Re: Setting up an email subdomain
Thinking i might be doing this pretty soon, so it i'm guessing it would be best if i wrote it out and archived it. - added a forward lookup zone through your ISP who is hosting your external/public DNS. - add an MX in this zone that reads something like: southamerica.company.com XXX X IN mail-server.company.com - create a recipient policy (for 2003) or configure New Accepted Domain and create a new e-mail address policy to apply it to specified users (exch 2k10) When you scope it to OU, i assume you're targeting the policy ? That about right ? Thanks for the OP. Harry. On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 8:28 PM, Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com wrote: Got it. I earlier indicated that I scoped it to a single user - I fiddled a bit and instead have scoped it to a new OU. Seems to be working just fine, too. Thanks, Kurt On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 14:27, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.com wrote: You'll need to add the subdomain as an accepted domain. (Create a recipient policy for it if you are on Exchange 2003.) Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 2:27 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Setting up an email subdomain For political/economic reasons, management wants to set up an email subdomain for use by a sales rep in South America - they want the rep to send and receive emails as r...@southamerica.example.com, instead of r...@example.com. The rep will be using our Exchange server in the US via RPC/HTTP or OWA. Am I correct in thinking that all I need to do is have our ISP update our zone with the subdomain, add an MX record for it, then create the Exchange mailbox and AD account, put the @southamerica.example.com SMTP address as a secondary, then mark it as the primary SMTP address? I've done a similar thing with a completely different domain, but not a subdomain, so I want to make sure I cross all the i's and dot all the t's - or something like that... Kurt --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist
Re: Outlook Credentials
Are you getting a credential popup when accessing anything else on the network? file shares, etc. ? On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 9:32 AM, Miller Bonnie L. mille...@mukilteo.wednet.edu wrote: I’ve seen that before with connected Sharepoint lists that are having issues. If you have any Sharepoint connections, it could be a permission or connection issue with a connected list, but you would have to troubleshoot by checking your Sharepoint lists and see what you have. ** ** Does a new Outlook profile resolve the issue? ** ** ** ** *From:* Lynden A. Philadelphia [mailto:lphiladelp...@philadelphiagroup.com] *Sent:* Monday, January 30, 2012 1:34 PM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* Outlook Credentials ** ** Does anyone know why all of a sudden Outlook is asking me for credentials every time I launch Outlook? I am running Outlook 2010 and Exchange 2010. Help ** ** ** ** This message is intended for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message in not the intended recipient or the employer or agent responsible for delivering the message to the recipient, you are hereby notified that dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify me immediately by email or telephone, and delete this message and all of its attachments. Thank You. ** ** --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist
Re: Analysing e2k10 transaction logs
Haven't never used logparser, would it simply be loading the IIS/SMTP log file via gui, or is there a command line option to run ? Thanks, H On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 1:06 PM, Joseph L. Casale jcas...@activenetwerx.com wrote: Yup, logparser made for a nice query and output that was far more usable! Thanks, jlc From: Michael B. Smith [mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 8:15 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Analysing e2k10 transaction logs You can still use the IIS logs (if you have them turned on) to see data VOLUME - which can track user, source ip, data read, data written, etc. However, that doesn't allow you to see actual data CONTENT. The process described here allows you to examine content. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com http://theessentialexchange.com/ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist
Rapid Log Drive Consumption.
All - Single exchange 2010 SP1 and UR 3v3 server running on a Windows 2008 Enterprise VM (Vmware 4.1) I come in this morning to a failed Backupexec Full backup job and the drive consisting of all my logs, tranasaction, smtp, queuedatabase. iis etc is at about 3.5 GB of free space left. All my databases are in an Unknown Mount state and I'm getting a ServiceDown in the Copy Status. No DAG either. I noticed the Exchange Replication service was not running. I started this service, increased the capacity of the Log Drive and mail flow started to resume normally. The log drive is set to about 100GB and we about 400 users. Most have a 1GB mailbox limit, some have a 2GB. I'd say most users and business functions rely on email, so it's a relatively busy box. I've tried searching the archive with no luck. I'm guessing my search string is simply wrong, but here goes: What tools/commands could i use inherently to determine which mailbox is being overly chatty? Do i simply need to scour SMTP logs? We do have BES, Unified Messaging using Adtran, iPhones and MAPI desktops (all on Outook 2010 or 2003) Regards, Harry. --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist
Re: Adding a second server and going to a DAG?
I'm actually going to do the same exact thing come 2012 Paul. (F5 being my HWLB). Any other docs would be greatly appreciated just the same. Also, if there is a book recommendation out there that maybe spends a little more time on DAG's, I'd relay that over to whoever picked me for Secret Santa this year. =) On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 8:46 AM, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.comwrote: I tech-reviewed that article. It’s accurate. Neil Hobson is a good author (and he now works for Microsoft UK), as is Henrik Walther, as is Jaap Wesselius, as is Tim McMichael. ** ** They have all written extensively on DAGs. ** ** Regards, ** ** Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com ** ** *From:* Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk] *Sent:* Wednesday, December 14, 2011 8:38 AM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Adding a second server and going to a DAG? ** ** Thanks both. Any suggestions on a reputable real-world guide? There are lots but not having done this before I don’t know which to trust. ** ** http://www.simple-talk.com/sysadmin/exchange/exchange-2010-dag-creation-and-configuration-part-1/ ** ** Seems fairly decent and I’ve used their site before for other stuff which has worked well. ** ** *From:* Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] *Sent:* 14 December 2011 13:27 *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Adding a second server and going to a DAG? ** ** No. Properly planned and executed, it should be seamless. ** ** Regards, ** ** Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com ** ** *From:* Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk] *Sent:* Wednesday, December 14, 2011 8:10 AM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* Adding a second server and going to a DAG? ** ** We currently have a single multi-role Exchange 2010 SP1 box running as a VM. ** ** Early next year I’d like to add a second server to give us a two server DAG, and a hardware load balancer. ** ** Given I already have a working production server, just how much impact on my users is this likely to cause? ** ** We’re not a 24/7 shop so five or ten minutes here and there, or downtime for the DNS to switch to the HWLB isn’t a big deal, but is there any part of the process which screams “two hours of downtime to do this part”? ** ** Thanks, Paul -- *MIRA Ltd* ** ** Watling Street, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, CV10 0TU, England Registered in England and Wales No. 402570 VAT Registration GB 100 1464 84 ** ** The contents of this e-mail are confidential and are solely for the use of the intended recipient. If you receive this e-mail in error, please delete it and notify us either by e-mail, telephone or fax. You should not copy, forward or otherwise disclose the content of the e-mail as this is prohibited. --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist
Re: Marketing, marketing . . . . . .
+1 Constant Contact. On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 11:45 AM, Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.comwrote: Outsourcing this so you don't get blacklisted as a spammer. On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 11:31 AM, Stefan Jafs stefan.j...@gmail.comwrote: Ok, so Marketing wants to start sending out mass e-mail about new and exciting happenings at our company about every month. Exchange 2007, AD 2003, outlook 2010. We have 9 different divisions that probably would want to maintain their own e-mail lists. I’m guessing the lists would be less than 1,000 each. What’s the best way of doing this, could e-mails be kept in Excel for easy of editing and then parsed from there somehow for sending, or what’s the best way? -- Stefan Jafs --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist
Re: Load Balancers?
So technically, once SSL is requested, it hits your Kemp boxes and it passes it along to each CAS box for processing? On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 9:01 PM, pramatow...@mediageneral.com wrote: We're not using them for SSL- we tried for a bit, unfortunately the reason for not doing so escapes me right now, It wasn't a performance hit They're great little units, pretty much set and forget. I'll post back why we're not doing it as soon as I remember... Blackberry *From*: Walker, Michael [mailto:mwal...@mail.cvhp.org] *Sent*: Wednesday, November 16, 2011 08:05 PM *To*: MS-Exchange Admin Issues exchangelist@lyris.sunbelt-software.com *Cc*: Ramatowski, Paul M. *Subject*: RE: Load Balancers? Are you using your LM2200s for SSL? If so, have you had any performance issues? ** ** Thank you! ** ** *Michael Walker* *Senior Network Engineer* Citrus Valley Health Partners 140 W. College Street, Covina, CA 91723 *Phone/Fax/Pager: (888) 299-6882* *mwal...@mail.cvhp.org* mwal...@mail.cvhp.org *From:* pramatow...@mediageneral.com [mailto:pramatow...@mediageneral.com] *Sent:* Monday, October 03, 2011 8:17 AM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Load Balancers? ** ** We did windows nlb for a while but moved to Kemp in June. 2 sites, each has: 3 virtual CAS 2hub/MBX servers 3 copy dag, each DB has 2 copies in site, one across site. ~7K mailboxes, 1400 Blackberries, a few hundred EAS devices. ** ** From my post on this back in June *WNLB at first-* We went WNLB for a couple of reasons- $ and it was supported happily for our size/needs. Pretty sure it still is but MS doesn't seem to like it nearly as much as they used to-I'd guess based on real world experience? Today, those size/needs would steer towards HLB. IIRC it was a pain for us to set up and get going properly- whether that was WNLB, me, or just all the #$^! that was going on at the time, I dunno. Once it was going I guess it LB's well enough *as long as all the boxes were up*. not that it was a regular occurrence by any means but if we lost/had to reboot a box it did screw with all the connections on that box. Had to fiddle with patching too (drainstopping etc) but so it goes. Also unless we missed something obvious, the only health checking you have is basically a ping test, HLB goes past that. *Kemp, once we got some extra $* Have two 2200 Loadmasters in each site. ** ** Stuff I've done resulting in 0 client complaints- Pulled power on the active Kemp Rebooted a CAS Powered down CAS *new stuff to report since June- * ** ** Patching, rebooting, doing anything to a CAS is pretty much a non-event as far as users go. [1] Disable a CAS on the Kemp, all connections automatically go to the “up” servers. [2] Do what you need to do, enable on the Kemp. [3] Watch that it behaves, lather rinse repeat.. The few times we had to talk to Kemp while configuring and setting up the devices they were very quick to respond and follow up. Since then the boxes have been 100%. Nothing but nice things to say about them… ** ** ** ** ** ** *From:* Maglinger, Paul [mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com pmaglin...@scvl.com] *Sent:* Monday, October 03, 2011 9:28 AM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Load Balancers? ** ** We are, but we are just at the beginning of our pilot program and haven’t done load testing. Failover works just fine though. ** ** *From:* Brian McGloin [mailto:sms...@gmail.com sms...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Monday, October 03, 2011 8:11 AM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Load Balancers? ** ** Is anyone using the Windows 2008 Server NLB? Experiences? Thx in advance On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 8:51 AM, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.com wrote: Kemp is a good choice, as is Coyote Point. If you have lots of money, you can also consider Citrix, Cisco, and F5.*** * Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com *From:* Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk] *Sent:* Monday, October 03, 2011 8:48 AM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* Load Balancers? I’m starting to think and plan for adding a second Exchange 2010 server and setting up a DAG and CAS array. I know of Kemp, but I’m not familiar with any other vendor when it comes to load balancers. Obviously I can whack it into Google (and have) but on the face of it they all do what I currently want. Any personal recommendations (or nightmares) would be great. A virtual load balancer also sounds like an option as we have a vSphere cluster that should be able to run a pair of appliances in HA.
