contact AutoDiscover using the HTTP Redirect method
 Test Steps
 Attempting to resolve the host name autodiscover.company.com in DNS.
 The Host could not be resolved.
  Tell me more about this issue and how to resolve it
 Additional Details
 Host autodiscover.company.com could not be resolved in DNS Exception Details:
Message: No such host is known
Type: System.Net.Sockets.SocketException
Stack Trace:
at System.Net.Dns.GetAddrInfo(String name)
at System.Net.Dns.InternalGetHostByName(String hostName, Boolean includeIPv6)
at System.Net.Dns.GetHostAddresses(String hostNameOrAddress)
at Microsoft.Exchange.Tools.ExRca.Tests.ResolveHostTest.PerformTestReally()


Attempting to contact the AutoDiscover service using the DNS SRV redirect 
method.
 Failed to contact AutoDiscover using the DNS SRV redirect method.
 Test Steps
 Attempting to locate SRV record _autodiscover._tcp.company.com in DNS.
 Failed to find AutoDiscover SRV record in DNS.
  Tell me more about this issue and how to resolve it


John Bowles


From: Dan Cooper [d...@180amsterdam.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 20

RE: Setting up Active Sync on E2K10

[John Bowles]

Disregard the first test.. I forgot to specify the AS server :-/  The error is 
at the very end.  Thanks.

Testing Exchange ActiveSync
 Exchange ActiveSync test Failed
 Test Steps
 Attempting to resolve the host name owa.company.com in DNS.
 Host successfully resolved
 Additional Details
 IP(s) returned: 67.90.191.130
Testing TCP Port 443 on host owa.company.com to ensure it is listening and open.
 The port was opened successfully.
Testing SSL Certificate for validity.
 The certificate passed all validation requirements.
 Test Steps
 Validating certificate name
 Successfully validated the certificate name
 Additional Details
 Found hostname owa.company.com in Certificate Subject Alternative Name entry
Validating certificate trust for Windows Mobile Devices
 Certificate is trusted and all certificates are present in chain
 Additional Details
 Certificate is trusted for Windows Mobile 5 and Later platforms. Root = 
CN=Entrust.net Certification Authority (2048), OU=(c) 1999 Entrust.net Limited, 
OU=www.entrust.net/CPS_2048 incorp. by ref. (limits liab.), O=Entrust.net
Testing certificate date to ensure validity
 Date Validation passed. The certificate is not expired.
 Additional Details
 Certificate is valid: NotBefore = 4/23/2010 6:14:31 PM, NotAfter = 4/23/2011 
6:44:26 PM"

Testing Http Authentication Methods for URL 
https://owa.company.com/Microsoft-Server-Activesync/
 Http Authentication Methods are correct
 Additional Details
 Found all expected authentication methods and no disallowed methods. Methods 
Found: Basic
Attempting an ActiveSync session with server
 Errors were encountered while testing the ActiveSync session
 Test Steps
 Attempting to send OPTIONS command to server
 Testing the OPTIONS command failed. See Additional Details for more info
 Additional Details
 A Web Exception occurred because an HTTP 401 - Unauthorized response was 
received from IIS7



John Bowles | 301.473.2260

RE: Upgrade to 2010 first?

[Shields, Anthony]

It's what we do in the school to maintain and improve our technology.  We 
rebuild, recreate and improve on what we had, deploy new hardware/software, 
improve infrastructure.

Instead of tacking things on down the road-during the year, we rebuild 
-incorporating all of those things during the summer.

We repurpose servers.  What once was high volume, no longer needs the super 
server.  What once was a physical server, is now a virtual server.

Unlike corporate world, we attempt to leave our stuff untouched during the 
school year.  For the summer break, we get to start fresh when downtime is near 
irrelevant.


Anthony Shields
Systems Administrator
The Epstein School
(404) 250-5659

From: Steve Ens [mailto:stevey...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 11:31 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Upgrade to 2010 first?

My suggestion would be to not rebuild the domain.  What are the reasons behind 
this?
On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 10:18 AM, Shields, Anthony 
mailto:ashie...@epsteinatlanta.org>> wrote:
Nearly every summer we rebuild our domain from scratch, including Exchange.  
This year, we will be upgrading several things including Win2k8 R2 and E2k10 
server.

Typically when we do this, we exmerge the existing store - in this case a E2k7 
- to PST files, which are then exmerged into the new store.

We currently have many users with mailboxes near or over 2gigs.  I have had 
issues previously trying to import large PST files and am hoping to avoid them 
if possible.

I believe E2k10 has brought back the ease of export/import PST files and was 
wondering if it would make sense to upgrade the E2k7 server to 2010 and then 
export the PST files - Wipe the equipment clean and reinstall 2010, importing 
those PST files?

Any thoughts or suggestions?


Anthony Shields
Systems Administrator
The Epstein School
(404) 250-5659


The Epstein School is a proud beneficiary of the Jewish Federation of Greater 
Atlanta.

RE: Setting up Active Sync on E2K10

[Dan Cooper]

I think Auto discovery (dns settings) is there to simplify setting up 
devices/applications and to allow for smooth transitions between legacy and new 
servers.

The bottom line is your phone...needs to connect to the server acting as the 
front end for active sync. If this is being blocked active sync will not 
work...Which I think thats what the error is saying.

You can connect over http, but https is recommended

From: John Bowles [mailto:john.bow...@wlkmmas.org]
Sent: dinsdag 4 mei 2010 17:25
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Setting up Active Sync on E2K10

My question to you is, why does it need port 443 open for the server hosting 
the domain evolvent.com?  This is a seperate server than the server hosting 
autodiscovery.


John Bowles

From: Dan Cooper [d...@180amsterdam.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 10:29 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Setting up Active Sync on E2K10
Testing TCP Port 443 on host company.com to ensure it is listening and open.
 The specified port is either blocked, not listening, or not producing the 
expected response.
  Tell me more about this issue and how to resolve it
 Additional Details
 A network error occurred while communicating with remote host
Exception Details:
Message: No connection could be made because the target machine actively 
refused it 67.90.191.133:443

Therein lies the first indication of a problem.

1 Check your firewall/ISA server or whatever you use as the internet facing 
front end

From: John Bowles [mailto:john.bow...@wlkmmas.org]
Sent: dinsdag 4 mei 2010 16:12
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Setting up Active Sync on E2K10

Testing Exchange ActiveSync
 Exchange ActiveSync test Failed
 Test Steps
 Attempting AutoDiscover and Exchange ActiveSync Test (if requested)
 Failed to test AutoDiscover for Exchange ActiveSync
 Test Steps
 Attempting each method of contacting the AutoDiscover Service
 Failed to contact the AutoDiscover service successfully by any method
 Test Steps
 Attempting to test potential AutoDiscover URL 
https://company.com/AutoDiscover/AutoDiscover.xml
 Failed testing this potential AutoDiscover URL
 Test Steps
 Attempting to resolve the host name company.com in DNS.
 Host successfully resolved
 Additional Details
 IP(s) returned: removed
Testing TCP Port 443 on host company.com to ensure it is listening and open.
 The specified port is either blocked, not listening, or not producing the 
expected response.
  Tell me more about this issue and how to resolve it
 Additional Details
 A network error occurred while communicating with remote host
Exception Details:
Message: No connection could be made because the target machine actively 
refused it 67.90.191.133:443
Type: System.Net.Sockets.SocketException
Stack Trace:
at System.Net.Sockets.TcpClient.Connect(String hostname, Int32 port)
at Microsoft.Exchange.Tools.ExRca.Tests.TcpPortTest.PerformTestReally()


Attempting to test potential AutoDiscover URL 
https://autodiscover.company.com/AutoDiscover/AutoDiscover.xml
 Failed testing this potential AutoDiscover URL
 Test Steps
 Attempting to resolve the host name autodiscover.company.com in DNS.
 The Host could not be resolved.
  Tell me more about this issue and how to resolve it
 Additional Details
 Host autodiscover.company.com could not be resolved in DNS Exception Details:
Message: No such host is known
Type: System.Net.Sockets.SocketException
Stack Trace:
at System.Net.Dns.GetAddrInfo(String name)
at System.Net.Dns.InternalGetHostByName(String hostName, Boolean includeIPv6)
at System.Net.Dns.GetHostAddresses(String hostNameOrAddress)
at Microsoft.Exchange.Tools.ExRca.Tests.ResolveHostTest.PerformTestReally()


Attempting to contact the AutoDiscover service using the HTTP redirect method.
 Failed to contact AutoDiscover using the HTTP Redirect method
 Test Steps
 Attempting to resolve the host name autodiscover.company.com in DNS.
 The Host could not be resolved.
  Tell me more about this issue and how to resolve it
 Additional Details
 Host autodiscover.company.com could not be resolved in DNS Exception Details:
Message: No such host is known
Type: System.Net.Sockets.SocketException
Stack Trace:
at System.Net.Dns.GetAddrInfo(String name)
at System.Net.Dns.InternalGetHostByName(String hostName, Boolean includeIPv6)
at System.Net.Dns.GetHostAddresses(String hostNameOrAddress)
at Microsoft.Exchange.Tools.ExRca.Tests.ResolveHostTest.PerformTestReally()


Attempting to contact the AutoDiscover service using the DNS SRV redirect 
method.
 Failed to contact AutoDiscover using the DNS SRV redirect method.
 Test Steps
 Attempting to locate SRV record _autodiscover._tcp.company.com in DNS.
 Failed to find AutoDiscover SRV record in DNS.
  Tell me more about this issue and how to resolve it


John Bowles


From: Dan Cooper [d...@180amsterdam.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 9:51 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Setting up Active Sync o

RE: Setting up Active Sync on E2K10

[Michael B. Smith]

It says that "OPTIONS" isn't allowed. Have you disabled that verb?

Regards,

Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com

From: John Bowles [mailto:john.bow...@wlkmmas.org]
Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 11:31 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Setting up Active Sync on E2K10

Disregard the first test.. I forgot to specify the AS server :-/  The error is 
at the very end.  Thanks.