Re: Ex2003 to 2010 Transition
coincidentally, we're attempting to setup a shared calendar feature in sharepoint 2010 and from within the setup of the user whom we want pull this calendar, sharepoint is asking for two things: Outlook web access URL Exchange Web Service URL. Note entirely sure whats the url that each is referring to and before i hop on technet, just wanted to ping the list. I've tried different iterations of my OWA address, but that isn't working. On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 3:33 PM, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.comwrote: Unless you have BIS devices or are using scripts that need EWS, you probably don’t need it. ** ** Regards, ** ** Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com ** ** *From:* ExchList [mailto:exchl...@networkblade.com] *Sent:* Thursday, November 10, 2011 2:24 PM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* Ex2003 to 2010 Transition ** ** Mike – I have a dumb question. Step 6. How do I know if I need Exchange Web Services? I’ve just begun my reading of it in Help but wanted to be sure I’m not missing functionality by not installing or over installing with it. ** ** Thanks ** ** Joseph Danielsen ** ** ** ** *From:* ExchList [mailto:exchl...@networkblade.com] *Sent:* Thursday, November 10, 2011 9:55 AM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Ex2003 to 2010 Transition ** ** Install Mailbox Failed: Update: On Install setup, it failed the mailbox role with “Couldn’t resolve the user or group “domain.local/Microsoft Exchange Security Groups/Discovery Management.” Blablabla. Since I’m working in an off-line lab, I ran with a hunch and deleted the trust relationship between the forest/domain and a remote office single DC/forest/domain. I forget to clean that out when setting up my lab. Re-ran the install, selected Mailbox Role and WooLa, successful. Joseph Danielsen *From:* Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] *Sent:* Wednesday, November 09, 2011 6:45 PM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Ex2003 to 2010 Transition No different than what I wrote before – just install a CAS instead of a multi-role server. J Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com *From:* Harry Singh [mailto:hbo...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Wednesday, November 09, 2011 5:22 PM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Ex2003 to 2010 Transition +1 on Michael's article, it certainly helped me through our transition earlier in the year. I now wonder if Michael has an article on installing the first CAS into the same AD site and Exch Org. :) (eventually want to build a CAS array but want to stand up a single CAS first) Not having started this project yet, I'm sure, like most things MS, technet is my friend. On Wednesday, November 9, 2011, Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com wrote: Ah. It will be interesting to see what that will do. We've been dithering between installing the current SCCM and waiting for 2012. Not sure how we're going to land just yet. Kurt On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 12:59, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.com wrote: The MDM solution is System Center Configuration Manager 2012. It's currently available in public beta. The _management_ piece comes from ActiveSync. I've only played with it using a 3rd party public cert. I don't know how it handles in-house CAs. AFAIK, Autodiscover doesn't have a mechanism for distributing certificates for ActiveSync, but that's not really my area of expertise. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2011 3:53 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Ex2003 to 2010 Transition Yes, that follows. I think that's something we're going to have to evaluate later - it's certainly something to ponder. I expect that distributing the cert chain, even to the 50-75 iOS/Android units I expect will be active about then will not be a trivial task. OTOH, I hear that MSFT is prepping an MDM solution, which might alleviate those concerns. Kurt On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 11:44, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.com wrote: The real question is whether you are going to use your internal CA for Exchange and ActiveSync or not. If you are, then the root certificate and the chain to the root will need to be loaded on all those devices (and any computers running Outlook that are not part of the domain - I presume that you are/will be publishing certificates to AD so that domain-joined devices can find the root). Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com
Re: Ex2003 to 2010 Transition
Thanks. I'm getting an error about noting being able to establish an SSL/TLS connection, but i'll hop on google/technet to figure that out. Thanks again. On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 3:55 PM, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.comwrote: https://webmail.example.com/owa -- OWA URL https://webmail.example.com/EWS/Exchange.asmxhttps://mail.example.com/EWS/Exchange.asmx-- EWS URL ** ** Regards, ** ** Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com ** ** *From:* Harry Singh [mailto:hbo...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Thursday, November 10, 2011 3:45 PM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Ex2003 to 2010 Transition ** ** coincidentally, we're attempting to setup a shared calendar feature in sharepoint 2010 and from within the setup of the user whom we want pull this calendar, sharepoint is asking for two things: ** ** Outlook web access URL Exchange Web Service URL. ** ** Note entirely sure whats the url that each is referring to and before i hop on technet, just wanted to ping the list. I've tried different iterations of my OWA address, but that isn't working. ** ** ** ** On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 3:33 PM, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.com wrote: Unless you have BIS devices or are using scripts that need EWS, you probably don’t need it. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com *From:* ExchList [mailto:exchl...@networkblade.com] *Sent:* Thursday, November 10, 2011 2:24 PM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* Ex2003 to 2010 Transition Mike – I have a dumb question. Step 6. How do I know if I need Exchange Web Services? I’ve just begun my reading of it in Help but wanted to be sure I’m not missing functionality by not installing or over installing with it. Thanks Joseph Danielsen *From:* ExchList [mailto:exchl...@networkblade.com] *Sent:* Thursday, November 10, 2011 9:55 AM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Ex2003 to 2010 Transition Install Mailbox Failed: Update: On Install setup, it failed the mailbox role with “Couldn’t resolve the user or group “domain.local/Microsoft Exchange Security Groups/Discovery Management.” Blablabla. Since I’m working in an off-line lab, I ran with a hunch and deleted the trust relationship between the forest/domain and a remote office single DC/forest/domain. I forget to clean that out when setting up my lab. Re-ran the install, selected Mailbox Role and WooLa, successful. Joseph Danielsen *From:* Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] *Sent:* Wednesday, November 09, 2011 6:45 PM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Ex2003 to 2010 Transition No different than what I wrote before – just install a CAS instead of a multi-role server. J Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com *From:* Harry Singh [mailto:hbo...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Wednesday, November 09, 2011 5:22 PM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Ex2003 to 2010 Transition +1 on Michael's article, it certainly helped me through our transition earlier in the year. I now wonder if Michael has an article on installing the first CAS into the same AD site and Exch Org. :) (eventually want to build a CAS array but want to stand up a single CAS first) Not having started this project yet, I'm sure, like most things MS, technet is my friend. On Wednesday, November 9, 2011, Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com wrote: Ah. It will be interesting to see what that will do. We've been dithering between installing the current SCCM and waiting for 2012. Not sure how we're going to land just yet. Kurt On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 12:59, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.com wrote: The MDM solution is System Center Configuration Manager 2012. It's currently available in public beta. The _management_ piece comes from ActiveSync. I've only played with it using a 3rd party public cert. I don't know how it handles in-house CAs. AFAIK, Autodiscover doesn't have a mechanism for distributing certificates for ActiveSync, but that's not really my area of expertise. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2011 3:53 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Ex2003 to 2010 Transition Yes, that follows. I think that's something we're going to have to evaluate later - it's certainly something to ponder. I expect that distributing the cert chain, even to the 50-75 iOS
Re: Ex2003 to 2010 Transition
+1 on Michael's article, it certainly helped me through our transition earlier in the year. I now wonder if Michael has an article on installing the first CAS into the same AD site and Exch Org. :) (eventually want to build a CAS array but want to stand up a single CAS first) Not having started this project yet, I'm sure, like most things MS, technet is my friend. On Wednesday, November 9, 2011, Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com wrote: Ah. It will be interesting to see what that will do. We've been dithering between installing the current SCCM and waiting for 2012. Not sure how we're going to land just yet. Kurt On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 12:59, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.com wrote: The MDM solution is System Center Configuration Manager 2012. It's currently available in public beta. The _management_ piece comes from ActiveSync. I've only played with it using a 3rd party public cert. I don't know how it handles in-house CAs. AFAIK, Autodiscover doesn't have a mechanism for distributing certificates for ActiveSync, but that's not really my area of expertise. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2011 3:53 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Ex2003 to 2010 Transition Yes, that follows. I think that's something we're going to have to evaluate later - it's certainly something to ponder. I expect that distributing the cert chain, even to the 50-75 iOS/Android units I expect will be active about then will not be a trivial task. OTOH, I hear that MSFT is prepping an MDM solution, which might alleviate those concerns. Kurt On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 11:44, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.com wrote: The real question is whether you are going to use your internal CA for Exchange and ActiveSync or not. If you are, then the root certificate and the chain to the root will need to be loaded on all those devices (and any computers running Outlook that are not part of the domain - I presume that you are/will be publishing certificates to AD so that domain-joined devices can find the root). Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2011 2:34 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Ex2003 to 2010 Transition I am (very slowly, amid other projects) standing up 2008R2 ADCS - two-tier, with an offline root. I expect that around the middle of next calendar year we'll be migrating from Exchange 2003 to 2010. We are getting a lot of folks in with iPhones, and a few with Androids. Any thoughts on how this will affect ActiveSync for those users? Kurt On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 11:06, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.com wrote: You have touched on what, for some, is the most confusing aspect of a migration. If you are going to be in coexistence mode, you will need at least one additional certificate – the legacy certificate. This is used to securely redirect users on the new server to the old server when necessary. You MAY require a second name – the autodiscover name. You will require it if some of your computers are not domain joined. AND if you don’t have it, you’ll need to create a SRV record I RECOMMEND you get a new UCC certificate that has 3 names: mail, autodiscover, legacy – available for about USD $60 per year from certificatesforexchange.com. It really makes configuring things much easier. I wrote a mini-sidebar-article for EMO early last year that covers this: You’ve decided to upgrade from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2007/2010 and you don’t want to replace your existing SSL certificate. What can you do? First, be aware that the so-called --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist
Re: Can't extend disk
I recently did this using a tool from dell called ExtPart. http://h0bbel.p0ggel.org/howto-using-extpart-to-expand-windows-server-2003-vm-boot-volume Yea...you're going to need to first extend the LUN from your SAN and then once the rescan is done, you should see UNALLOCATED space from within windows. Extpart then should be able to expand that volume. On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 9:42 AM, Chinnery, Paul pa...@mmcwm.com wrote: Thanks, Sean (and Michael). ** ** This is embarrassing. I completely missed that step after I created the LUN. I guess that's what comes from not following my own written procedure adn trying to wing it. ** ** ** ** *From:* Sean Martin [mailto:seanmarti...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Monday, November 07, 2011 4:55 PM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Can't extend disk ** ** The volume can only be extended if windows recognizes unallocated space on the same disk. You mentioned you added a another LUN to the server, which would be seen as a new disk. You need to extend the existing LUN on your CX. - Sean On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 12:37 PM, Chinnery, Paul pa...@mmcwm.com wrote:** ** Windows Std 2003 Exchange 2007 CX500 SAN I need to increase the volume size where my Exchange db is located. I added another LUN to the server and tried to use Diskpart to Extend the volume. Unfortunately, I get the error 'this volume can't be extended.' I have used this same method to expand the volumes on many servers although this would be the first time for Exchange. Is there something particular about Exchange that would prevent expanding the total size available? I've searched and the only thing I found was that it couldn't be (and this was a general response not directed at Exchange) extended if a page file is in use on that drive. I verified that the only items on the particular drive are both Exchange stores (public and private). Paul Chinnery Network Admin Memorial Medical Center 231.845.2319 --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist ** ** --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist
Outlook Anywhere and Checkpoint FW
All - Exchange 2010 SP1 Rollup 3v3 handling all Roles except for UM. Can anyone confirm if configuring Outlook Anywhere with NTLM will work (or if it's supported) against a Checkpoint FW? FWIW, I'm running R70 for the Checkpoint code. Also, is it NTLM v1 or v2 ? Outlook Anywhere works with Basic Auth just fine, but am a bit leery allowing for passwords to be submitted across the wire in clear text. Thanks! Harry. --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist
Re: Outlook Anywhere and Checkpoint FW
I am definitely using SSL. But as another layer of security to prevent any possible SSL MITM type of breaches, it would be good to implement NTLM. I've read that an ISA kind of device supports NTLM passthrough, but am curious if i can get it working with Checkpoint natively. On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 12:55 PM, Paul Hutchings paul.hutchi...@mira.co.ukwrote: They aren't going over the wire in clear text because you're only allowing Outlook Anywhere over SSL, aren't you...? -- *From:* Harry Singh [hbo...@gmail.com] *Sent:* 16 August 2011 5:24 PM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* Outlook Anywhere and Checkpoint FW All - Exchange 2010 SP1 Rollup 3v3 handling all Roles except for UM. Can anyone confirm if configuring Outlook Anywhere with NTLM will work (or if it's supported) against a Checkpoint FW? FWIW, I'm running R70 for the Checkpoint code. Also, is it NTLM v1 or v2 ? Outlook Anywhere works with Basic Auth just fine, but am a bit leery allowing for passwords to be submitted across the wire in clear text. Thanks! Harry. --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist -- *MIRA Ltd* Watling Street, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, CV10 0TU, England Registered in England and Wales No. 402570 VAT Registration GB 100 1464 84 The contents of this e-mail are confidential and are solely for the use of the intended recipient. If you receive this e-mail in error, please delete it and notify us either by e-mail, telephone or fax. You should not copy, forward or otherwise disclose the content of the e-mail as this is prohibited. --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist
PTR Sanity Check and Failover
All - Is it RFC Compliant or looked down upon by Anti-SPAM vendors to assign different IP's to the same host name for PTR records? I'm working on documenting soft failover scenarios when the primary ISP link goes down temporarily and all traffic is routed through a backup ISP link. A separate thought, should the above not be recommended, is to possibly create two CAS servers that are NAT'd to different Public IP's but connected to the same MBX server. I'm curious to see how other folks prepare for this type of scenario. I haven't considered a DAG yet because of the amount of resources in involved. Cheers, Harry. --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist
Re: PTR Sanity Check and Failover
Thanks for the information Simon. We currently use Postini for inbound mail and will look into routing out via Postini, if there isn't an additional cost. Since I haven't routed out to a service like this, would be like setting up an authenticated smarthost to this service for outbound mail ? The information on the DAG could prove very helpful since we plan to move in that direction within 6 months. Harry On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 8:13 AM, Simon Butler si...@sembee.co.uk wrote: PTR should be 1:1 mapping to a host name. Anything else isn’t going to provide reliable results. If you want to use multiple connections, then one option would be to route email out through an ISP neutral service, so it doesn’t matter how it gets there. This is what I do for myself and a few of my clients. Email is routed out through a server that lives in a data centre (which also hosts web sites, monitoring etc). You could also use a third party anti-spam service, one of the mail hop services etc. ** ** A DAG has nothing to do with this scenario because it is just protecting the data. You could do something with two servers only, as the DAG can live on the same server as the CAS and Hub Transport roles. While on the subject of a DAG, if you are even considering the option of putting in a DAG at any point in the future, configure a CAS array host name and configuration in the server. This will make the implementation of the DAG much more straight forward. CAS array implementation is much easier if done early than trying to retro fit it when the server has been in production a little while with many users connected. ** ** Simon. ** ** ** ** -- Simon Butler MVP: Exchange, MCSE Sembee Ltd. e: si...@sembee.co.uk w: http://www.sembee.co.uk/ w: http://exchange.sembee.info/ w: http://blog.sembee.co.uk/ Need cheap certificates for Exchange, compatible with the iPhone? http://CertificatesForExchange.com/ http://certificatesforexchange.com/for certificates from just $26.99. Need a domain for your certificate? http://DomainsForExchange.net/http://domainsforexchange.net/ ** ** Exchange Resources: http://exbpa.com/ ** ** ** ** ** ** *From:* Harry Singh [mailto:hbo...@gmail.com] *Sent:* 12 August 2011 12:52 *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* PTR Sanity Check and Failover ** ** All - Is it RFC Compliant or looked down upon by Anti-SPAM vendors to assign different IP's to the same host name for PTR records? I'm working on documenting soft failover scenarios when the primary ISP link goes down temporarily and all traffic is routed through a backup ISP link. A separate thought, should the above not be recommended, is to possibly create two CAS servers that are NAT'd to different Public IP's but connected to the same MBX server. I'm curious to see how other folks prepare for this type of scenario. I haven't considered a DAG yet because of the amount of resources in involved. Cheers, Harry. --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist
Re: Do not resolve sender's display name for messages submitted over anonymous?
Did you ever find a answer to your question? H On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 10:46 PM, daemonR00t daemonr...@sysadmin-cr.comwrote: Hi, ** ** How do I set Exchange 2010 SP1 to not resolve sender's display name for messages submitted over anonymous connections from the Internet? http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa997792(v=EXCHG.65).aspx Thanks! ** ** ~d --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist
Re: transition from exchange 2003 to 2010
I'm using a wildcard cert just fine. Exchange 2k10 with IPhones. On Friday, August 5, 2011, Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com wrote: Are iPhones OK with wildcard certs on E2k10? I've got our wildcard cert on the E2k3 servers in our overseas offices, and the iPhones they're using don't seem to have a problem with it - at least none have been reported to me. Kurt On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 10:15, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.com wrote: It's not recommended because it doesn't work on some phones. If all our phones support wildcard certs, it's just fine. I've got lots of clients installed with wildcard certs. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, August 05, 2011 1:10 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: transition from exchange 2003 to 2010 OK! That's good to know. We'll be switching from E2k3 to E2010 in the near future. Kinda sucks that our expensive wildcard cert won't be useful. Kurt On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 07:55, KevinM kev...@wlkmmas.org wrote: Technically you need to have the names on the cert to make things work correctly. You can kind of make it work with a wild card but it is not very pretty, and not recommended.. -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, August 05, 2011 7:52 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: transition from exchange 2003 to 2010 So, why go with a SAN cert instead of a wildcard cert? Is it just price, or is there a technical advantage? On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 07:45, Paul Hutchings paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk wrote: Just done this, fun aint it J We got a single SAN/UCC cert for domain.com, mail.domain.com, legacy.domain.com and autodiscover.domain.com. We put it on the CAS and the 2003 FE, not the 2003 BE (and of course our reverse proxy for SSL inspection). This is what I have in my notes for KB937031: Steps to enable Integrated Windows Authentication after you install hotfix 937031 on the Exchange 2003 back-end server To work around this problem, turn on Integrated Windows Authentication. To do this, follow these steps: Start Exchange System Manager. Expand Administrative Groups, expand Administrative_Group_Name, and then expand Servers. Expand Your_Server_Name, expand Protocols, and then expand HTTP. Expand Exchange Virtual Server, right-click Microsoft-Server-ActiveSync, and then click Properties. Click the Access tab, and then click Authentication. Click to select the Integrated Windows Authentication check box. Click OK two times. To verify that this successfully replicated to the metabase on the Exchange server, follow these steps: Open the Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager under Administrative Tools. Expand the Computer, expand Web Sites, and then expand Default Web Site. Right-click Microsoft-Server-ActiveSync, and then click Properties. Click the Directory Security tab, and then select the Edit button under Authentication and access control. Verify that the Integrated Windows Authentication check box is selected. Note If this check box is selected, you have successfully replicated the change that was made in the Exchange System Manager to the metabase on the Exchange server. Click Cancel two times, and then exit Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager. You can now test synching with your mobile device. --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist
Re: vMotion Exchange 2010 SP1
I was able to vMotion the server. I did experience about 10 dropped ping responses and the entire process took about 8-10 minutes, but it worked. Thanks for the responses. Harry. On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 4:47 PM, Derek Johnson djohn...@realtors.org wrote: We have moved the mbx hundreds of times and BES could care less. ** ** Derek A Johnson Sr. Systems Administrator National Association of Realtors 430 N. Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL 60611 Email: djohn...@realtors.org Cell: 262.496.9201 Desk: 312.329.8618 *SEIZE THE DAY – It’s Your Time to Shine!* ** ** [image: Description: Description: Description: http://narspace.realtors.org/narstaffweb.nsf/1f1c2e648939b8d6862573b2004a5b99/5bf3b37100f16c6d862578ab004cfbb6/$FILE/NAR_ConfExpo_2011_EmailSignature.jpg] www.Realtor.org\Conference http://www.Realtor.org/Conference ** ** *From:* Damien Solodow [mailto:damien.solo...@harrison.edu] *Sent:* Tuesday, August 02, 2011 3:27 PM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: vMotion Exchange 2010 SP1 ** ** I’ve done it, and no apparent ill effects. BES didn’t appear to notice.*** * ** ** DAMIEN SOLODOW Systems Engineer 317.447.6033 (office) 317.447.6014 (fax) HARRISON COLLEGE ** ** *From:* Harry Singh [mailto:hbo...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Tuesday, August 02, 2011 4:26 PM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* vMotion Exchange 2010 SP1 ** ** All - ** ** I understand that MSFT added the support of vMotion/Live Migration with Exchange 2010 SP1 based on the following article, under 'Hardware Virtualization' ** ** http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa996719.aspx ** ** ** ** The question is: Has anyone successfully vMotion'd an MBX server? I've read instances where BES should be restarted after vMotion is complete, but curious to know if anyone has accomplished this with little to no impact to their environments. ** ** ** ** Regards, ** ** ** ** Harry. ** ** ** ** --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelistimage001.jpg
Re: System Mailbox causing high transaction log generation
Could it be the backup job ? Did that run succesfully and commit all logs?
Harry
On Wednesday, August 3, 2011, Sobey, Richard A r.so...@imperial.ac.uk
wrote:
I performed a database switchover, which triggered an IS crash on the
server and ALL databases then failed over. Happy days.
Cleary some problem then J
The System Mailbox is now hammering the other server. Argh.
From: bounce-9388406-8066...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com [mailto:
bounce-9388406-8066...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] On Behalf Of Sobey,
Richard A
Sent: 03 August 2011 09:42
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: System Mailbox causing high transaction log generation
Morning all,
Using UserMon for Exchange 2010 SP1 I’ve usually been able to find and
take a hammer to an offending user whose client is generating a massive
number of transaction logs. Unfortunately, this time around
“SystemMailbox{581c6256-b48c-452” is top of the list, currently generating
38MB/sec of logs and has been since the last backup ran around 1am this
morning.