Testing Exchange ActiveSync
 Exchange ActiveSync test Failed
 Test Steps
 Attempting to resolve the host name owa.company.com in DNS.
 Host successfully resolved
 Additional Details
 IP(s) returned: 67.90.191.130
Testing TCP Port 443 on host owa.company.com to ensure it is listening and open.
 The port was opened successfully.
Testing SSL Certificate for validity.
 The certificate passed all validation requirements.
 Test Steps
 Validating certificate name
 Successfully validated the certificate name
 Additional Details
 Found hostname owa.company.com in Certificate Subject Alternative Name entry
Validating certificate trust for Windows Mobile Devices
 Certificate is trusted and all certificates are present in chain
 Additional Details
 Certificate is trusted for Windows Mobile 5 and Later platforms. Root = 
CN=Entrust.net Certification Authority (2048), OU=(c) 1999 Entrust.net Limited, 
OU=www.entrust.net/CPS_2048 incorp. by ref. (limits liab.), O=Entrust.net
Testing certificate date to ensure validity
 Date Validation passed. The certificate is not expired.
 Additional Details
 Certificate is valid: NotBefore = 4/23/2010 6:14:31 PM, NotAfter = 4/23/2011 
6:44:26 PM"

Testing Http Authentication Methods for URL 
https://owa.company.com/Microsoft-Server-Activesync/
 Http Authentication Methods are correct
 Additional Details
 Found all expected authentication methods and no disallowed methods. Methods 
Found: Basic
Attempting an ActiveSync session with server
 Errors were encountered while testing the ActiveSync session
 Test Steps
 Attempting to send OPTIONS command to server
 Testing the OPTIONS command failed. See Additional Details for more info
 Additional Details
 A Web Exception occurred because an HTTP 401 - Unauthorized response was 
received from IIS7


John Bowles | 301.473.2260

RE: Setting up Active Sync on E2K10

[Dan Cooper]

Indeed oops! One reason for errorss after everything else seems ok... can be 
non default security permissions on the user accounts. But why this would 
change for everyone over night is beyond me. A quick test would be to go to the 
security settings for the user you are testing with and set the security to 
default and set inheritance. Fixed some non-specific errors for my exchange 
2010.

From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com]
Sent: dinsdag 4 mei 2010 17:33
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Setting up Active Sync on E2K10

It doesn't. Mr. Cooper was correct that port/DNS issues are the problem, but he 
picked the wrong segment. This is the problem:

Attempting to test potential AutoDiscover URL 
https://autodiscover.company.com/AutoDiscover/AutoDiscover.xml
 Failed testing this potential AutoDiscover URL
 Test Steps
 Attempting to resolve the host name autodiscover.company.com in DNS.
 The Host could not be resolved.

Regards,

Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com

From: John Bowles [mailto:john.bow...@wlkmmas.org]
Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 11:25 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Setting up Active Sync on E2K10

My question to you is, why does it need port 443 open for the server hosting 
the domain evolvent.com?  This is a seperate server than the server hosting 
autodiscovery.


John Bowles

From: Dan Cooper [d...@180amsterdam.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 10:29 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Setting up Active Sync on E2K10
Testing TCP Port 443 on host company.com to ensure it is listening and open.
 The specified port is either blocked, not listening, or not producing the 
expected response.
  Tell me more about this issue and how to resolve it
 Additional Details
 A network error occurred while communicating with remote host
Exception Details:
Message: No connection could be made because the target machine actively 
refused it 67.90.191.133:443

Therein lies the first indication of a problem.

1 Check your firewall/ISA server or whatever you use as the internet facing 
front end

From: John Bowles [mailto:john.bow...@wlkmmas.org]
Sent: dinsdag 4 mei 2010 16:12
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Setting up Active Sync on E2K10

Testing Exchange ActiveSync
 Exchange ActiveSync test Failed
 Test Steps
 Attempting AutoDiscover and Exchange ActiveSync Test (if requested)
 Failed to test AutoDiscover for Exchange ActiveSync
 Test Steps
 Attempting each method of contacting the AutoDiscover Service
 Failed to contact the AutoDiscover service successfully by any method
 Test Steps
 Attempting to test potential AutoDiscover URL 
https://company.com/AutoDiscover/AutoDiscover.xml
 Failed testing this potential AutoDiscover URL
 Test Steps
 Attempting to resolve the host name company.com in DNS.
 Host successfully resolved
 Additional Details
 IP(s) returned: removed
Testing TCP Port 443 on host company.com to ensure it is listening and open.
 The specified port is either blocked, not listening, or not producing the 
expected response.
  Tell me more about this issue and how to resolve it
 Additional Details
 A network error occurred while communicating with remote host
Exception Details:
Message: No connection could be made because the target machine actively 
refused it 67.90.191.133:443
Type: System.Net.Sockets.SocketException
Stack Trace:
at System.Net.Sockets.TcpClient.Connect(String hostname, Int32 port)
at Microsoft.Exchange.Tools.ExRca.Tests.TcpPortTest.PerformTestReally()


Attempting to test potential AutoDiscover URL 
https://autodiscover.company.com/AutoDiscover/AutoDiscover.xml
 Failed testing this potential AutoDiscover URL
 Test Steps
 Attempting to resolve the host name autodiscover.company.com in DNS.
 The Host could not be resolved.
  Tell me more about this issue and how to resolve it
 Additional Details
 Host autodiscover.company.com could not be resolved in DNS Exception Details:
Message: No such host is known
Type: System.Net.Sockets.SocketException
Stack Trace:
at System.Net.Dns.GetAddrInfo(String name)
at System.Net.Dns.InternalGetHostByName(String hostName, Boolean includeIPv6)
at System.Net.Dns.GetHostAddresses(String hostNameOrAddress)
at Microsoft.Exchange.Tools.ExRca.Tests.ResolveHostTest.PerformTestReally()


Attempting to contact the AutoDiscover service using the HTTP redirect method.
 Failed to contact AutoDiscover using the HTTP Redirect method
 Test Steps
 Attempting to resolve the host name autodiscover.company.com in DNS.
 The Host could not be resolved.
  Tell me more about this issue and how to resolve it
 Additional Details
 Host autodiscover.company.com could not be resolved in DNS Exception Details:
Message: No such host is known
Type: System.Net.Sockets.SocketException
Stack Trace:
at System.Net.Dns.GetAddrInfo(String name)
at System.Net.Dns.InternalGetHostByName(String hostName, Boolean includeIPv6)
at System.Net.Dns.GetHostAddresses(

RE: Setting up Active Sync on E2K10

[John Bowles]

No, this was a very basic install.  All roles on one server installation.


John Bowles


From: Michael B. Smith [mich...@smithcons.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 11:47 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Setting up Active Sync on E2K10

It says that “OPTIONS” isn’t allowed. Have you disabled that verb?

Regards,

Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com

From: John Bowles [mailto:john.bow...@wlkmmas.org]
Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 11:31 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Setting up Active Sync on E2K10

Disregard the first test.. I forgot to specify the AS server :-/  The error is 
at the very end.  Thanks.

Testing Exchange ActiveSync
 Exchange ActiveSync test Failed
 Test Steps
 Attempting to resolve the host name owa.company.com in DNS.
 Host successfully resolved
 Additional Details
 IP(s) returned: 67.90.191.130
Testing TCP Port 443 on host owa.company.com to ensure it is listening and open.
 The port was opened successfully.
Testing SSL Certificate for validity.
 The certificate passed all validation requirements.
 Test Steps
 Validating certificate name
 Successfully validated the certificate name
 Additional Details
 Found hostname owa.company.com in Certificate Subject Alternative Name entry
Validating certificate trust for Windows Mobile Devices
 Certificate is trusted and all certificates are present in chain
 Additional Details
 Certificate is trusted for Windows Mobile 5 and Later platforms. Root = 
CN=Entrust.net Certification Authority (2048), OU=(c) 1999 Entrust.net Limited, 
OU=www.entrust.net/CPS_2048 incorp. by ref. (limits liab.), O=Entrust.net
Testing certificate date to ensure validity
 Date Validation passed. The certificate is not expired.
 Additional Details
 Certificate is valid: NotBefore = 4/23/2010 6:14:31 PM, NotAfter = 4/23/2011 
6:44:26 PM"

Testing Http Authentication Methods for URL 
https://owa.company.com/Microsoft-Server-Activesync/
 Http Authentication Methods are correct
 Additional Details
 Found all expected authentication methods and no disallowed methods. Methods 
Found: Basic
Attempting an ActiveSync session with server
 Errors were encountered while testing the ActiveSync session
 Test Steps
 Attempting to send OPTIONS command to server
 Testing the OPTIONS command failed. See Additional Details for more info
 Additional Details
 A Web Exception occurred because an HTTP 401 - Unauthorized response was 
received from IIS7


John Bowles | 301.473.2260

Re: Upgrade to 2010 first?

[Steve Ens]

Fair enough...

On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 10:37 AM, Shields, Anthony <
ashie...@epsteinatlanta.org> wrote:

>  It’s what we do in the school to maintain and improve our technology.  We
> rebuild, recreate and improve on what we had, deploy new hardware/software,
> improve infrastructure.
>
>
>
> Instead of tacking things on down the road-during the year, we rebuild
> –incorporating all of those things during the summer.
>
>
>
> We repurpose servers.  What once was high volume, no longer needs the super
> server.  What once was a physical server, is now a virtual server.
>
>
>
> Unlike corporate world, we attempt to leave our stuff untouched during the
> school year.  For the summer break, we get to start fresh when downtime is
> near irrelevant.
>
>
>
>
>
> Anthony Shields
>
> Systems Administrator
>
> The Epstein School
>
> (404) 250-5659
>
>
>
> *From:* Steve Ens [mailto:stevey...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 04, 2010 11:31 AM
> *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Re: Upgrade to 2010 first?
>
>
>
> My suggestion would be to not rebuild the domain.  What are the reasons
> behind this?
>
> On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 10:18 AM, Shields, Anthony <
> ashie...@epsteinatlanta.org> wrote:
>
> Nearly every summer we rebuild our domain from scratch, including
> Exchange.  This year, we will be upgrading several things including Win2k8
> R2 and E2k10 server.
>
>
>
> Typically when we do this, we exmerge the existing store – in this case a
> E2k7 – to PST files, which are then exmerged into the new store.
>
>
>
> We currently have many users with mailboxes near or over 2gigs.  I have had
> issues previously trying to import large PST files and am hoping to avoid
> them if possible.
>
>
>
> I believe E2k10 has brought back the ease of export/import PST files and
> was wondering if it would make sense to upgrade the E2k7 server to 2010 and
> then export the PST files - Wipe the equipment clean and reinstall 2010,
> importing those PST files?
>
>
>
> Any thoughts or suggestions?
>
>
>
>
>
> Anthony Shields
>
> Systems Administrator
>
> The Epstein School
>
> (404) 250-5659
>
>
>  --
>
> The Epstein School is a proud beneficiary of the Jewish Federation of
> Greater Atlanta.
>
>
>

RE: Setting up Active Sync on E2K10

[John Bowles]

I'm not even sure where I would need to go to disable that function ;-)


John Bowles


From: Michael B. Smith [mich...@smithcons.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 11:47 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Setting up Active Sync on E2K10

It says that “OPTIONS” isn’t allowed. Have you disabled that verb?