How on earth do I start troubleshooting this short of dismounting the
database?! I might attempt a database switchover, but if there’s a better
solution I’d like to hear it J
Thanks
Richard
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Re: Exchange 2010 Disk Configuration
Out of curiosity, to those who already have large investments in their SAN, why are you choosing the DAS route ? On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 1:32 PM, Steve Ens stevey...@gmail.com wrote: When I speak of DAS, I mean direct attached...disks are in the server (SCSI). I backup over the LAN for now, with my goal to setup a DAG on a separate box that is connected to a SAN. On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 12:28 PM, Brian McGloin sms...@gmail.com wrote: Steve, Do you back your DAS up to the SAN? Fibrechannel connect to the SAN? iSCSI? Thx On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 1:25 PM, Steve Ens stevey...@gmail.com wrote: I have a SAN, but chose to put the Exchange store on DAS (isn't that just storage directly attched ((internal or external)) to the server?). Works fine, in a Hyper V VM. OT - the new Hyper V features in Windows Server vnext look to be awesome On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 12:21 PM, Brian McGloin sms...@gmail.com wrote: We have a large SAN investment, but we're also considering DAS. Michael, do you have any customers that have implemented DAS when they own a SAN? Right now, we're questioning how we'd back up the DAS environment if we went that direction. Thx in advance On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 9:09 AM, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.com wrote: That amount that the data will grow is almost completely based on your SIS. I’ve seen between 20% and 50%. I won’t say that 200% or 300% is impossible – but I’d say it’s atypical. ** ** The only clients I have that are using SAN already have a large SAN investment. New deployments have been DAS, almost exclusively. ** ** Regards, ** ** Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com ** ** *From:* McCready, Rob [mailto:rob.mccrea...@dplinc.com] *Sent:* Tuesday, August 02, 2011 9:06 AM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* Exchange 2010 Disk Configuration ** ** Greetings Gurus, We currently have 400GB worth of data on our Exchange 2007 setup. From what I’ve read, we can expect that to double or triple when we move to Exchange 2010 and lose single instance storage. ** ** What type of disk configuration are you using for 2010? Local disks or a SAN? --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist -- smsadm --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist -- smsadm --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist
Re: Exchange 2010 Disk Configuration
Apologize for the semi-hijack, but what kind of disks, disk enclosures and connections to the servers are you DAS folks using? Anyone using DAS against a virtualized Exchange box inside VMware? On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 1:50 PM, Phil Hershey phers...@agia.com wrote: We’re not upgrading our iSCSI SAN. Not only is it much less expensive, DAS is much faster for us. ** ** Phil Hershey Caprinteria, CA ** ** ** ** *From:* Brian McGloin [mailto:sms...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Tuesday, August 02, 2011 10:44 AM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Exchange 2010 Disk Configuration ** ** We're seeing it costing about $40,000 less. On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 1:36 PM, Harry Singh hbo...@gmail.com wrote: Out of curiosity, to those who already have large investments in their SAN, why are you choosing the DAS route ? ** ** On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 1:32 PM, Steve Ens stevey...@gmail.com wrote: When I speak of DAS, I mean direct attached...disks are in the server (SCSI). I backup over the LAN for now, with my goal to setup a DAG on a separate box that is connected to a SAN. ** ** On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 12:28 PM, Brian McGloin sms...@gmail.com wrote:** ** Steve, Do you back your DAS up to the SAN? Fibrechannel connect to the SAN? iSCSI? ** ** Thx ** ** On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 1:25 PM, Steve Ens stevey...@gmail.com wrote: I have a SAN, but chose to put the Exchange store on DAS (isn't that just storage directly attched ((internal or external)) to the server?). Works fine, in a Hyper V VM. OT - the new Hyper V features in Windows Server vnext look to be awesome ** ** On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 12:21 PM, Brian McGloin sms...@gmail.com wrote:** ** We have a large SAN investment, but we're also considering DAS. Michael, do you have any customers that have implemented DAS when they own a SAN? Right now, we're questioning how we'd back up the DAS environment if we went that direction. ** ** Thx in advance On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 9:09 AM, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.com wrote: That amount that the data will grow is almost completely based on your SIS. I’ve seen between 20% and 50%. I won’t say that 200% or 300% is impossible – but I’d say it’s atypical. The only clients I have that are using SAN already have a large SAN investment. New deployments have been DAS, almost exclusively. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com *From:* McCready, Rob [mailto:rob.mccrea...@dplinc.com] *Sent:* Tuesday, August 02, 2011 9:06 AM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* Exchange 2010 Disk Configuration Greetings Gurus, We currently have 400GB worth of data on our Exchange 2007 setup. From what I’ve read, we can expect that to double or triple when we move to Exchange 2010 and lose single instance storage. What type of disk configuration are you using for 2010? Local disks or a SAN? --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist -- smsadm --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist ** ** --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist -- smsadm --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist ** ** --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist ** ** --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist -- smsadm --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist
Re: Exchange 2010 Disk Configuration
James, Forgive the questions, but I'm at a medium-sized shop and am just trying to put the pieces together. How big are the 16 drives you have in, presumably, the 8 RAID-1 pairs ? Each MBX server has 2 MSA70 SAS arrays directly attached via RAID10 via an external SAS controller installed inside each MBX server, correct? That setup just plain sounds really cool and really intense... technically speaking. Thanks for the info. I'm thinking about budgeting for something similar to the MSA70 for a document management project upcoming for 2012. On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 2:24 PM, Rupprecht, James R jimruppre...@ku.eduwrote: 70,000 seats (soon to be 80,000). 2G quota 2 HUB, 5 CAS, 9 MBX all physical 3 replicas, one will move off-site in the next six months Netscaler HLB for CAS systems MBX servers are HP DL380 G6, 72G ram MBX servers have 16 internal 2.5 SAS drives for boot, swap, utility and transaction logs. Disks run in mirrored pairs MBX servers each have 2 HP MSA70 2.5 SAS fully-populated arrays attached RAID10. Current drives are 600G. Future expansion will happen by replacing drives with larger capacity spindles and adding up to 1 additional MSA70 if needed. Backup hourly using DPM 2010 to DAS. In this case the disks are 2T SATA spindles. Weekly full backup from DPM to spectralogic tape robot. Our entire E2010 infrastructure (not including the robot which handles backup for many other systems) cost less than half of what a single 240 disk SAN frame would have cost. MS says their SAS failure rates are about 2 1/2 percent a year... this is about what we are seeing too. From: Harry Singh [mailto:hbo...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 12:54 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Exchange 2010 Disk Configuration Apologize for the semi-hijack, but what kind of disks, disk enclosures and connections to the servers are you DAS folks using? Anyone using DAS against a virtualized Exchange box inside VMware? On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 1:50 PM, Phil Hershey phers...@agia.com wrote: We’re not upgrading our iSCSI SAN. Not only is it much less expensive, DAS is much faster for us. Phil Hershey Caprinteria, CA From: Brian McGloin [mailto:sms...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 10:44 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Exchange 2010 Disk Configuration We're seeing it costing about $40,000 less. On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 1:36 PM, Harry Singh hbo...@gmail.com wrote: Out of curiosity, to those who already have large investments in their SAN, why are you choosing the DAS route ? On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 1:32 PM, Steve Ens stevey...@gmail.com wrote: When I speak of DAS, I mean direct attached...disks are in the server (SCSI). I backup over the LAN for now, with my goal to setup a DAG on a separate box that is connected to a SAN. On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 12:28 PM, Brian McGloin sms...@gmail.com wrote: Steve, Do you back your DAS up to the SAN? Fibrechannel connect to the SAN? iSCSI? Thx On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 1:25 PM, Steve Ens stevey...@gmail.com wrote: I have a SAN, but chose to put the Exchange store on DAS (isn't that just storage directly attched ((internal or external)) to the server?). Works fine, in a Hyper V VM. OT - the new Hyper V features in Windows Server vnext look to be awesome On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 12:21 PM, Brian McGloin sms...@gmail.com wrote: We have a large SAN investment, but we're also considering DAS. Michael, do you have any customers that have implemented DAS when they own a SAN? Right now, we're questioning how we'd back up the DAS environment if we went that direction. Thx in advance On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 9:09 AM, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.com wrote: That amount that the data will grow is almost completely based on your SIS. I’ve seen between 20% and 50%. I won’t say that 200% or 300% is impossible – but I’d say it’s atypical. The only clients I have that are using SAN already have a large SAN investment. New deployments have been DAS, almost exclusively. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: McCready, Rob [mailto:rob.mccrea...@dplinc.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 9:06 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Exchange 2010 Disk Configuration Greetings Gurus, We currently have 400GB worth of data on our Exchange 2007 setup. From what I’ve read, we can expect that to double or triple when we move to Exchange 2010 and lose single instance storage. What type of disk configuration are you using for 2010? Local disks or a SAN? --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist -- smsadm --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body
vMotion Exchange 2010 SP1
All - I understand that MSFT added the support of vMotion/Live Migration with Exchange 2010 SP1 based on the following article, under 'Hardware Virtualization' http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa996719.aspx The question is: Has anyone successfully vMotion'd an MBX server? I've read instances where BES should be restarted after vMotion is complete, but curious to know if anyone has accomplished this with little to no impact to their environments. Regards, Harry. --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist
Re: Store Crashed, Mailbox in Quarantine - Help!
How were you able to perform an extraction if the mailbox itself was corrupt? Did you extract from the last backup? On Wednesday, July 27, 2011, Rupprecht, James R jimruppre...@ku.edu wrote: I've had this happen twice and in both instances that mailbox itself was corrupt. When it happened I was unable to move the mailbox to another database and ended up doing an extract-delete-recreate-import on the data. Are you also seeing errors for the indexing and maintenance of the database? Good luck. Jim Rupprecht The University of Kansas -Original Message- From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk] Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2011 7:27 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Store Crashed, Mailbox in Quarantine - Help! I shall check for Outlook Add-in's but I'd be surprised. Ditto any client apps. I may try and move it back to one of our 2003 servers where it will be pretty much on its own until I figure out a course of action - it seems there is very little clue anywhere as to what causes it. Paul -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: 27 July 2011 13:21 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Store Crashed, Mailbox in Quarantine - Help! To the best of my knowledge, only two things can cause a mailbox to be quarantined: Crash count (as indicated by MSExchangeIS Event ID 1014) or 5 slow RPC requests in your mailbox context. Almost certainly a bad Outlook add-in or bad application. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk] Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2011 7:19 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Store Crashed, Mailbox in Quarantine - Help! Just had a very odd repeat occurrence of the store crashing and a mailbox being quarantined. It's happened twice in a fortnight and it's the same mailbox/user. Thing is I have no idea how to troubleshoot what item/event in the mailbox may have caused this? I know the mailbox which has been quarantined, but I can't find a decent guide on working out what actually caused it? The initial list of events in the app log are: Time Source Event ID 27/07/2011 11:27:32 Application Error 1000 27/07/2011 11:27:32 MSExchange Common 4999 27/07/2011 11:27:32 MSExchangeIS 9659 27/07/2011 11:27:32 MSExchangeIS Mailbox Store 1114 27/07/2011 11:27:32 MSExchangeIS Mailbox Store 1114 27/07/2011 11:27:32 MSExchangeIS Mailbox Store 1114 27/07/2011 11:27:32 MSExchangeIS Mailbox Store 1114 27/07/2011 11:27:32 MSExchangeIS Mailbox Store 1114 27/07/2011 11:27:32 MSExchangeIS Mailbox Store 1114 27/07/2011 11:27:32 MSExchangeIS Mailbox Store 1114 27/07/2011 11:27:32 MSExchangeIS Mailbox Store 1114 27/07/2011 11:27:32 MSExchangeIS Mailbox Store 1114 27/07/2011 11:27:32 MSExchangeIS Mailbox Store 1114 27/07/2011 11:27:32 MSExchangeIS Mailbox Store 1114 27/07/2011 11:27:32 MSExchangeIS Mailbox Store 1114 27/07/2011 11:27:32 MSExchangeIS Mailbox Store 1114 27/07/2011 11:27:32 MSExchangeIS Mailbox Store 1114 27/07/2011 11:27:32 MSExchangeIS Mailbox Store 1114 27/07/2011 11:27:32 MSExchangeIS Mailbox Store 1114 27/07/2011 11:27:32 MSExchangeIS Mailbox Store 1114 27/07/2011 11:27:32 MSExchangeIS Mailbox Store 1114 27/07/2011 11:27:32 MSExchangeIS Mailbox Store 1114 27/07/2011 11:27:32 MSExchangeIS Mailbox Store 1114 27/07/2011 11:27:32 MSExchangeIS Mailbox Store 1114 27/07/2011 11:27:32 MSExchangeIS Mailbox Store 1114 27/07/2011 11:27:32 MSExchangeIS Mailbox Store 1114 27/07/2011 11:27:32 MSExchangeIS Mailbox Store 1114 -- MIRA Ltd Watling Street, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, CV10 0TU, England Registered in England and Wales No. 402570 VAT Registration GB 100 1464 84 The contents of this e-mail are confidential and are solely for the use of the intended recipient. If you receive this e-mail in error, please delete it and notify us either by e-mail, telephone or fax. You should not copy, forward or otherwise disclose the content of the e-mail a --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist
Re: Store Crashed, Mailbox in Quarantine - Help!
Ahh. You were able to take the mailboxes out of quarantine. Thanks for the tip. On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 8:49 AM, Rupprecht, James R jimruppre...@ku.eduwrote: I was able to take the mailboxes out of quarantine and then use New-MailboxExportRequest. As a backup I also performed extracts from Outlook. One user was a hard-core calendar user and it did hork some of her appointments but for the most part it all went well. ** ** -jim ** ** ** ** *From:* Harry Singh [mailto:hbo...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Wednesday, July 27, 2011 7:42 AM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Store Crashed, Mailbox in Quarantine - Help! ** ** How were you able to perform an extraction if the mailbox itself was corrupt? Did you extract from the last backup? On Wednesday, July 27, 2011, Rupprecht, James R jimruppre...@ku.edu wrote: I've had this happen twice and in both instances that mailbox itself was corrupt. When it happened I was unable to move the mailbox to another database and ended up doing an extract-delete-recreate-import on the data. Are you also seeing errors for the indexing and maintenance of the database? Good luck. Jim Rupprecht The University of Kansas -Original Message- From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk] Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2011 7:27 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Store Crashed, Mailbox in Quarantine - Help! I shall check for Outlook Add-in's but I'd be surprised. Ditto any client apps. I may try and move it back to one of our 2003 servers where it will be pretty much on its own until I figure out a course of action - it seems there is very little clue anywhere as to what causes it. Paul -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: 27 July 2011 13:21 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Store Crashed, Mailbox in Quarantine - Help! To the best of my knowledge, only two things can cause a mailbox to be quarantined: Crash count (as indicated by MSExchangeIS Event ID 1014) or 5 slow RPC requests in your mailbox context. Almost certainly a bad Outlook add-in or bad application. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk] Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2011 7:19 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Store Crashed, Mailbox in Quarantine - Help! Just had a very odd repeat occurrence of the store crashing and a mailbox being quarantined. It's happened twice in a fortnight and it's the same mailbox/user. Thing is I have no idea how to troubleshoot what item/event in the mailbox may have caused this? I know the mailbox which has been quarantined, but I can't find a decent guide on working out what actually caused it? The initial list of events in the app log are: Time Source Event ID 27/07/2011 11:27:32 Application Error 1000 27/07/2011 11:27:32 MSExchange Common 4999 27/07/2011 11:27:32 MSExchangeIS 9659 27/07/2011 11:27:32 MSExchangeIS Mailbox Store 1114 27/07/2011 11:27:32 MSExchangeIS Mailbox Store 1114 27/07/2011 11:27:32 MSExchangeIS Mailbox Store 1114 27/07/2011 11:27:32 MSExchangeIS Mailbox Store 1114 27/07/2011 11:27:32 MSExchangeIS Mailbox Store 1114 27/07/2011 11:27:32 MSExchangeIS Mailbox Store 1114 27/07/2011 11:27:32 MSExchangeIS Mailbox Store 1114 27/07/2011 11:27:32 MSExchangeIS Mailbox Store 1114 27/07/2011 11:27:32 MSExchangeIS Mailbox Store 1114 27/07/2011 11:27:32 MSExchangeIS Mailbox Store 1114 27/07/2011 11:27:32 MSExchangeIS Mailbox Store 1114 27/07/2011 11:27:32 MSExchangeIS Mailbox Store 1114 27/07/2011 11:27:32 MSExchangeIS Mailbox Store 1114 27/07/2011 11:27:32 MSExchangeIS Mailbox Store 1114 27/07/2011 11:27:32 MSExchangeIS Mailbox Store 1114 27/07/2011 11:27:32 MSExchangeIS Mailbox Store 1114 27/07/2011 11:27:32 MSExchangeIS Mailbox Store 1114 27/07/2011 11:27:32 MSExchangeIS Mailbox Store 1114 27/07/2011 11:27:32 MSExchangeIS Mailbox Store 1114 27/07/2011 11:27:32 MSExchangeIS Mailbox Store 1114 27/07/2011 11:27:32 MSExchangeIS Mailbox Store 1114 27/07/2011 11:27:32 MSExchangeIS Mailbox Store 1114 27/07/2011 11:27:32 MSExchangeIS Mailbox Store 1114 27/07/2011 11:27:32 MSExchangeIS Mailbox Store 1114 -- MIRA Ltd Watling Street, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, CV10 0TU, England Registered in England and Wales No. 402570 VAT Registration GB 100 1464 84 The contents of this e-mail are confidential and are solely for the use of the intended recipient. If you receive this e-mail in error, please delete it and notify us either by e-mail, telephone or fax. You should not copy, forward or otherwise disclose the content of the e-mail a --- To manage subscriptions click here
Re: Connecting Outlook 2003 to Exchange 2010 SP1
Suffice it to say when you decommission and properly remove the Exchange 2003 server the Outlook 2003 clients will autodiscover the new Exchange 2010 CAS and update the MAPI profile seamlessly ? It's been a while since I've broached this topic. H On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 4:00 PM, Robb Pickinpaugh robb.pickinpa...@anesthesiallc.com wrote: Michael, Thanks for the brick to the cranium, I was reading more into it than was there. OWA and ActiveSync *headdesk* I knew it was something simple enough that I'd kick myself later. Thanks! --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist
Re: Two Exchange 2010 bugs...
Had a similar issue recently with Exchange 2010 on Win2k8 R2 as VMWare Guest. Once MS statically assigned the site name via the registry entry, voila! Cheers, H On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 3:24 PM, Sobey, Richard A r.so...@imperial.ac.ukwrote: Well, I'm getting at least the first issue (but not on all servers; like MBS said, it's a Windows issue) and implemented the reg key to resolve it. However, a small percentage of times when my CAS servers restart I've run into the FBA service not starting. Starting manually always resolves the issue but I'm not sure why it's happening or how to resolve it.. it isn't a huge issue to be honest given our set up, but would be good to see a perm fix somewhere down the line. Richard -- *From:* bounce-9328967-8066...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com [ bounce-9328967-8066...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] on behalf of Leedy, Andy [ale...@butlerschein.com] *Sent:* 03 May 2011 18:26 *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* Two Exchange 2010 bugs... I found two bugs in Exchange 2010. They both have to do with services starting in the proper order. Or in this case the incorrect order. 1) MSExchange ADAccess Event ID's 2601, 2604, 2501 in application logging every 15 minutes. This happens after every reboot and continues every 15 minutes because Exchange services startup before the server is able to talk to the AD. The solution according to Microsoft is restart the Exchange AD Topology service. It sucks to restart that service every time you reboot. Restarting the Exchange AD Topology service, restarts ALL the Exchange services. Here’s a link to the issue: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2025528 *Cause:* “During a restart of the server, the operating system queries Active Directory to get its AD Site information. On a Windows 2008 R2 server, this will sometimes fail. As the Exchange services are starting, it also will do a query for its AD Site and that too will fail. Windows will continue to try and determine its AD Site name and will eventually succeed. However, Exchange does not re-try the query and the above errors are logged in the application log every 15 minutes.” 2) Microsoft Exchange Forms-Based Authentication service doesn’t start at boot because Web Publishing service has not yet started. Unless you start the Exchange Forms-Based Authentication service, your CAS OWA is down. Microsoft’s solution is start the service. Rant On I hope Microsoft addresses these issues in a future rollup. I would have thought that by SP1 issues like this would have been fixed. That’s one reason I didn’t push for 2010 when it first came out. It seems like no MS software is stable/usable until at least SP1. By the time the issues are resolved though, the next version is out. In Exchange 2007, there was a CCR replication issue that logged erroneous errors. I reported it to MS and spent many hours helping them test patches. They never did fix the issue so I just learned to ignore the errors in the Event log. I was hoping somehow Exchange 2010 would be different. /Rant Off Until then I guess I’ll just run this script whenever the server is rebooted. #Restart Services after reboot. net stop MSExchangeTransportLogSearch net stop MSExchangeTransport net stop MSExchangeServiceHost net stop MSExchangeRPC net stop MSExchangeProtectedServiceHost net stop MSExchangeMailboxReplication net stop MSExchangeFDS net stop MSExchangeAntispamUpdate net stop MSExchangeAB net stop MSExchangeADTopology net start MSExchangeADTopology net start MSExchangeAB net start MSExchangeAntispamUpdate net start MSExchangeFDS net start MSExchangeMailboxReplication net start MSExchangeProtectedServiceHost net start MSExchangeRPC net start MSExchangeServiceHost net start MSExchangeTransport net start MSExchangeTransportLogSearch net start MSExchangeFBA ** CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE - The information transmitted in this message is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of this document. Thank you. Butler Schein Animal Health ** --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe
Re: restore single item EX2010
Bill -- could you provide the cmdlet you used to get it working ? (assuming you did more than just substitute Restore-Mailbox) Or a link to the working cmdlet page. This is a great tip. Thanks all. On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 12:42 PM, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.comwrote: I reported that the document needs correcting and received quick feedback that it is planned for an update in the next TechNet document refresh (3 – 5 weeks out). I had already complained about the limited search capabilities of New-MailboxRestoreRequest, but that isn’t the kind of thing that gets updated in a UR, and I have no information about whether it will be enhanced in the future. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com *From:* Bill Songstad [mailto:bsongs...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Thursday, April 07, 2011 12:30 PM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: restore single item EX2010 Thanks Michael. That worked. Too bad you can't use the subject or content keywords. I'm developing a love-hate relationship with the technet library. I love all the info, hate the organization. Apparently the section entitled restore data using a recovery database needs to be updated. Thats where I found my original syntax. I guess I just need to bookmark exchange 2010 commandlets and just guess what is a mailbox commandlet and what is a recipient commandlet, because I can't seem to predict that in one try no matter what. -Bill On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 7:29 AM, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.com wrote: Is this RTM or SP1? If SP1, you need to use New-MailboxRestoreRequest, not Restore-Mailbox. If RTM, I think you need to be on at least UR3 before it worked properly. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com http://theessentialexchange.com/ *From:* Bill Songstad [mailto:bsongs...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Wednesday, April 06, 2011 12:46 PM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* restore single item EX2010 Hi all. I am stuck on trying to restore a single item to a mailbox. I restored the database to a recovery database and mounted it fine. I deleted an old message certain to have been in the backup, and tried to restore it with: Restore-Mailbox -Identity jdoe -RecoveryDatabase Recoverydb -SubjectKeywords test 426 -ContentKeywords test -IncludeFolders \inbox,\Calendar The shell returns all the settings and apparently completes but the deleted email is not returned. I also tried this with the same empty result: Restore-Mailbox -Identity jdoe -RecoveryDatabase Recoverydb -SubjectKeywords test 426 -ContentKeywords test Any ideas? -Bill --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist
Re: Friday Funny
The hits keep on coming. http://mail.google.com/mail/help/motion.html On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 9:52 AM, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.comwrote: http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2011/04/01/announcing-some-cool-new-features-coming-soon-to-a-server-near-you.aspx Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist
Re: Exchange Transport Service not starting
A bit OT, but I've been looking at SugarSync and Dropbox for sending and managing big files such as drawings,etc. On Tuesday, March 22, 2011, Adrian Crawford acrawf...@kirway.com.au wrote: Sorry I did actually mean 80MB, momentary lack of thought. But still will get them to send large files via other means. Thanks again --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist
Re: birthday greetings... [OT]
Best Wishes!! On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 3:58 PM, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.comwrote: Thanks to one and all for the birthday greetings. I turned 48 today. Where did all those years go?? Too much beer. :-) L8rz, Michael B. --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist
Re: Exchange 2010 Migration Planning - Database Size?