Regards,

Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com

From: John Bowles [mailto:john.bow...@wlkmmas.org]
Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 11:31 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Setting up Active Sync on E2K10

Disregard the first test.. I forgot to specify the AS server :-/  The error is 
at the very end.  Thanks.

Testing Exchange ActiveSync
 Exchange ActiveSync test Failed
 Test Steps
 Attempting to resolve the host name owa.company.com in DNS.
 Host successfully resolved
 Additional Details
 IP(s) returned: 67.90.191.130
Testing TCP Port 443 on host owa.company.com to ensure it is listening and open.
 The port was opened successfully.
Testing SSL Certificate for validity.
 The certificate passed all validation requirements.
 Test Steps
 Validating certificate name
 Successfully validated the certificate name
 Additional Details
 Found hostname owa.company.com in Certificate Subject Alternative Name entry
Validating certificate trust for Windows Mobile Devices
 Certificate is trusted and all certificates are present in chain
 Additional Details
 Certificate is trusted for Windows Mobile 5 and Later platforms. Root = 
CN=Entrust.net Certification Authority (2048), OU=(c) 1999 Entrust.net Limited, 
OU=www.entrust.net/CPS_2048 incorp. by ref. (limits liab.), O=Entrust.net
Testing certificate date to ensure validity
 Date Validation passed. The certificate is not expired.
 Additional Details
 Certificate is valid: NotBefore = 4/23/2010 6:14:31 PM, NotAfter = 4/23/2011 
6:44:26 PM"

Testing Http Authentication Methods for URL 
https://owa.company.com/Microsoft-Server-Activesync/
 Http Authentication Methods are correct
 Additional Details
 Found all expected authentication methods and no disallowed methods. Methods 
Found: Basic
Attempting an ActiveSync session with server
 Errors were encountered while testing the ActiveSync session
 Test Steps
 Attempting to send OPTIONS command to server
 Testing the OPTIONS command failed. See Additional Details for more info
 Additional Details
 A Web Exception occurred because an HTTP 401 - Unauthorized response was 
received from IIS7


John Bowles | 301.473.2260

RE: Upgrade to 2010 first?

[Jason Gurtz]

Schools are a unique I.T. environment to be sure, but wow they sure don't
use this rebuild-from-scratch approach at the schools around here!

I've found software development to be amazingly similar to the practice of
I.T.  There's a guy out there (used to work in the Excel bus. unit at MS)
who has blogged extensively on best practices, etc... and this post from
almost exactly 10 years and a month ago seems remarkably apropos:
http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog69.html

Just substitute:
users for customers...
applications for functions/APIs...
fixing something for reading code
starting over for writing code
etc...

~JasonG

> -Original Message-
> From: Shields, Anthony [mailto:ashie...@epsteinatlanta.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 11:37
> To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
> Subject: [M] [MARKETING] RE: Upgrade to 2010 first?
> 
> It's what we do in the school to maintain and improve our technology.
We
> rebuild, recreate and improve on what we had, deploy new
> hardware/software, improve infrastructure.
> 
> 
> 
> Instead of tacking things on down the road-during the year, we rebuild -
> incorporating all of those things during the summer.
> 
> 
> 
> We repurpose servers.  What once was high volume, no longer needs the
> super server.  What once was a physical server, is now a virtual server.
> 
> 
> 
> Unlike corporate world, we attempt to leave our stuff untouched during
> the school year.  For the summer break, we get to start fresh when
> downtime is near irrelevant.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Anthony Shields
> 
> Systems Administrator
> 
> The Epstein School
> 
> (404) 250-5659
> 
> 
> 
> From: Steve Ens [mailto:stevey...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 11:31 AM
> To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: Upgrade to 2010 first?
> 
> 
> 
> My suggestion would be to not rebuild the domain.  What are the reasons
> behind this?
> 
> On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 10:18 AM, Shields, Anthony
>  wrote:
> 
> Nearly every summer we rebuild our domain from scratch, including
> Exchange.  This year, we will be upgrading several things including
> Win2k8 R2 and E2k10 server.
> 
> 
> 
> Typically when we do this, we exmerge the existing store - in this case
a
> E2k7 - to PST files, which are then exmerged into the new store.
> 
> 
> 
> We currently have many users with mailboxes near or over 2gigs.  I have
> had issues previously trying to import large PST files and am hoping to
> avoid them if possible.
> 
> 
> 
> I believe E2k10 has brought back the ease of export/import PST files and
> was wondering if it would make sense to upgrade the E2k7 server to 2010
> and then export the PST files - Wipe the equipment clean and reinstall
> 2010, importing those PST files?
> 
> 
> 
> Any thoughts or suggestions?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Anthony Shields
> 
> Systems Administrator
> 
> The Epstein School
> 
> (404) 250-5659
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> The Epstein School is a proud beneficiary of the Jewish Federation of
> Greater Atlanta.
> 
> 

RE: Exchange 2003 to 2010 issues

[Paul Steele]

I've just discovered that I made a mistake during the installation
process. In the install wizard when it asks for the Internet facing name
for the server I put in smtp.acadiau.ca instead of exchange.acadiau.ca.
I'm not exactly sure what issues this mistake will cause, but it
definitely messes up the certificate installation process. I've looked
though the various dialogs to find out where I can change that setting
but it doesn't appear anywhere obvious. Is there a quick solution to
this mistake?

 

From: Paul Steele [mailto:paul.ste...@acadiau.ca] 
Sent: May-03-10 2:52 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Exchange 2003 to 2010 issues

 

Mail delivery seems to be working properly now, so I think I've got the
various connectors configured properly. The 2003 server does not have a
certificate and I haven't installed a UC cert on 2010 yet. I'm reading
everything I can find on the topic before tackling the certificate
install. After the way things went today I doubt that things will go
problem free...

 

From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] 
Sent: May-03-10 2:09 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Exchange 2003 to 2010 issues

 

How have you configured namespace sharing, i.e., namespaces vs. SSL
certificates on the two servers?

 

Regards,

 

Michael B. Smith

Consultant and Exchange MVP

http://TheEssentialExchange.com

 

From: Paul Steele [mailto:paul.ste...@acadiau.ca] 
Sent: Monday, May 03, 2010 1:07 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Exchange 2003 to 2010 issues

 

That might be it. I had sort of wanted to keep Exchange 2010 out of the
picture after this first phase since all the mail boxes are still on
Exchange 2003. I want to get backups, certificates, and other misc stuff
working on Exchange 2010 before moving mailboxes. 

 

One weird problem that has surfaced since the 2010 install is a problem
with Public folders. When I try to look at the folder in System Manager
on Exch2003, I get the error 

 

"The HTTP service used by Public Folders is not available, possible
causes are that Public stores are not mounted and the Information Store
service is not running."

 

I'm getting lots of google hits for this error but none specifically
relating to an Exchange 2010 upgrade. The folders show up fine in
Outlook, but not in OWA or System Manager. This issue did not come up in
our test lab.

 

From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] 
Sent: May-03-10 1:49 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Exchange 2003 to 2010 issues

 

That would tend to indicate that the mail is being routed through the
Exchange 2003 server and you don't have  a properly scoped
send-connector on the 2010 side.

 

Regards,

 

Michael B. Smith

Consultant and Exchange MVP

http://TheEssentialExchange.com

 

From: Paul Steele [mailto:paul.ste...@acadiau.ca] 
Sent: Monday, May 03, 2010 12:47 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Exchange 2003 to 2010 issues

 

Yes, I had already done that. I'm a bit confused now though. I
stopped/started the SMTP virtual host (on the EXCH2003 side), and that
seemed to solve the problem. Things seem to be working so I guess
whatever was broken/stuck is ok. At least it's working...

 

From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] 
Sent: May-03-10 12:40 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Exchange 2003 to 2010 issues

 

Did you create a send-connector to forward the scoped domain to the Unix
host?

 

Regards,

 

Michael B. Smith

Consultant and Exchange MVP

http://TheEssentialExchange.com

 

From: Paul Steele [mailto:paul.ste...@acadiau.ca] 
Sent: Monday, May 03, 2010 11:37 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: Exchange 2003 to 2010 issues

 

We did as much testing as we could in our test lab, so we moved ahead
and installed our production Exchange 2010 server. The installation went
fine without any errors, but we're have delivery problems.

 

We've been preparing for a transition from Exchange 2003 to Exchange
2010. We've done various test installs in our  lab and thought we had
everything figured out. Unfortunately we're having mail delivery
problems after completing the install. The actual installation went
without problems. We have a shared address space, with some users on our
Exchange server and some on a Unix host. The biggest issue we're having
is sending to users who are not on our Exchange server. We've set the
Accepted Domains for "acadiau.ca" to Internal Relay, but when we try to
send to usern...@acadiau.ca that does not exist in the Exchange name
space, the message bounces (it never makes it to our Unix smart host).
We've compared things with our test servers and everything looks
correct. At this point we've very confused what we're doing wrong. If
anyone has a suggestion what to look for we really appreciate it.

 

RE: Exchange 2003 to 2010 issues

[Michael B. Smith]

You will have to edit the ExternalURLs on all the Exchange virtual directories.

Personally, I find this easier to do via EMS; but most of them can be edited on 
the Server Configuration -> Client Access tabs.

Regards,

Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com

From: Paul Steele [mailto:paul.ste...@acadiau.ca]
Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 1:45 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Exchange 2003 to 2010 issues

I've just discovered that I made a mistake during the installation process. In 
the install wizard when it asks for the Internet facing name for the server I 
put in smtp.acadiau.ca instead of exchange.acadiau.ca. I'm not exactly sure 
what issues this mistake will cause, but it definitely messes up the 
certificate installation process. I've looked though the various dialogs to 
find out where I can change that setting but it doesn't appear anywhere 
obvious. Is there a quick solution to this mistake?