I've read documentation indicating a fine tuned deleted item retention policy and an enforceable mailbox quota policy should be considered when looking at DB sizing as well. Disclaimer: I'm not an exchange expert and currently have 3 DB's all under 200GB each. Also, interested in how other admins configure their deleted item retention policy if different than the standard 30 day period. On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 2:41 PM, Sean Martin seanmarti...@gmail.com wrote: The database size recommendations are based on your RTO. If you're relying on tape backup, keep the DBs under 200GB. If you have more than 3 copies of your DBs in a DAG, than the size recommendations will grow. Read this http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2009/11/09/453117.aspx and download the storage calculator. - Sean On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 9:33 AM, Paul Hutchings paul.hutchi...@mira.co.ukwrote: I've been getting conflicting suggestions on the sensible maximum database size to use when we go to Exchange 2010. Initially we should be going with a single HT/CAS/MBX box with a view to perhaps bringing in a DAG pretty soon. Some people are suggesting 200gb is the biggest they'd let a single database grow to, some MS docs suggest 2tb. If I split our users across three databases we'd be well under 200gb per database but if we increase mailbox quotas we may stray above. Assuming proper storage/lots of IOPS/spindles etc. what is the sweet spot? Between SAN snapshots and our backup software I'm not expecting RTO/RPO to be a significant issue. Thanks, Paul -- *MIRA Ltd* Watling Street, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, CV10 0TU, England Registered in England and Wales No. 402570 VAT Registration GB 100 1464 84 The contents of this e-mail are confidential and are solely for the use of the intended recipient. If you receive this e-mail in error, please delete it and notify us either by e-mail, telephone or fax. You should not copy, forward or otherwise disclose the content of the e-mail as this is prohibited. --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist
Re: Recovery tools?
First off, I've never used a third-party tool to recover or repair a database. However, I've heard good things about this product: http://www.lucid8.com/product/digiscope.asp On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 10:23 AM, Castillo, Daniel (Directory Services) daniel.casti...@hp.com wrote: Hi there, So what’s your favorite tool to recover/repair damaged databases/mailboxes? I see many on the web but I am looking for real stories not just ads. Thanks! ~D --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist
Re: Exchange 2010 books, revisited
Can anything be said about the Jim Mcbee/Sybex Mastering Microsoft Exchange 2010 book? On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 3:54 PM, Bob Fronk b...@btrfronk.com wrote: Nice… thanks for the tip. BF *From:* Richard Stovall [mailto:rich...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Friday, February 25, 2011 3:29 PM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Exchange 2010 books, revisited I haven't read it yet, but that book was recommended here not too long ago. BTW, there is a link to download it for free at red-gate.com. http://www.red-gate.com/our-company/about/book-store/exchange-2010 On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 3:22 PM, Jonathan ncm...@gmail.com wrote: Ok, so my new job starts in 9 days, and I just found out on a conference call today that I'm going to hit the ground running with an Exchange 2010 migration (which wasn't originally part of the plan). I'm more than cool with it, but I've never touched 2010, and I've barely touched 2007 so, I was delighted to recall the thread here from about a week ago and found the thread started by smsadm on Feb 16, 2011 with two specific book recommendations on Exchange 2010. I looked at the kit of the two books that was recommended - unavailable right now. so I looked at them separately: Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Best Practiceshttp://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Exchange-Server-2010-Practices/dp/0735627193/ref=pd_cp_b_1by Jagott Stidley And: Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Inside Outhttp://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Exchange-Server-2010-Inside/dp/0735640610/ref=pd_sim_b_2by Tony Redmond I started reaching for the credit card, however, when I realized that they were 900 and 1200 pages, respectively, I paused (because I have 9 days, 1 wife, and 2 boys - ages 5 4). I'm not averse to reading (a definite requirement in our field), however trying to dig through something of that magnitude in that timeframe probably isn't going to happen... So, I dug, and found this book, which looks like it might be a good starting point (before I delve into the other two). Exchange 2010 - A Practical Approachhttp://www.amazon.com/Exchange-2010-Practical-Jaap-Wesselius/dp/1906434328/ref=sr_1_9?s=booksie=UTF8qid=1298664858sr=1-9, by Jaap Wesselius Before I jump head first into this, any other suggestions? Obviously I know it won't substitute for more detailed info, but I feel like I need a broad overview before I start going deep. Thanks, -- Jonathan, A+, MCSA, MCSE --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist
Re: Exchange 2010 books, revisited
Apologies MBS and group. I didn't know you were referencing the same book from Sybex, albeit the updated version. On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 4:13 PM, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.comwrote: From my message 20 minutes before yours: A larger tome (which I wrote a couple of chapters for) is “Mastering Exchange Server 2010 SP1”. It has theory, but it’s very much about “do this thing to get that thing done”. I like it. I’m biased. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com *From:* Harry Singh [mailto:hbo...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Friday, February 25, 2011 4:00 PM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Cc:* Bob Fronk *Subject:* Re: Exchange 2010 books, revisited Can anything be said about the Jim Mcbee/Sybex Mastering Microsoft Exchange 2010 book? On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 3:54 PM, Bob Fronk b...@btrfronk.com wrote: Nice… thanks for the tip. BF *From:* Richard Stovall [mailto:rich...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Friday, February 25, 2011 3:29 PM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Exchange 2010 books, revisited I haven't read it yet, but that book was recommended here not too long ago. BTW, there is a link to download it for free at red-gate.com. http://www.red-gate.com/our-company/about/book-store/exchange-2010 On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 3:22 PM, Jonathan ncm...@gmail.com wrote: Ok, so my new job starts in 9 days, and I just found out on a conference call today that I'm going to hit the ground running with an Exchange 2010 migration (which wasn't originally part of the plan). I'm more than cool with it, but I've never touched 2010, and I've barely touched 2007 so, I was delighted to recall the thread here from about a week ago and found the thread started by smsadm on Feb 16, 2011 with two specific book recommendations on Exchange 2010. I looked at the kit of the two books that was recommended - unavailable right now. so I looked at them separately: Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Best Practiceshttp://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Exchange-Server-2010-Practices/dp/0735627193/ref=pd_cp_b_1by Jagott Stidley And: Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Inside Outhttp://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Exchange-Server-2010-Inside/dp/0735640610/ref=pd_sim_b_2by Tony Redmond I started reaching for the credit card, however, when I realized that they were 900 and 1200 pages, respectively, I paused (because I have 9 days, 1 wife, and 2 boys - ages 5 4). I'm not averse to reading (a definite requirement in our field), however trying to dig through something of that magnitude in that timeframe probably isn't going to happen... So, I dug, and found this book, which looks like it might be a good starting point (before I delve into the other two). Exchange 2010 - A Practical Approachhttp://www.amazon.com/Exchange-2010-Practical-Jaap-Wesselius/dp/1906434328/ref=sr_1_9?s=booksie=UTF8qid=1298664858sr=1-9, by Jaap Wesselius Before I jump head first into this, any other suggestions? Obviously I know it won't substitute for more detailed info, but I feel like I need a broad overview before I start going deep. Thanks, -- Jonathan, A+, MCSA, MCSE --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist
OT: Google Message Continuity
Just received this in my inbox and it piqued my interest. Is this really any different than those clients who have an on-premise exchange server and an MEHS (Microsoft Exchange Hosted Solution) setup as well ? http://www.google.com/postini/continuity.html --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist
Setting PF Permissions Exchange 2010
All: Exchange 2010 non-SP1 Build: 14.00.0694.000 I'm trying to adjust permissions on a public folder I created via the Public Folder Management Console. I want to adjust the visibility settings and adjust contributer, publisng editor rights accordingly. Admittedly, I haven't done this since I migrated from exchange 2003 and can't seem to find where/how I can adjust the permissions. I've made sure that the user currently logged into the mail server is part of the Public Folder permissions group, but can't seem to find the setting labeled Manage settings , as per the following article. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa998834.aspx Any thoughts? Thanks, Harry. --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist
Re: Setting PF Permissions Exchange 2010
Thanks Michael. I've committed my changes and will wait for them to propagate. Harry. On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 3:53 PM, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.comwrote: Download 2010 RTM ExFolders from msexchangeteam.com. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com *From:* Harry Singh [mailto:hbo...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Thursday, November 18, 2010 2:44 PM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* Setting PF Permissions Exchange 2010 All: Exchange 2010 non-SP1 Build: 14.00.0694.000 I'm trying to adjust permissions on a public folder I created via the Public Folder Management Console. I want to adjust the visibility settings and adjust contributer, publisng editor rights accordingly. Admittedly, I haven't done this since I migrated from exchange 2003 and can't seem to find where/how I can adjust the permissions. I've made sure that the user currently logged into the mail server is part of the Public Folder permissions group, but can't seem to find the setting labeled Manage settings , as per the following article. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa998834.aspx Any thoughts? Thanks, Harry. --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist
Re: Backup Exec on Exchange server
+1 On installing it on a separate media server. I do it here and wouldn't think of changing it. On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 8:20 AM, Maglinger, Paul pmaglin...@scvl.comwrote: IMHO I wouldn’t recommend it. Backups are going to eat your network bandwidth and if you have any number of users at all you could see some performance issues. Plus we have had occasions where we had to reboot our backup server because of some flaky stuff with the library. Do you want to take Exchange down for that? -Paul *From:* Steve Hart [mailto:sh...@wrightbg.com] *Sent:* Monday, September 27, 2010 5:01 PM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Granting Send-as on a group to a user Exchange 2007 SP3 on Win 2008. Backup Exec 2010 Any thoughts on installing the Backup Exec server on the Exchange server vs. installing on another computer with a remote agent on the Exchange box? --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist
Re: iPhone4 and Exchange problem FYI
Thanks for the link. I'm running Ex2k10 with only 3 new iPhone 4's and haven't seen a performance hit yet, but i'm sure installing this patch doesn't hurt. On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 9:51 AM, Knoch, James W james.kn...@intergraph.comwrote: I have been fighting the performance issues since last Friday. The first sign of the issue was 2 days after iOS4 was released. Then all hell broke loose the day after iPhone 4 was released. I highly recommend this patch, especially if you're still running Exchange 2003. The issues/warnings/errors that you see on 2003 will make it look like you have database corruption (high store.exe CPU usage on the backend, failed message delivery, etc). This is not the case of course. It doesn't appear any Exchange version is immune to the issues it causes. -Original Message- From: Dahl, Peter [mailto:peter.d...@yum.com] Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2010 7:55 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: FW: iPhone4 and Exchange problem FYI FYI: I have not seen or heard of this affecting anyone at our company but just in case any of you have been impacted check out the Apple article and fix mentioned in the original message. -Original Message- From: Susan Bradley Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2010 3:32 PM To: Patch Management Mailing List Subject: iPhone4 and Exchange problem FYI Forwarded courtesy of Bob Groger Got this email from Intermedia, whose products I resell. Bob G. Apple recently released the iPhone4. It uses a new iPhone operating system ? iOS4 ? that is also available for download on older iPhone devices. The new iPhone operating system is adversely impacting Intermedia customers as well as customers of other email providers. The following notification summarizes these issues and the critical actions we ask that your iPhone4 and iOS4 users immediately take in response. The actions are in support of our commitment to providing the highest service quality for your organization and all Intermedia customers. We will continue to post updates as the situation evolves and Apple provides further details. Summary of Issues Exchange users who use an iPhone4 or upgraded an older iPhone to iOS4 are experiencing difficulties syncing their contacts, mail, and calendar via ActiveSync. Additionally, iOS4 is creating significant artificial load on Exchange servers, resulting in performance slowdowns for users on other devices and mail clients. An Internet search for ?iOS4 Exchange? will provide further information related to these issues, which are affecting all email providers that use the ActiveSync protocol with iPhones. Steps Your Organization Must Take iPhone users who use the iPhone4 or upgraded to iOS4 must install a related Apple configuration patch on their iPhone. The patch, along with installation directions, can be found here: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3398. Failure to install this patch will result in incomplete sync of user items and may cause performance issues. If your users run an iPhone4 or other iOS4 device without the configuration patch, Intermedia may disable ActiveSync on their device to protect your organization?s overall service quality. Further Technical Details on the Issue and Our Response The iOS4 issues are driving random application pool instability on Exchange 2007 CAS servers. Microsoft confirmed this instability is caused by iOS4 and classified this as a client side issue related to the Apple iOS4 update. Microsoft is not planning to release a patch or update. The instability will manifest itself as connection failures or slow performance when using Outlook and other clients. Outlook Web App (OWA) is not impacted and continues to function normally. If you are having connectivity issues we recommend using OWA to retrieve your mail. Intermedia's engineering and operations teams are mitigating the impact to our customers via close monitoring and automated restarts of the impacted application pools. Thank you for hosting with us, Intermedia This communication is confidential and may be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, (i) please do not read or disclose to others, (ii) please notify the sender by reply mail, and (iii) please delete this communication from your system. Failure to follow this process may be unlawful. Thank you for your cooperation.
Re: Corrupt Exchange Logs
I'm actually experiencing the same issue and am working with Symantec to see if they have any ideas. No a/v on the box and no DAG. On 6/22/10, Jim Slattery jslatt...@medexassist.com wrote: I know I set up exclusions when I first installed 2010... and our backups were working fine until Sunday... but I'll check that anyways in case McAfee lost its mind. Thanks! Right now I'm trying an NTBackup to see if that'll clear the logs. Jim Slattery Systems Administrator, MEDEX Global Group 410-308-7931 -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 11:47 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Corrupt Exchange Logs Seems likely that you have some kind of a/v getting in the way. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Jim Slattery [mailto:jslatt...@medexassist.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 11:08 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Corrupt Exchange Logs The last two nights, one of my Exchange 2010 backup jobs have failed (Backup Exec 2010) due to .log files that are corrupt. Generally log files are cleared with a successful backup, but that's going to be difficult when they're the reason the backup is failing: Backup- \\DAG1\Microsoft Information Store\Corporate Mailbox Database WARNING: \\DAG1\Microsoft Information Store\Corporate Mailbox Database\Logs ( E008C20.log - E009BBE.log ) is a corrupt file. This file cannot verify. My question is: How do I clear corrupt log files when I can't get a successful backup? TIA for any help you can provide! Jim Slattery Systems Administrator, MEDEX Global Group -- Sent from my mobile device
Move Mailbox back to 2003 from 2010
All - A Exchange 2003 mailbox was moved to Exchange 2010 over the weekend but it turns out my Unified Messaging system needs that mailbox to sit on a exchange 2003 database until i can upgrade it to a versions which supports 2010. Anyone know of a way I can move the mailbox back into 2003 ? is it possible ?
Re: Move Mailbox back to 2003 from 2010
Thanks Paul. I ran through the GUI for the move and picked the exch03 database at the database picklist window...hopefully that works. A couple CMD-lets i tried weren't working, i'm sure i had the wrong syntax. Thanks, On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 11:25 AM, Paul Steele paul.ste...@acadiau.ca wrote: The move wizard should let you move it back to Exchange 2003. We’ve been doing that quite a bit for testing purposes until we’re ready for the full migration. *From:* Harry Singh [mailto:hbo...@gmail.com] *Sent:* June-07-10 12:12 PM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* Move Mailbox back to 2003 from 2010 All - A Exchange 2003 mailbox was moved to Exchange 2010 over the weekend but it turns out my Unified Messaging system needs that mailbox to sit on a exchange 2003 database until i can upgrade it to a versions which supports 2010. Anyone know of a way I can move the mailbox back into 2003 ? is it possible ?
Re: Windows Server Backup and Exchange 2010
Thanks for the info Jim, it's definitely helpful. Although my BE 11d media server is 64-bit, it isn't running 2008. It's currently running Windows 2003 STD. I planned on doing an in-place upgrade to 2010, but this piece of information sure does throw a wrench to that plan. On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 11:58 AM, Jim Slattery jslatt...@medexassist.comwrote: I had issues backing up our 2010 environment with Backup Exec 2010. It’s possible the same limitations are on Windows Server Backup. The backup server had to be 2008, and if the Exchange 2010 box is 64bit, the backup server should also be 2008 64bit. (Symantec originally told me that 2003 64bit would be fine as a media/backup server, but that was not the case). This is not a direct answer to your regkey question, but thought I’d throw it out there in case it helps. Good luck. *Jim Slattery* Systems Administrator, MEDEX Global Group 410-308-7931 *From:* Harry Singh [mailto:hbo...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Wednesday, June 02, 2010 12:13 PM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* Windows Server Backup and Exchange 2010 All: I have an single Exchange 2010 STD with Update Rollup 3 installed on a Windows 2008 SP2 VM on vSphere ESX 4. I attempted to run a Windows Server Backup but the process was stuck on the Consistency check for Exchange.I waited for about 15 minutes until i cancelled the job to do some research. I followed the following steps here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd876854.aspx and found the following forum post here: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/exchange2010/thread/88adaae6-2930-4785-a85f-9ae4d837eca2 In short, there is a post at the above forum that indicates to enable the following key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\ExchangeServer\v14\Replay\Parameters] Create new: EnableVSSWriter=dword: My question is, will the above key disable VSS functionality all together ? I plan on introducing Symantec BE 2010, will it also break BE's, or any VSS-reliant/aware app's ability to run a backup of Exchange? Thanks, Harry.
Windows Server Backup and Exchange 2010
All: I have an single Exchange 2010 STD with Update Rollup 3 installed on a Windows 2008 SP2 VM on vSphere ESX 4. I attempted to run a Windows Server Backup but the process was stuck on the Consistency check for Exchange.I waited for about 15 minutes until i cancelled the job to do some research. I followed the following steps here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd876854.aspx and found the following forum post here: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/exchange2010/thread/88adaae6-2930-4785-a85f-9ae4d837eca2 In short, there is a post at the above forum that indicates to enable the following key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\ExchangeServer\v14\Replay\Parameters] Create new: EnableVSSWriter=dword: My question is, will the above key disable VSS functionality all together ? I plan on introducing Symantec BE 2010, will it also break BE's, or any VSS-reliant/aware app's ability to run a backup of Exchange? Thanks, Harry.
Re: Windows Server Backup and Exchange 2010
Two Databases totaling ~35GB, for now. Based on my calculation, I should let the consistency check run for at least 20 minutes then. Since i'm new to WSB and Exch2k10 for that matter, I have to ask -- the backup process won't bring down access to Exchange or any related services before, during or after it's performed its business, right ? Not running DAG here yet. Thanks, On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 12:28 PM, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.comwrote: How big is your exchange database? A consistency check on one of my client’s databases, 90 GB, takes about 50 minutes. The parameter you are referring to is primarily for controlling WHERE you take a backup in a DAG environment (passive, active, or both). See http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd876851.aspx Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com *From:* Harry Singh [mailto:hbo...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Wednesday, June 02, 2010 12:13 PM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* Windows Server Backup and Exchange 2010 All: I have an single Exchange 2010 STD with Update Rollup 3 installed on a Windows 2008 SP2 VM on vSphere ESX 4. I attempted to run a Windows Server Backup but the process was stuck on the Consistency check for Exchange.I waited for about 15 minutes until i cancelled the job to do some research. I followed the following steps here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd876854.aspx and found the following forum post here: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/exchange2010/thread/88adaae6-2930-4785-a85f-9ae4d837eca2 In short, there is a post at the above forum that indicates to enable the following key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\ExchangeServer\v14\Replay\Parameters] Create new: EnableVSSWriter=dword: My question is, will the above key disable VSS functionality all together ? I plan on introducing Symantec BE 2010, will it also break BE's, or any VSS-reliant/aware app's ability to run a backup of Exchange? Thanks, Harry.
Re: Windows Server Backup and Exchange 2010
Thanks for the heads up Greg. That's a great tip. I'm re-running the backup now and it's approaching an hour for the consistency check. I'll check back if and when i get any results. Harry. On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 1:31 PM, Greg Olson gol...@markettools.com wrote: Harry, Make sure you have every patch for BE 2010 including HF 348518 (if running 64bit). There was a nasty bug that could cause a store corruption (ask me how I know). -Greg *From:* Harry Singh [mailto:hbo...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Wednesday, June 02, 2010 9:13 AM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* Windows Server Backup and Exchange 2010 All: I have an single Exchange 2010 STD with Update Rollup 3 installed on a Windows 2008 SP2 VM on vSphere ESX 4. I attempted to run a Windows Server Backup but the process was stuck on the Consistency check for Exchange.I waited for about 15 minutes until i cancelled the job to do some research. I followed the following steps here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd876854.aspx and found the following forum post here: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/exchange2010/thread/88adaae6-2930-4785-a85f-9ae4d837eca2 In short, there is a post at the above forum that indicates to enable the following key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\ExchangeServer\v14\Replay\Parameters] Create new: EnableVSSWriter=dword: My question is, will the above key disable VSS functionality all together ? I plan on introducing Symantec BE 2010, will it also break BE's, or any VSS-reliant/aware app's ability to run a backup of Exchange? Thanks, Harry.
Re: Windows Server Backup and Exchange 2010
FYI. The backup job kicked off about an 1.5 hours after the process started. It is in the middle of the day and i did notice that my physical RAM is at 92% consumed (that store.exe sure loves some RAM;I have 16GB on this box) On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 3:04 PM, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.comwrote: No, it’s supported on Server 2008 SP2 as well. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com *From:* Shazad Anwar [mailto:sha...@fastmail.co.uk] *Sent:* Wednesday, June 02, 2010 2:57 PM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Windows Server Backup and Exchange 2010 I thought Exchange 2010 was only supported on Server 2008 R2? Shazad - Original message - From: Harry Singh hbo...@gmail.com To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues exchangelist@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2010 12:13:01 -0400 Subject: Windows Server Backup and Exchange 2010 All: I have an single Exchange 2010 STD with Update Rollup 3 installed on a Windows 2008 SP2 VM on vSphere ESX 4. I attempted to run a Windows Server Backup but the process was stuck on the Consistency check for Exchange.I waited for about 15 minutes until i cancelled the job to do some research. I followed the following steps here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd876854.aspx and found the following forum post here: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/exchange2010/thread/88adaae6-2930-4785-a85f-9ae4d837eca2 In short, there is a post at the above forum that indicates to enable the following key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\ExchangeServer\v14\Replay\Parameters] Create new: EnableVSSWriter=dword: My question is, will the above key disable VSS functionality all together ? I plan on introducing Symantec BE 2010, will it also break BE's, or any VSS-reliant/aware app's ability to run a backup of Exchange? Thanks, Harry.