From: Paul Steele [mailto:paul.ste...@acadiau.ca]
Sent: May-03-10 2:52 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Exchange 2003 to 2010 issues

Mail delivery seems to be working properly now, so I think I've got the various 
connectors configured properly. The 2003 server does not have a certificate and 
I haven't installed a UC cert on 2010 yet. I'm reading everything I can find on 
the topic before tackling the certificate install. After the way things went 
today I doubt that things will go problem free...

From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com]
Sent: May-03-10 2:09 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Exchange 2003 to 2010 issues

How have you configured namespace sharing, i.e., namespaces vs. SSL 
certificates on the two servers?

Regards,

Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com

From: Paul Steele [mailto:paul.ste...@acadiau.ca]
Sent: Monday, May 03, 2010 1:07 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Exchange 2003 to 2010 issues

That might be it. I had sort of wanted to keep Exchange 2010 out of the picture 
after this first phase since all the mail boxes are still on Exchange 2003. I 
want to get backups, certificates, and other misc stuff working on Exchange 
2010 before moving mailboxes.

One weird problem that has surfaced since the 2010 install is a problem with 
Public folders. When I try to look at the folder in System Manager on Exch2003, 
I get the error

"The HTTP service used by Public Folders is not available, possible causes are 
that Public stores are not mounted and the Information Store service is not 
running."

I'm getting lots of google hits for this error but none specifically relating 
to an Exchange 2010 upgrade. The folders show up fine in Outlook, but not in 
OWA or System Manager. This issue did not come up in our test lab.

From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com]
Sent: May-03-10 1:49 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Exchange 2003 to 2010 issues

That would tend to indicate that the mail is being routed through the Exchange 
2003 server and you don't have  a properly scoped send-connector on the 2010 
side.

Regards,

Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com

From: Paul Steele [mailto:paul.ste...@acadiau.ca]
Sent: Monday, May 03, 2010 12:47 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Exchange 2003 to 2010 issues

Yes, I had already done that. I'm a bit confused now though. I stopped/started 
the SMTP virtual host (on the EXCH2003 side), and that seemed to solve the 
problem. Things seem to be working so I guess whatever was broken/stuck is ok. 
At least it's working...

From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com]
Sent: May-03-10 12:40 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Exchange 2003 to 2010 issues

Did you create a send-connector to forward the scoped domain to the Unix host?

Regards,

Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com

From: Paul Steele [mailto:paul.ste...@acadiau.ca]
Sent: Monday, May 03, 2010 11:37 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: Exchange 2003 to 2010 issues

We did as much testing as we could in our test lab, so we moved ahead and 
installed our production Exchange 2010 server. The installation went fine 
without any errors, but we're have delivery problems.

We've been preparing for a transition from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010. 
We've done various test installs in our  lab and thought we had everything 
figured out. Unfortunately we're having mail delivery  problems after 
completing the install. The actual installation went without problems. We have 
a shared address space, with some users on our Exchange server and some on a 
Unix host. The biggest issue we're having is sending to users who are not on 
our Exchange server. We've set the Accepted Domains for "acadiau.ca" to 
Internal Relay, but when we try to send to 
usern...@acadiau.ca that does not exist in the 
Exchange name space, the me

RE: Exchange 2003 to 2010 issues

[John Bowles]

This sounds awfully familiar ;-)


John Bowles


From: Michael B. Smith [mich...@smithcons.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 1:47 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Exchange 2003 to 2010 issues

You will have to edit the ExternalURLs on all the Exchange virtual directories.

Personally, I find this easier to do via EMS; but most of them can be edited on 
the Server Configuration -> Client Access tabs.

Regards,

Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com

From: Paul Steele [mailto:paul.ste...@acadiau.ca]
Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 1:45 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Exchange 2003 to 2010 issues

I’ve just discovered that I made a mistake during the installation process. In 
the install wizard when it asks for the Internet facing name for the server I 
put in smtp.acadiau.ca instead of exchange.acadiau.ca. I’m not exactly sure 
what issues this mistake will cause, but it definitely messes up the 
certificate installation process. I’ve looked though the various dialogs to 
find out where I can change that setting but it doesn’t appear anywhere 
obvious. Is there a quick solution to this mistake?

From: Paul Steele [mailto:paul.ste...@acadiau.ca]
Sent: May-03-10 2:52 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Exchange 2003 to 2010 issues

Mail delivery seems to be working properly now, so I think I’ve got the various 
connectors configured properly. The 2003 server does not have a certificate and 
I haven’t installed a UC cert on 2010 yet. I’m reading everything I can find on 
the topic before tackling the certificate install. After the way things went 
today I doubt that things will go problem free…

From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com]
Sent: May-03-10 2:09 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Exchange 2003 to 2010 issues

How have you configured namespace sharing, i.e., namespaces vs. SSL 
certificates on the two servers?

Regards,

Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com

From: Paul Steele [mailto:paul.ste...@acadiau.ca]
Sent: Monday, May 03, 2010 1:07 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Exchange 2003 to 2010 issues

That might be it. I had sort of wanted to keep Exchange 2010 out of the picture 
after this first phase since all the mail boxes are still on Exchange 2003. I 
want to get backups, certificates, and other misc stuff working on Exchange 
2010 before moving mailboxes.

One weird problem that has surfaced since the 2010 install is a problem with 
Public folders. When I try to look at the folder in System Manager on Exch2003, 
I get the error

“The HTTP service used by Public Folders is not available, possible causes are 
that Public stores are not mounted and the Information Store service is not 
running.”

I’m getting lots of google hits for this error but none specifically relating 
to an Exchange 2010 upgrade. The folders show up fine in Outlook, but not in 
OWA or System Manager. This issue did not come up in our test lab.

From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com]
Sent: May-03-10 1:49 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Exchange 2003 to 2010 issues

That would tend to indicate that the mail is being routed through the Exchange 
2003 server and you don’t have  a properly scoped send-connector on the 2010 
side.

Regards,

Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com

From: Paul Steele [mailto:paul.ste...@acadiau.ca]
Sent: Monday, May 03, 2010 12:47 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Exchange 2003 to 2010 issues

Yes, I had already done that. I’m a bit confused now though. I stopped/started 
the SMTP virtual host (on the EXCH2003 side), and that seemed to solve the 
problem. Things seem to be working so I guess whatever was broken/stuck is ok. 
At least it’s working…

From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com]
Sent: May-03-10 12:40 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Exchange 2003 to 2010 issues

Did you create a send-connector to forward the scoped domain to the Unix host?

Regards,

Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com

From: Paul Steele [mailto:paul.ste...@acadiau.ca]
Sent: Monday, May 03, 2010 11:37 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: Exchange 2003 to 2010 issues

We did as much testing as we could in our test lab, so we moved ahead and 
installed our production Exchange 2010 server. The installation went fine 
without any errors, but we’re have delivery problems.

We’ve been preparing for a transition from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010. 
We’ve done various test installs in our  lab and thought we had everything 
figured out. Unfortunately we’re having mail delivery  problems after 
completing the install. The actual installation went without problems. We have 
a shared address space, with some users on our Exchange server and some on a 
Unix host. The biggest issue we’re having is sending to users who 

RE: Exchange 2003 to 2010 issues

[Paul Steele]

I'm glad other people make mistakes too! :)

 

From: John Bowles [mailto:john.bow...@wlkmmas.org] 
Sent: May-04-10 3:32 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Exchange 2003 to 2010 issues

 

This sounds awfully familiar ;-)

 

 

John Bowles 

 



From: Michael B. Smith [mich...@smithcons.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 1:47 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Exchange 2003 to 2010 issues

You will have to edit the ExternalURLs on all the Exchange virtual
directories.

 

Personally, I find this easier to do via EMS; but most of them can be
edited on the Server Configuration -> Client Access tabs.

 

Regards,

 

Michael B. Smith

Consultant and Exchange MVP

http://TheEssentialExchange.com

 

From: Paul Steele [mailto:paul.ste...@acadiau.ca] 
Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 1:45 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Exchange 2003 to 2010 issues

 

I've just discovered that I made a mistake during the installation
process. In the install wizard when it asks for the Internet facing name
for the server I put in smtp.acadiau.ca instead of exchange.acadiau.ca.
I'm not exactly sure what issues this mistake will cause, but it
definitely messes up the certificate installation process. I've looked
though the various dialogs to find out where I can change that setting
but it doesn't appear anywhere obvious. Is there a quick solution to
this mistake?

 

From: Paul Steele [mailto:paul.ste...@acadiau.ca] 
Sent: May-03-10 2:52 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Exchange 2003 to 2010 issues

 

Mail delivery seems to be working properly now, so I think I've got the
various connectors configured properly. The 2003 server does not have a
certificate and I haven't installed a UC cert on 2010 yet. I'm reading
everything I can find on the topic before tackling the certificate
install. After the way things went today I doubt that things will go
problem free...

 

From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] 
Sent: May-03-10 2:09 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Exchange 2003 to 2010 issues

 

How have you configured namespace sharing, i.e., namespaces vs. SSL
certificates on the two servers?

 

Regards,

 

Michael B. Smith

Consultant and Exchange MVP

http://TheEssentialExchange.com

 

From: Paul Steele [mailto:paul.ste...@acadiau.ca] 
Sent: Monday, May 03, 2010 1:07 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Exchange 2003 to 2010 issues

 

That might be it. I had sort of wanted to keep Exchange 2010 out of the
picture after this first phase since all the mail boxes are still on
Exchange 2003. I want to get backups, certificates, and other misc stuff
working on Exchange 2010 before moving mailboxes. 

 

One weird problem that has surfaced since the 2010 install is a problem
with Public folders. When I try to look at the folder in System Manager
on Exch2003, I get the error 

 

"The HTTP service used by Public Folders is not available, possible
causes are that Public stores are not mounted and the Information Store
service is not running."

 

I'm getting lots of google hits for this error but none specifically
relating to an Exchange 2010 upgrade. The folders show up fine in
Outlook, but not in OWA or System Manager. This issue did not come up in
our test lab.

 

From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] 
Sent: May-03-10 1:49 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Exchange 2003 to 2010 issues

 

That would tend to indicate that the mail is being routed through the
Exchange 2003 server and you don't have  a properly scoped
send-connector on the 2010 side.

 

Regards,

 

Michael B. Smith

Consultant and Exchange MVP

http://TheEssentialExchange.com

 

From: Paul Steele [mailto:paul.ste...@acadiau.ca] 
Sent: Monday, May 03, 2010 12:47 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Exchange 2003 to 2010 issues

 

Yes, I had already done that. I'm a bit confused now though. I
stopped/started the SMTP virtual host (on the EXCH2003 side), and that
seemed to solve the problem. Things seem to be working so I guess
whatever was broken/stuck is ok. At least it's working...

 

From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] 
Sent: May-03-10 12:40 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Exchange 2003 to 2010 issues

 

Did you create a send-connector to forward the scoped domain to the Unix
host?

 

Regards,

 

Michael B. Smith

Consultant and Exchange MVP

http://TheEssentialExchange.com

 

From: Paul Steele [mailto:paul.ste...@acadiau.ca] 
Sent: Monday, May 03, 2010 11:37 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: Exchange 2003 to 2010 issues

 

We did as much testing as we could in our test lab, so we moved ahead
and installed our production Exchange 2010 server. The installation went
fine without any errors, but we're have delivery problems.

 

We've been preparing for a transition from Exchange 2003 to Exchange
2010. We've done various test installs in our  lab and thought we had
everything figured

RE: Exchange 2003 to 2010 issues

[John Bowles]

I just lot the KB article that tells you what EMS commands to run to verify all 
the virtual directories URL's are correct.

I've been looking for this stuff all morning :(


John Bowles


From: Paul Steele [paul.ste...@acadiau.ca]
Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 2:34 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Exchange 2003 to 2010 issues

I’m glad other people make mistakes too! :)

From: John Bowles [mailto:john.bow...@wlkmmas.org]
Sent: May-04-10 3:32 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Exchange 2003 to 2010 issues

This sounds awfully familiar ;-)


John Bowles


From: Michael B. Smith [mich...@smithcons.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 1:47 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Exchange 2003 to 2010 issues
You will have to edit the ExternalURLs on all the Exchange virtual directories.

Personally, I find this easier to do via EMS; but most of them can be edited on 
the Server Configuration -> Client Access tabs.

Regards,

Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com

From: Paul Steele [mailto:paul.ste...@acadiau.ca]
Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 1:45 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Exchange 2003 to 2010 issues

I’ve just discovered that I made a mistake during the installation process. In 
the install wizard when it asks for the Internet facing name for the server I 
put in smtp.acadiau.ca instead of exchange.acadiau.ca. I’m not exactly sure 
what issues this mistake will cause, but it definitely messes up the 
certificate installation process. I’ve looked though the various dialogs to 
find out where I can change that setting but it doesn’t appear anywhere 
obvious. Is there a quick solution to this mistake?

From: Paul Steele [mailto:paul.ste...@acadiau.ca]
Sent: May-03-10 2:52 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Exchange 2003 to 2010 issues

Mail delivery seems to be working properly now, so I think I’ve got the various 
connectors configured properly. The 2003 server does not have a certificate and 
I haven’t installed a UC cert on 2010 yet. I’m reading everything I can find on 
the topic before tackling the certificate install. After the way things went 
today I doubt that things will go problem free…

From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com]
Sent: May-03-10 2:09 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Exchange 2003 to 2010 issues

How have you configured namespace sharing, i.e., namespaces vs. SSL 
certificates on the two servers?

Regards,

Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com

From: Paul Steele [mailto:paul.ste...@acadiau.ca]
Sent: Monday, May 03, 2010 1:07 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Exchange 2003 to 2010 issues

That might be it. I had sort of wanted to keep Exchange 2010 out of the picture 
after this first phase since all the mail boxes are still on Exchange 2003. I 
want to get backups, certificates, and other misc stuff working on Exchange 
2010 before moving mailboxes.

One weird problem that has surfaced since the 2010 install is a problem with 
Public folders. When I try to look at the folder in System Manager on Exch2003, 
I get the error

“The HTTP service used by Public Folders is not available, possible causes are 
that Public stores are not mounted and the Information Store service is not 
running.”

I’m getting lots of google hits for this error but none specifically relating 
to an Exchange 2010 upgrade. The folders show up fine in Outlook, but not in 
OWA or System Manager. This issue did not come up in our test lab.

From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com]
Sent: May-03-10 1:49 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Exchange 2003 to 2010 issues

That would tend to indicate that the mail is being routed through the Exchange 
2003 server and you don’t have  a properly scoped send-connector on the 2010 
side.

Regards,

Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com

From: Paul Steele [mailto:paul.ste...@acadiau.ca]
Sent: Monday, May 03, 2010 12:47 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Exchange 2003 to 2010 issues

Yes, I had already done that. I’m a bit confused now though. I stopped/started 
the SMTP virtual host (on the EXCH2003 side), and that seemed to solve the 
problem. Things seem to be working so I guess whatever was broken/stuck is ok. 
At least it’s working…

From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com]
Sent: May-03-10 12:40 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Exchange 2003 to 2010 issues

Did you create a send-connector to forward the scoped domain to the Unix host?

Regards,

Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com

From: Paul Steele [mailto:paul.ste...@acadiau.ca]
Sent: Monday, May 03, 2010 11:37 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: Exchange 2003 to 2010 issues

We did as much testing as we could in our test lab, so we moved ahead and 
installed our 

Re: Upgrade to 2010 first?

[Rob Bonfiglio]

I worked for Higher Ed for a while, and we never used that approach either.
It is definitely extreme.  There is certainly more than one way to skin a
cat, but this definitely isn't the way I would choose.

On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 12:27 PM, Jason Gurtz  wrote:

> Schools are a unique I.T. environment to be sure, but wow they sure don't
> use this rebuild-from-scratch approach at the schools around here!
>
> I've found software development to be amazingly similar to the practice of
> I.T.  There's a guy out there (used to work in the Excel bus. unit at MS)
> who has blogged extensively on best practices, etc... and this post from
> almost exactly 10 years and a month ago seems remarkably apropos:
> http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog69.html
>
> Just substitute:
>users for customers...
>applications for functions/APIs...
>fixing something for reading code
>starting over for writing code
>etc...
>
> ~JasonG
>
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Shields, Anthony [mailto:ashie...@epsteinatlanta.org]
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 11:37
> > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
>  > Subject: [M] [MARKETING] RE: Upgrade to 2010 first?
> >
> > It's what we do in the school to maintain and improve our technology.
> We
> > rebuild, recreate and improve on what we had, deploy new
> > hardware/software, improve infrastructure.
> >
> >
> >
> > Instead of tacking things on down the road-during the year, we rebuild -
> > incorporating all of those things during the summer.
> >
> >
> >
> > We repurpose servers.  What once was high volume, no longer needs the
> > super server.  What once was a physical server, is now a virtual server.
> >
> >
> >
> > Unlike corporate world, we attempt to leave our stuff untouched during
> > the school year.  For the summer break, we get to start fresh when
> > downtime is near irrelevant.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Anthony Shields
> >
> > Systems Administrator
> >
> > The Epstein School
> >
> > (404) 250-5659
> >
> >
> >
> > From: Steve Ens [mailto:stevey...@gmail.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 11:31 AM
> > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
> > Subject: Re: Upgrade to 2010 first?
> >
> >
> >
> > My suggestion would be to not rebuild the domain.  What are the reasons
> > behind this?
> >
> > On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 10:18 AM, Shields, Anthony
> >  wrote:
> >
> > Nearly every summer we rebuild our domain from scratch, including
> > Exchange.  This year, we will be upgrading several things including
> > Win2k8 R2 and E2k10 server.
> >
> >
> >
> > Typically when we do this, we exmerge the existing store - in this case
> a
> > E2k7 - to PST files, which are then exmerged into the new store.
> >
> >
> >
> > We currently have many users with mailboxes near or over 2gigs.  I have
> > had issues previously trying to import large PST files and am hoping to
> > avoid them if possible.
> >
> >
> >
> > I believe E2k10 has brought back the ease of export/import PST files and
> > was wondering if it would make sense to upgrade the E2k7 server to 2010
> > and then export the PST files - Wipe the equipment clean and reinstall
> > 2010, importing those PST files?
> >
> >
> >
> > Any thoughts or suggestions?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Anthony Shields
> >
> > Systems Administrator
> >
> > The Epstein School
> >
> > (404) 250-5659
> >
> >
> >
> > 
> >
> > The Epstein School is a proud beneficiary of the Jewish Federation of
> > Greater Atlanta.
> >
> >
>
>
>
>

RE: Upgrade to 2010 first?

[Shields, Anthony]

The article does ring some truth and we are moving away from redoing the 
servers every year - as we didn't do them last year, because we knew R2 and 
E2k10 would be out this year - along with Office 2k10.  All of which we're 
upgrading to in July.

Hopefully after this, I can go for a few years without redoing.

Anthony Shields
Systems Administrator
The Epstein School
(404) 250-5659


On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 12:27 PM, Jason Gurtz 
mailto:jasongu...@npumail.com>> wrote:
Schools are a unique I.T. environment to be sure, but wow they sure don't
use this rebuild-from-scratch approach at the schools around here!

I've found software development to be amazingly similar to the practice of
I.T.  There's a guy out there (used to work in the Excel bus. unit at MS)
who has blogged extensively on best practices, etc... and this post from
almost exactly 10 years and a month ago seems remarkably apropos:
http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog69.html

Just substitute:
   users for customers...
   applications for functions/APIs...
   fixing something for reading code
   starting over for writing code
   etc...

~JasonG

> -Original Message-
> From: Shields, Anthony 
> [mailto:ashie...@epsteinatlanta.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 11:37
> To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
> Subject: [M] [MARKETING] RE: Upgrade to 2010 first?
>
> It's what we do in the school to maintain and improve our technology.
We
> rebuild, recreate and improve on what we had, deploy new
> hardware/software, improve infrastructure.
>
>
>
> Instead of tacking things on down the road-during the year, we rebuild -
> incorporating all of those things during the summer.
>
>
>
> We repurpose servers.  What once was high volume, no longer needs the
> super server.  What once was a physical server, is now a virtual server.
>
>
>
> Unlike corporate world, we attempt to leave our stuff untouched during
> the school year.  For the summer break, we get to start fresh when
> downtime is near irrelevant.
>
>
>
>
>
> Anthony Shields
>
> Systems Administrator
>
> The Epstein School
>
> (404) 250-5659
>
>
>
> From: Steve Ens [mailto:stevey...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 11:31 AM
> To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: Upgrade to 2010 first?
>
>
>
> My suggestion would be to not rebuild the domain.  What are the reasons
> behind this?
>
> On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 10:18 AM, Shields, Anthony
> mailto:ashie...@epsteinatlanta.org>> wrote:
>
> Nearly every summer we rebuild our domain from scratch, including
> Exchange.  This year, we will be upgrading several things including
> Win2k8 R2 and E2k10 server.
>
>
>
> Typically when we do this, we exmerge the existing store - in this case
a
> E2k7 - to PST files, which are then exmerged into the new store.
>
>
>
> We currently have many users with mailboxes near or over 2gigs.  I have
> had issues previously trying to import large PST files and am hoping to
> avoid them if possible.
>
>
>
> I believe E2k10 has brought back the ease of export/import PST files and
> was wondering if it would make sense to upgrade the E2k7 server to 2010
> and then export the PST files - Wipe the equipment clean and reinstall
> 2010, importing those PST files?
>
>
>
> Any thoughts or suggestions?
>
>
>
>
>
> Anthony Shields
>
> Systems Administrator
>
> The Epstein School
>
> (404) 250-5659
>
>
>
> 
>
> The Epstein School is a proud beneficiary of the Jewish Federation of
> Greater Atlanta.
>
>




The Epstein School is a proud beneficiary of the Jewish Federation of Greater 
Atlanta.

Information Store unmounts

[Maglinger, Paul]

Has anyone seen any instances where the Private and Public Stores in
Exchange 2003 just unmounts without any apparent reason?  So far it's
only happened once (knock on wood).  With my diagnostic logging for
MSExchangeIS System General set at Medium, Private General at Maximum,
the only thing I saw in the Event Viewer was that the stores unmounted.
All the services were running.  I haven't found anything that points to
what may have caused this.  I ran checks against the priv1.edb,
pub1.edb, and e00.log files and the results came back clean.  But I
couldn't simply remount the stores, but had to clear out the logs and
run eseutil /r before they would mount again.  Odd?
 
-Paul  

RE: Information Store unmounts

[Campbell, Rob]

Disk space

-Original Message-
From: Maglinger, Paul 
Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 1:09 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues 
Subject: Information Store unmounts


Has anyone seen any instances where the Private and Public Stores in
Exchange 2003 just unmounts without any apparent reason?  So far it's
only happened once (knock on wood).  With my diagnostic logging for
MSExchangeIS System General set at Medium, Private General at Maximum,
the only thing I saw in the Event Viewer was that the stores unmounted.
All the services were running.  I haven't found anything that points to
what may have caused this.  I ran checks against the priv1.edb,
pub1.edb, and e00.log files and the results came back clean.  But I
couldn't simply remount the stores, but had to clear out the logs and
run eseutil /r before they would mount again.  Odd?

-Paul



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RE: Information Store unmounts

[David Lum]

+1

-Original Message-
From: Campbell, Rob [mailto:rob_campb...@centraltechnology.net] 
Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 1:11 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Information Store unmounts

Disk space

-Original Message-
From: Maglinger, Paul 
Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 1:09 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues 
Subject: Information Store unmounts


Has anyone seen any instances where the Private and Public Stores in
Exchange 2003 just unmounts without any apparent reason?  So far it's
only happened once (knock on wood).  With my diagnostic logging for
MSExchangeIS System General set at Medium, Private General at Maximum,
the only thing I saw in the Event Viewer was that the stores unmounted.
All the services were running.  I haven't found anything that points to
what may have caused this.  I ran checks against the priv1.edb,
pub1.edb, and e00.log files and the results came back clean.  But I
couldn't simply remount the stores, but had to clear out the logs and
run eseutil /r before they would mount again.  Odd?

-Paul



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Re: Information Store unmounts

[Richard Stovall]

Boy, I haven't seen that one for a long time.  What version of Exchange
2003?  SP2?  IIRC Microsoft upped the max database size for Exchange 2003
Standard in SP2 from 16GB to 75GB, but you still had to modify the registry
to make it work.

A quick Google search brings up the following kb article.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/912375

HTH

On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 4:11 PM, Campbell, Rob <
rob_campb...@centraltechnology.net> wrote:

> Disk space
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Maglinger, Paul 
> Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 1:09 PM
> To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues 
> Subject: Information Store unmounts
>
>
> Has anyone seen any instances where the Private and Public Stores in
> Exchange 2003 just unmounts without any apparent reason?  So far it's
> only happened once (knock on wood).  With my diagnostic logging for
> MSExchangeIS System General set at Medium, Private General at Maximum,
> the only thing I saw in the Event Viewer was that the stores unmounted.
> All the services were running.  I haven't found anything that points to
> what may have caused this.  I ran checks against the priv1.edb,
> pub1.edb, and e00.log files and the results came back clean.  But I
> couldn't simply remount the stores, but had to clear out the logs and
> run eseutil /r before they would mount again.  Odd?
>
> -Paul
>
>
>
>
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efax alternative

[David Baca]

Do you guys have an alternative to efax that you have used and would recommend 
for 1-off faxes that need to be received via email.


David


  

RE: Information Store unmounts

[Maglinger, Paul]

Forgot to mention that.  I checked that too and there was plenty (as in
gigs) of free space. 

-Original Message-
From: Campbell, Rob [mailto:rob_campb...@centraltechnology.net] 
Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 3:11 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Information Store unmounts

Disk space

-Original Message-
From: Maglinger, Paul 
Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 1:09 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues 
Subject: Information Store unmounts


Has anyone seen any instances where the Private and Public Stores in
Exchange 2003 just unmounts without any apparent reason?  So far it's
only happened once (knock on wood).  With my diagnostic logging for
MSExchangeIS System General set at Medium, Private General at Maximum,
the only thing I saw in the Event Viewer was that the stores unmounted.
All the services were running.  I haven't found anything that points to
what may have caused this.  I ran checks against the priv1.edb,
pub1.edb, and e00.log files and the results came back clean.  But I
couldn't simply remount the stores, but had to clear out the logs and
run eseutil /r before they would mount again.  Odd?

-Paul




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RE: Information Store unmounts

[Maglinger, Paul]

Forgot to mention also that we're running Enterprise, so no such
limitation.



From: Richard Stovall [mailto:rich...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 3:17 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Information Store unmounts


Boy, I haven't seen that one for a long time.  What version of Exchange
2003?  SP2?  IIRC Microsoft upped the max database size for Exchange
2003 Standard in SP2 from 16GB to 75GB, but you still had to modify the
registry to make it work. 

A quick Google search brings up the following kb article.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/912375

 HTH

On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 4:11 PM, Campbell, Rob
 wrote:


Disk space


-Original Message-
From: Maglinger, Paul 
Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 1:09 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues

Subject: Information Store unmounts


Has anyone seen any instances where the Private and Public
Stores in
Exchange 2003 just unmounts without any apparent reason?  So far
it's
only happened once (knock on wood).  With my diagnostic logging
for
MSExchangeIS System General set at Medium, Private General at
Maximum,
the only thing I saw in the Event Viewer was that the stores
unmounted.
All the services were running.  I haven't found anything that
points to
what may have caused this.  I ran checks against the priv1.edb,
pub1.edb, and e00.log files and the results came back clean.
But I
couldn't simply remount the stores, but had to clear out the
logs and
run eseutil /r before they would mount again.  Odd?

-Paul






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RE: Exchange 2003 to 2010 issues

[Paul Steele]

Ok, I read your Windows IT Pro article, which was very good.
Unfortunately it didn't help and I'm officially *very* frustrated now.
After fiddling with send/receive connectors for last couple of days, I
still haven't gotten mail to flow within our new Exchange 2003/2010
organization properly. My ultimate goal is to have mail arrive on
Exchange 2010 and if necessary route mail to Exchange 2003 for mailboxes
that are still on the 2003 server. At this point no mail boxes have been
moved, although I've created a couple of test 2010 accounts. I can send
mail from 2003 users to 2010 mailboxes, and I can send mail externally
directly to 2003 mailboxes or 2010 mailboxes.  Unfortunately I cannot
get mail working from 2010 mailboxes to 2003 mailboxes, or externally
through the 2010 server to 2003 mailboxes. This issue is also causing
Public Folder Replication problems. 

 

After the 2010 install, two routing group connectors were created
(Exch2003-Exch2010 in the First Administrative Group side, and
Exch2010-Exch2003 in the newly created Exchange Admin Group). I haven't
modified those in any way. I also had an existing SMTP Connector with a
Unix smart host specified. The SMTP address space is * and applies to
the entire organization. This SMTP connector also appears on the 2010
server as a Send Connector. Finally, there is an SMTP Virtual Server
under the SMTP protocol section of the First Admin Group, with no smart
host specified.

 

After the installation, I created scoped Send Connector for SMTP/*,
specifying our Unix smart host and the 2010 server as the source server.
Under Accepted Domains, I added acadiau.ca as an Internal Relay. There
is also another SMTP Virtual Host in the Exchange Admin Group.

 

I actually had this all working in my ESXi test environment but due to
some disk issues I lost my VMs. I thought I remembered how I had
configured things but obviously I don't have a very good memory. I've
gotten totally confused about what send connectors, SMTP virtual hosts,
smart hosts, accepted domains, etc, etc, that I need. I think I've tried
every obvious configuration. I know it should be simple, but it seems to
have beaten me.

 

What am I missing?

 

From: Paul Steele [mailto:paul.ste...@acadiau.ca] 
Sent: May-03-10 2:52 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Exchange 2003 to 2010 issues

 

Mail delivery seems to be working properly now, so I think I've got the
various connectors configured properly. The 2003 server does not have a
certificate and I haven't installed a UC cert on 2010 yet. I'm reading
everything I can find on the topic before tackling the certificate
install. After the way things went today I doubt that things will go
problem free...

 

From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] 
Sent: May-03-10 2:09 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Exchange 2003 to 2010 issues

 

How have you configured namespace sharing, i.e., namespaces vs. SSL
certificates on the two servers?

 

Regards,

 

Michael B. Smith

Consultant and Exchange MVP

http://TheEssentialExchange.com

 

From: Paul Steele [mailto:paul.ste...@acadiau.ca] 
Sent: Monday, May 03, 2010 1:07 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Exchange 2003 to 2010 issues

 

That might be it. I had sort of wanted to keep Exchange 2010 out of the
picture after this first phase since all the mail boxes are still on
Exchange 2003. I want to get backups, certificates, and other misc stuff
working on Exchange 2010 before moving mailboxes. 

 

One weird problem that has surfaced since the 2010 install is a problem
with Public folders. When I try to look at the folder in System Manager
on Exch2003, I get the error 

 

"The HTTP service used by Public Folders is not available, possible
causes are that Public stores are not mounted and the Information Store
service is not running."

 

I'm getting lots of google hits for this error but none specifically
relating to an Exchange 2010 upgrade. The folders show up fine in
Outlook, but not in OWA or System Manager. This issue did not come up in
our test lab.

 

From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] 
Sent: May-03-10 1:49 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Exchange 2003 to 2010 issues

 

That would tend to indicate that the mail is being routed through the
Exchange 2003 server and you don't have  a properly scoped
send-connector on the 2010 side.

 

Regards,

 

Michael B. Smith

Consultant and Exchange MVP

http://TheEssentialExchange.com

 

From: Paul Steele [mailto:paul.ste...@acadiau.ca] 
Sent: Monday, May 03, 2010 12:47 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Exchange 2003 to 2010 issues

 

Yes, I had already done that. I'm a bit confused now though. I
stopped/started the SMTP virtual host (on the EXCH2003 side), and that
seemed to solve the problem. Things seem to be working so I guess
whatever was broken/stuck is ok. At least it's working...

 

From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] 
Sent: May-03-10 12:40 PM
To:

Re: Information Store unmounts

[Sean Martin]

Transaction log sequence numbers...

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/830408

- Sean

On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 1:13 PM, Maglinger, Paul  wrote:

>  Forgot to mention also that we're running Enterprise, so no such
> limitation.
>
>  --
> *From:* Richard Stovall [mailto:rich...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 04, 2010 3:17 PM
>
> *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Re: Information Store unmounts
>
>  Boy, I haven't seen that one for a long time.  What version of Exchange
> 2003?  SP2?  IIRC Microsoft upped the max database size for Exchange 2003
> Standard in SP2 from 16GB to 75GB, but you still had to modify the registry
> to make it work.
>
> A quick Google search brings up the following kb article.
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/912375
>
>  HTH
>
>  On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 4:11 PM, Campbell, Rob <
> rob_campb...@centraltechnology.net> wrote:
>
>> Disk space
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Maglinger, Paul 
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 1:09 PM
>> To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues 
>> Subject: Information Store unmounts
>>
>>
>> Has anyone seen any instances where the Private and Public Stores in
>> Exchange 2003 just unmounts without any apparent reason?  So far it's
>> only happened once (knock on wood).  With my diagnostic logging for
>> MSExchangeIS System General set at Medium, Private General at Maximum,
>> the only thing I saw in the Event Viewer was that the stores unmounted.
>> All the services were running.  I haven't found anything that points to
>> what may have caused this.  I ran checks against the priv1.edb,
>> pub1.edb, and e00.log files and the results came back clean.  But I
>> couldn't simply remount the stores, but had to clear out the logs and
>> run eseutil /r before they would mount again.  Odd?
>>
>> -Paul
>>
>>
>>
>>
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RE: Information Store unmounts

[Campbell, Rob]

Too many uncommitted logs?


From: Maglinger, Paul 
Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 2:14 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues 
Subject: RE: Information Store unmounts

Forgot to mention also that we're running Enterprise, so no such limitation.


From: Richard Stovall [mailto:rich...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 3:17 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Information Store unmounts

Boy, I haven't seen that one for a long time.  What version of Exchange 2003?  
SP2?  IIRC Microsoft upped the max database size for Exchange 2003 Standard in 
SP2 from 16GB to 75GB, but you still had to modify the registry to make it work.

A quick Google search brings up the following kb article.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/912375

HTH

On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 4:11 PM, Campbell, Rob 
mailto:rob_campb...@centraltechnology.net>> 
wrote:
Disk space

-Original Message-
From: Maglinger, Paul mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com>>
Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 1:09 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues 
mailto:exchangelist@lyris.sunbelt-software.com>>
Subject: Information Store unmounts


Has anyone seen any instances where the Private and Public Stores in
Exchange 2003 just unmounts without any apparent reason?  So far it's
only happened once (knock on wood).  With my diagnostic logging for
MSExchangeIS System General set at Medium, Private General at Maximum,
the only thing I saw in the Event Viewer was that the stores unmounted.
All the services were running.  I haven't found anything that points to
what may have caused this.  I ran checks against the priv1.edb,
pub1.edb, and e00.log files and the results came back clean.  But I
couldn't simply remount the stores, but had to clear out the logs and
run eseutil /r before they would mount again.  Odd?

-Paul



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RE: Archiving solution

[Martin Tuip]

Only a limited amount of archiving solutions from the 80+ that Michael mentions 
actually support Exchange 2010.  EV is indeed a bit late to the game.  Mimosa 
NearPoint supports Exchange 2010 for what it is worth.


Martin
MVP Exchange


From: Cameron Cooper [ccoo...@aurico.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 3:01 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Archiving solution

We’re about to install Sunbelt’s Email Archiver this coming Monday, so I can’t 
really give any advice on how SEA works.

_
Cameron Cooper
Network Administrator | CompTIA A+ Certified
Aurico Reports, Inc
Phone: 847-890-4021 | Fax: 847-255-1896
ccoo...@aurico.com | 
www.aurico.com

From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com]
Sent: Monday, May 03, 2010 2:45 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Archiving solution

People like myself, that recommend software but don’t tend to buy it ourselves, 
are rather dependent on the contents of websites when determining the 
requirements and support matrix of software.

The archiving market for Exchange server is composed of 80+ companies (somewhat 
dependent on how you define “archiving”). Can’t have a personal relationship 
with them all to know the ins/outs. :-P

Thanks.

Regards,

Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com

From: Alex Eckelberry [mailto:al...@sunbelt-software.com]
Sent: Monday, May 03, 2010 3:36 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Archiving solution

Because we don’t support OWA, I believe there has been a reluctance to come out 
and say it on the datasheet, etc.

But we should update it, and I’ll get that moving.


Alex


From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com]
Sent: Monday, May 03, 2010 1:42 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Archiving solution

Might want to update your website. :)



Click on the “Requirements” tab.

And the datasheet:



Regards,

Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com

From: Alex Eckelberry [mailto:al...@sunbelt-software.com]
Sent: Monday, May 03, 2010 1:36 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Archiving solution

Actually Sunbelt Exchange Archiver does support 2010, except for full support 
for OWA.  We do have a workaround that can be used if OWA use is imperative.


Alex


From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com]
Sent: Monday, May 03, 2010 10:41 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Archiving solution

Neither RedGate nor Sunbelt’s archivers currently support Exchange 2010 either. 
Thus my first comment in the thread. :)

Regards,

Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com

From: John Bowles [mailto:john.bow...@wlkmmas.org]
Sent: Monday, May 03, 2010 10:38 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Archiving solution

Just an FYI.  Enteprise Vault 9 is the only version that supports E2K10.  From 
what I was told last, that is not going to hit the shelf until the 3rd quarter 
of this year.


John Bowles


From: Oliver Marshall [oliver.marsh...@g2support.com]
Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2010 4:13 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: Archiving solution
Hi,

I'm looking for recommendations (either good or bad) of email archiving 
solutions for a colo'd Exchange 2010 box.

I'm looking at Red Gate, but the Symatec/Veritas Enterprise Vault some some 
good features too.

There's GFI as well though that always seems like it's on the small side of the 
SME market for my liking.

Any others that you have used ?

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[Kurt Buff]

Why does this not surprise me?

Kurt


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From: Core Security Technologies Advisories 
Date: Tue, May 4, 2010 at 15:26
Subject: [Full-disclosure] [CORE-2010-0427] Windows SMTP Service DNS
query Id vulnerabilities
To: full-disclos...@lists.grok.org.uk


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     Core Security Technologies - CoreLabs Advisory
          http://corelabs.coresecurity.com/

Windows SMTP Service DNS query Id vulnerabilities



1. *Advisory Information*

Title: Windows SMTP Service DNS query Id vulnerabilities
Advisory Id: CORE-2010-0427
Advisory URL:
[http://www.coresecurity.com/content/CORE-2010-0424-windows-smtp-dns-query-id-bugs]
Date published: 2010-05-04
Date of last update: 2010-05-04
Vendors contacted: Microsoft
Release mode: User release



2. *Vulnerability Information*

Class: Predictable from Observable State [CWE-341], Insufficient
Verification of Data Authenticity [CWE-345]
Impact: Security bypass
Remotely Exploitable: Yes
Locally Exploitable: No
CVE Name: CVE-2010-1689, CVE-2010-1690
Bugtraq ID: 39908, 39910



3. *Vulnerability Description*

DNS spoofing and cache poisoning attacks have been known security
threats that result from design weaknesses of the DNS protocol since the
early 1990s as described by Christopher Schuba [1] and Paul Vixie [2].
In 1997 a practical implementation of a blind remote DNS cache poisoning
attack that relies solely on exploiting the predictability of the ID
field of DNS query packets was described by Arce and Kargieman [3]. This
was followed up by further refinements and advancement of attack
techniques by Vagner Sacramento [4] and Joe Stewart [5] in 2002. Amit
Klein further investigated query Id predictability in BIND version 9[6]
and Windows DNS[7] server implementations in 2007. In 2008 a much
publicized advancement of the DNS cache poisoning technique was
disclosed by Dan Kaminsky [8] in conjunction with the release of
security fixes by several vendors. Microsoft's MS08-037
[http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-037.mspx]Security
Bulletin addressed those DNS spoofing techniques in Windows DNS client
and server software.

In light of the 16-year saga of discovery and refinement of DNS
poisoning attacks and protection techniques in January 2009 the Internet
Engineering Task Force published RFC5452 with guidelines to make DNS
more resilient against forged answer attacks.[9]

While researching the fixes issued by Microsoft in Microsoft's Security
Bulletin MS10-024
[http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms10-024.mspx]
published April 13, 2010 Nicolas Economou discovered two vulnerabilities
in Windows SMTP Service and Microsoft Exchange . These vulnerabilities
were fixed by the patches referenced in MS10-024 but were not disclosed
in the vendor's security bulletin and did not have an unique
vulnerability identifier assigned to them. As a result, the guidance and
the assessment of risk derived from reading the vendor's security
bulletin may overlook or misrepresent actual threat scenarios.
 Nicolas found that the Windows SMTP Service does its own DNS resolution
of MX records rather that use the DNS resolver from the operating system
while investigating CVE-2010-0024
[http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2010-0024].
Furthermore, he found that the patch referenced in MS10-024 fixed two
severe bugs that were not disclosed as such in the bulletin and had no
CVE identifiers assigned to them. Basic analysis of the vulnerabilities
disclosed in this advisory indicates that the threat of DNS spoofing
attacks against Windows SMTP service and Microsoft Exchange or of
exploitation of CVE-2010-0024 was underestimated in MS10-024.
 An attacker may leverage the two previously undisclosed vulnerabilities
fixed by MS10-014 to spoof responses to any DNS query sent by the
Windows SMTP service trivially. DNS response spoofing and cache
poisoning attacks are well known to have a variety of security
implications with impact beyond just Denial of Service and Information
Disclosure as originally stated in MS10-024.
 As a result the importance of deploying MS10-024 patches may be
miss-represented in the vendor's security bulletin. Organizations using
vulnerable packages should consider re-assessing patch deployment
priorities in view of the additional information provided in this advisory.


3.1. *Predictable DNS query ID*

[CVE-2010-1689 | 39908] Prior to MS10-024 the Windows SMTP Service
generated DNS queries with trivially guessable values in the transaction
ID field. The issue was addressed in MS10-024 by adding a call to the
'CAsyncDns::GenerateRandWord' method when building the DNS query.


3.2. *Missing validation of DNS responses*

[CVE-2010-1690 | 39910] Prior to MS10-024 the Windows SMTP Service did
not check that the value of the ID field of a DNS response received from
the network actually matched the value of the ID field of a
corresponding DNS query packet previously sent. Th

Windows 2000 AD with Exchange 2003 server but no Windows 2003 DCs.

[Stephan Barr]

A Windows 2000 AD network with an Exchange 2003 server by definition has to
already have Windows 2003 ADPREP run right?  Client company has this network
running but it has no Windows 2003 DCs. I'm I right in thinking that adding
Windows 2003 DCs is safe since the Exchange 2003 Server is running fine with
no AD errors as well?

Thanks in advance.

RE: Windows 2000 AD with Exchange 2003 server but no Windows 2003 DCs.

[Michael B. Smith]

No, it does not.

Exchange 2003 would run on Windows 2000, with somewhat limited functionality 
(for example, RPC/HTTP requires that Exchange run on Windows 2003). Exchange 
2003 only required a mixed-mode AD (i.e., one directly upgraded from Windows 
NT).

You could, in fact, run into schema collision issues around inetOrgPerson 
schema definitions. See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314649.

Regards,

Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com

From: Stephan Barr [mailto:stephanbarr.li...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 10:10 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: Windows 2000 AD with Exchange 2003 server but no Windows 2003 DCs.

A Windows 2000 AD network with an Exchange 2003 server by definition has to 
already have Windows 2003 ADPREP run right?  Client company has this network 
running but it has no Windows 2003 DCs. I'm I right in thinking that adding 
Windows 2003 DCs is safe since the Exchange 2003 Server is running fine with no 
AD errors as well?

Thanks in advance.

Re: Windows 2000 AD with Exchange 2003 server but no Windows 2003 DCs.

[Stephan Barr]

Yes I'm aware of the InetOrg issue. The Exchage 2003 is running on Windows
2003. Just no WIndows 2003 DCs.  As I recall it doesn't damage anything to
run adprep and such multiple times. True?

On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 9:18 PM, Michael B. Smith wrote:

>  No, it does not.
>
>
>
> Exchange 2003 would run on Windows 2000, with somewhat limited
> functionality (for example, RPC/HTTP requires that Exchange run on Windows
> 2003). Exchange 2003 only required a mixed-mode AD (i.e., one directly
> upgraded from Windows NT).
>
>
>
> You could, in fact, run into schema collision issues around inetOrgPerson
> schema definitions. See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314649
>
> .
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
> Michael B. Smith
>
> Consultant and Exchange MVP
>
> http://TheEssentialExchange.com 
>
>
>
>
> *From:* Stephan Barr [mailto:stephanbarr.li...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 04, 2010 10:10 PM
> *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Windows 2000 AD with Exchange 2003 server but no Windows 2003
> DCs.
>
>
>
> A Windows 2000 AD network with an Exchange 2003 server by definition has to
> already have Windows 2003 ADPREP run right?  Client company has this network
> running but it has no Windows 2003 DCs. I'm I right in thinking that adding
> Windows 2003 DCs is safe since the Exchange 2003 Server is running fine with
> no AD errors as well?
>
>
>
> Thanks in advance.
>

Re: Windows 2000 AD with Exchange 2003 server but no Windows 2003 DCs.

[Stephan Barr]

And hey thanks or the response.

On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 9:25 PM, Stephan Barr wrote:

> Yes I'm aware of the InetOrg issue. The Exchage 2003 is running on Windows
> 2003. Just no WIndows 2003 DCs.  As I recall it doesn't damage anything to
> run adprep and such multiple times. True?
>
>  On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 9:18 PM, Michael B. Smith 
> wrote:
>
>>  No, it does not.
>>
>>
>>
>> Exchange 2003 would run on Windows 2000, with somewhat limited
>> functionality (for example, RPC/HTTP requires that Exchange run on Windows
>> 2003). Exchange 2003 only required a mixed-mode AD (i.e., one directly
>> upgraded from Windows NT).
>>
>>
>>
>> You could, in fact, run into schema collision issues around inetOrgPerson
>> schema definitions. See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314649
>>
>>
>>
>> .
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>>
>>
>> Michael B. Smith
>>
>> Consultant and Exchange MVP
>>
>> http://TheEssentialExchange.com 
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* Stephan Barr [mailto:stephanbarr.li...@gmail.com]
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 04, 2010 10:10 PM
>> *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues
>> *Subject:* Windows 2000 AD with Exchange 2003 server but no Windows 2003
>> DCs.
>>
>>
>>
>> A Windows 2000 AD network with an Exchange 2003 server by definition has
>> to already have Windows 2003 ADPREP run right?  Client company has this
>> network running but it has no Windows 2003 DCs. I'm I right in thinking that
>> adding Windows 2003 DCs is safe since the Exchange 2003 Server is running
>> fine with no AD errors as well?
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>
>

RE: Windows 2000 AD with Exchange 2003 server but no Windows 2003 DCs.

[Michael B. Smith]

It doesn't hurt anything as long as no one has manually changed permissions 
(and something requires those changes).

Regards,

Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com

From: Stephan Barr [mailto:stephanbarr.li...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 10:26 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Windows 2000 AD with Exchange 2003 server but no Windows 2003 DCs.

Yes I'm aware of the InetOrg issue. The Exchage 2003 is running on Windows 
2003. Just no WIndows 2003 DCs.  As I recall it doesn't damage anything to run 
adprep and such multiple times. True?
On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 9:18 PM, Michael B. Smith 
mailto:mich...@smithcons.com>> wrote:
No, it does not.

Exchange 2003 would run on Windows 2000, with somewhat limited functionality 
(for example, RPC/HTTP requires that Exchange run on Windows 2003). Exchange 
2003 only required a mixed-mode AD (i.e., one directly upgraded from Windows 
NT).

You could, in fact, run into schema collision issues around inetOrgPerson 
schema definitions. See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314649

.

Regards,

Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com


From: Stephan Barr 
[mailto:stephanbarr.li...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 10:10 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: Windows 2000 AD with Exchange 2003 server but no Windows 2003 DCs.

A Windows 2000 AD network with an Exchange 2003 server by definition has to 
already have Windows 2003 ADPREP run right?  Client company has this network 
running but it has no Windows 2003 DCs. I'm I right in thinking that adding 
Windows 2003 DCs is safe since the Exchange 2003 Server is running fine with no 
AD errors as well?

Thanks in advance.

Re: Windows 2000 AD with Exchange 2003 server but no Windows 2003 DCs.

[Stephan Barr]

Understood. I've made some of those changes w/PSS on the line so I know of
which you speak.  Cool well here goes.

Cheers.

On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 9:28 PM, Michael B. Smith wrote:

>  It doesn’t hurt anything as long as no one has manually changed
> permissions (and something requires those changes).
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
> Michael B. Smith
>
> Consultant and Exchange MVP
>
> http://TheEssentialExchange.com 
>
>
>
>
> *From:* Stephan Barr [mailto:stephanbarr.li...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 04, 2010 10:26 PM
>
> *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Re: Windows 2000 AD with Exchange 2003 server but no Windows
> 2003 DCs.
>
>
>
> Yes I'm aware of the InetOrg issue. The Exchage 2003 is running on Windows
> 2003. Just no WIndows 2003 DCs.  As I recall it doesn't damage anything to
> run adprep and such multiple times. True?
>
> On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 9:18 PM, Michael B. Smith 
> wrote:
>
> No, it does not.
>
>
>
> Exchange 2003 would run on Windows 2000, with somewhat limited
> functionality (for example, RPC/HTTP requires that Exchange run on Windows
> 2003). Exchange 2003 only required a mixed-mode AD (i.e., one directly
> upgraded from Windows NT).
>
>
>
> You could, in fact, run into schema collision issues around inetOrgPerson
> schema definitions. See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314649
>
>
>
>
> .
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
> Michael B. Smith
>
> Consultant and Exchange MVP
>
> http://TheEssentialExchange.com 
>
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* Stephan Barr [mailto:stephanbarr.li...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 04, 2010 10:10 PM
> *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Windows 2000 AD with Exchange 2003 server but no Windows 2003
> DCs.
>
>
>
> A Windows 2000 AD network with an Exchange 2003 server by definition has to
> already have Windows 2003 ADPREP run right?  Client company has this network
> running but it has no Windows 2003 DCs. I'm I right in thinking that adding
> Windows 2003 DCs is safe since the Exchange 2003 Server is running fine with
> no AD errors as well?
>
>
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>
>

Re: Exchange 2003 to 2010 issues

[Kurt Buff]

On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 14:27, Paul Steele  wrote:

> I actually had this all working in my ESXi test environment but due to some
> disk issues I lost my VMs. I thought I remembered how I had configured
> things but obviously I don’t have a very good memory. I’ve gotten totally
> confused about what send connectors, SMTP virtual hosts, smart hosts,
> accepted domains, etc, etc, that I need. I think I’ve tried every obvious
> configuration. I know it should be simple, but it seems to have beaten me.
>
>
>
> What am I missing?

Documentation of your original process?

Kurt