Re: Anyone know of hosted remote support
Steve: Your setup sounds like something I'd like to do in-house. Have a broker sitting on the dmz where whoever needs remote support would go to a website click on a tech's name and all is good. A couple things: You have VNC wrapped in a product..can you share which product? How do you confirm the VNC session goes to that specific tech all the time? Have you had issues with NAT traversal or even Proxy Traversal? Thanks, On 4/17/10, Roger Wright rhw...@gmail.com wrote: TeamViewer works great with Windows Vista or Windows 7. The UAC prompts create issues with VNC flavors but TeamViewer doesn't even hiccup. And you can reboot into safe mode and reconnect. A very good value - lifetime licenses. Die dulci fruere! Roger Wright ___ On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 9:55 PM, josh.t...@sbcglobal.net wrote: I misunderstood the question..have you checked out teamviewer? I would consider it pretty cheap for what you get. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: jgarciaitl...@gmail.com Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2010 01:51:44 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issuesexchangelist@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: Re: Anyone know of hosted remote support How did you deploy over nat? --Original Message-- From: josh.t...@sbcglobal.net To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues ReplyTo: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Anyone know of hosted remote support Sent: Apr 16, 2010 9:48 PM Tightvnc or ultravnc worked ok for us. --Original Message-- From: jgarciaitl...@gmail.com To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues ReplyTo: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Anyone know of hosted remote support Sent: Apr 16, 2010 8:46 PM We would like something like remote desktop and logmein but cheap and would allow us to remote to clients pc or offer support. Maybe something opensource ?? Any ideas Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile -- Sent from my mobile device
Re: Outlook 2003 and Exchange 2010
I plan on making the same move and although there may be other potential pitfalls I don't know about, I do know about this one: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2006508 On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 10:57 AM, Chris Pohlschneider chris.pohlschnei...@hollowayusa.com wrote: Hello List, Is anyone running Outlook 2003 client connecting to an Exchange 2010 environment? If so, have you seen any issues with this? We are planning on rolling out either Office 2007 or Office 2010 (probably Office 2010) later this year, but we may have our new Exchange environment setup before then which means I would have a lot of Outlook 2003 clients working with Exchange 2010. Chris Pohlschneider Holloway Sportswear Network Administrator chris.pohlschnei...@hollowayusa.com 937-494-2559
Re: Trainsignal comes through again with WICKED cutting edge training
lol..good stuff. I needed that. On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 10:31 AM, Campbell, Rob rob_campb...@centraltechnology.net wrote: Meet Your Certified Instructor Glen The Raptor Wiznewski A+, CPR, Orange Belt, Nintendo Power Club Member, and SCUBA Certified Bet he looks like a walrus in a wet suit. -Original Message- From: mqcarp [mailto:mqcarpen...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2010 9:21 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Trainsignal comes through again with WICKED cutting edge training I just bought this for my staff. I hope they can catch up http://www.trainsignal.com/windowstraining.aspx?hq_e=elhq_m=372779hq_l=2hq_v=eaf12f48b0 ** Note: The information contained in this message may be privileged and confidential and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. ** ** Note: The information contained in this message may be privileged and confidential and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. **
Re: Exchange 2003 - Recommended # of Mailboxes per Server
I'm no Exchange expert but breaking down your scenario, as written, it would appear you guys have nothing to either worry about or even defend. The most you can do is provide enough empirical statistical data, which you already have, and explain your position. The decision makers will decide how to proceed. I've been in many of those positions and can comfortably say, you win some and you lose some. I'm struggling myself with performance issues on Exchange 2k3 and ~750 mailboxes on a single server. I suspect a bottleneck to the backend storage so it really isn't a limitation on Exchnage. Good Luck. On 3/31/10, Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com wrote: Just ask one question: Where's the documentation for that statement? Name the KB article, white paper or whatever that says that, and let us analyze it. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof. Kurt On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 14:42, Sean Martin seanmarti...@gmail.com wrote: My boss just gave me some disturbing news. Another manager mentioned in a meeting, full of all of our Executives, that Microsoft recommends only 500 users per Exchange server. Now, my boss and VP know this is BS, but now I'm tasked with providing literature that disproves that. The problem is, I don't know of any literature that will fit the bill because I've never seen any recommendations on the number of user/mailboxes to host per server. I'm well aware it depends on hardware, storage, mailbox limits, user IO, etc. I've got all of the performance metrics in the world to prove there are no problems at the Exchange server level, and we're hosting approximately 2000 mailboxes split across two mailbox servers. Do any of you know of any official documentation that helps explain this scenario? I'm waiting on this manager to provide me a copy of the documentation he supposedly read that dictates this 500 user limit. Thanks in advance. - Sean -- Sent from my mobile device
Re: Backup Software for Exchange 2007
5 days of retention doing Full's nightly. ~80 GB across all stores. On 3/15/10, jgarciaitl...@gmail.com jgarciaitl...@gmail.com wrote: Sweet and use which software again?? Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile -Original Message- From: John Cook john.c...@pfsf.org Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:36:36 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issuesexchangelist@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: Re: Backup Software for Exchange 2007 3 days retention, my full takes about 6 hrs (70 Gig store) - Original Message - From: jgarciaitl...@gmail.com jgarciaitl...@gmail.com To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues exchangelist@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Mon Mar 15 18:35:10 2010 Subject: Re: Backup Software for Exchange 2007 So what your retation and how long is your backup taking What schedule do you have Just full after 6pm or so?? Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile -Original Message- From: John Cook john.c...@pfsf.org Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:19:03 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issuesexchangelist@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: Re: Backup Software for Exchange 2007 I do a full every night - Original Message - From: greg.swe...@actsconsulting.net greg.swe...@actsconsulting.net To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues exchangelist@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Mon Mar 15 18:13:17 2010 Subject: RE: Backup Software for Exchange 2007 Ok then this begs the question. When backing up Exchange with a full/incremental model, whether onsite using BUEXEC, DPM, etc.. or offsite.. How can you do another backup program and not mess up the incrementals. Only way I could see to do it, would be to do full backups every night using multiple programs at different times, which is not feasible for some of our larger clients. We personally use an imaging program like ShadowProtect, Acronis or Replay and either an offsite program which does the Full/incremental or an onsite program to tape/disk. Greg -Original Message- From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org] Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 5:21 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Backup Software for Exchange 2007 I would never trust my companies email to a single method of backup unless there were no other choice. I would use NT Backup in addition to anything else you can get, it may save your job some day. John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership For Strong Families 315 SE 2nd Ave Gainesville, Fl 32601 Office (352) 393-2741 x320 Cell (352) 215-6944 Fax (352) 393-2746 MCSE, MCTS, MCP+I, A+, N+, VSP4, VTSP4 -Original Message- From: jgarciaitl...@gmail.com [mailto:jgarciaitl...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 5:19 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Backup Software for Exchange 2007 This should replace Ntbackup and acronis right? Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile -Original Message- From: John Cook john.c...@pfsf.org Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:05:21 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issuesexchangelist@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: Backup Software for Exchange 2007 It can be configured that way either an automatic failover or manual but there are restrictions. You would have to define expensive, we don't know what your budget is like but I would recommend giving Sunbelt a call and get a demo and some pricing from them. John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership For Strong Families 315 SE 2nd Ave Gainesville, Fl 32601 Office (352) 393-2741 x320 Cell (352) 215-6944 Fax (352) 393-2746 MCSE, MCTS, MCP+I, A+, N+, VSP4, VTSP4 -Original Message- From: jgarciaitl...@gmail.com [mailto:jgarciaitl...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 5:03 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Backup Software for Exchange 2007 So say my exchange server fails It will take over the standby server? Is it very expensive? Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile -Original Message- From: John Cook john.c...@pfsf.org Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:59:11 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issuesexchangelist@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: Backup Software for Exchange 2007 It requires another server - physical or virtual (licensing is different) that it replicates to so you have a fully up to date stand by server available. John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership For Strong Families 315 SE 2nd Ave Gainesville, Fl 32601 Office (352) 393-2741 x320 Cell (352) 215-6944 Fax (352) 393-2746 MCSE, MCTS, MCP+I, A+, N+, VSP4, VTSP4 -Original Message- From: jgarciaitl...@gmail.com [mailto:jgarciaitl...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 4:57 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Backup Software for Exchange 2007 I am confused how it works It requires no tapes or what?? Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile -Original Message- From: John Cook john.c...@pfsf.org Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:53:41 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issuesexchangelist@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: Backup
Re: Backup Software for Exchange 2007
130 GB in an hour ? Fiber? That's impressive.. On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 6:42 PM, Eldridge, Dave d...@parkviewmc.com wrote: 3 days? I do two weeks just in case I have to get something last week. But full backups though. 130 gig in an hour -Original Message- From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org] Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 4:37 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Backup Software for Exchange 2007 3 days retention, my full takes about 6 hrs (70 Gig store) - Original Message - From: jgarciaitl...@gmail.com jgarciaitl...@gmail.com To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues exchangelist@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Mon Mar 15 18:35:10 2010 Subject: Re: Backup Software for Exchange 2007 So what your retation and how long is your backup taking What schedule do you have Just full after 6pm or so?? Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile -Original Message- From: John Cook john.c...@pfsf.org Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:19:03 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issuesexchangelist@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: Re: Backup Software for Exchange 2007 I do a full every night - Original Message - From: greg.swe...@actsconsulting.net greg.swe...@actsconsulting.net To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues exchangelist@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Mon Mar 15 18:13:17 2010 Subject: RE: Backup Software for Exchange 2007 Ok then this begs the question. When backing up Exchange with a full/incremental model, whether onsite using BUEXEC, DPM, etc.. or offsite.. How can you do another backup program and not mess up the incrementals. Only way I could see to do it, would be to do full backups every night using multiple programs at different times, which is not feasible for some of our larger clients. We personally use an imaging program like ShadowProtect, Acronis or Replay and either an offsite program which does the Full/incremental or an onsite program to tape/disk. Greg -Original Message- From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org] Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 5:21 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Backup Software for Exchange 2007 I would never trust my companies email to a single method of backup unless there were no other choice. I would use NT Backup in addition to anything else you can get, it may save your job some day. John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership For Strong Families 315 SE 2nd Ave Gainesville, Fl 32601 Office (352) 393-2741 x320 Cell (352) 215-6944 Fax (352) 393-2746 MCSE, MCTS, MCP+I, A+, N+, VSP4, VTSP4 -Original Message- From: jgarciaitl...@gmail.com [mailto:jgarciaitl...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 5:19 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Backup Software for Exchange 2007 This should replace Ntbackup and acronis right? Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile -Original Message- From: John Cook john.c...@pfsf.org Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:05:21 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issuesexchangelist@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: Backup Software for Exchange 2007 It can be configured that way either an automatic failover or manual but there are restrictions. You would have to define expensive, we don't know what your budget is like but I would recommend giving Sunbelt a call and get a demo and some pricing from them. John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership For Strong Families 315 SE 2nd Ave Gainesville, Fl 32601 Office (352) 393-2741 x320 Cell (352) 215-6944 Fax (352) 393-2746 MCSE, MCTS, MCP+I, A+, N+, VSP4, VTSP4 -Original Message- From: jgarciaitl...@gmail.com [mailto:jgarciaitl...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 5:03 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Backup Software for Exchange 2007 So say my exchange server fails It will take over the standby server? Is it very expensive? Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile -Original Message- From: John Cook john.c...@pfsf.org Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:59:11 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issuesexchangelist@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: Backup Software for Exchange 2007 It requires another server - physical or virtual (licensing is different) that it replicates to so you have a fully up to date stand by server available. John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership For Strong Families 315 SE 2nd Ave Gainesville, Fl 32601 Office (352) 393-2741 x320 Cell (352) 215-6944 Fax (352) 393-2746 MCSE, MCTS, MCP+I, A+, N+, VSP4, VTSP4 -Original Message- From: jgarciaitl...@gmail.com [mailto:jgarciaitl...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 4:57 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Backup Software for Exchange 2007 I am confused how it works It requires no tapes or what?? Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile -Original Message- From: John Cook john.c...@pfsf.org Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:53:41 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issuesexchangelist@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE:
Re: Backup Software for Exchange 2007
What's the connection between the PC hosting BUE 12.5 and the Quantum? On 3/15/10, Eldridge, Dave d...@parkviewmc.com wrote: Exch 2003 I have bue 12.5 connected by FC to a Quantum dxi7500. I was amazed when I switched to this. All of my jobs jumped up in speed. :) -Original Message- From: greg.swe...@actsconsulting.net [mailto:greg.swe...@actsconsulting.net] Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 4:52 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Backup Software for Exchange 2007 130 gig/hr..What is your environment? -Original Message- From: Eldridge, Dave [mailto:d...@parkviewmc.com] Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 6:43 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Backup Software for Exchange 2007 3 days? I do two weeks just in case I have to get something last week. But full backups though. 130 gig in an hour -Original Message- From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org] Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 4:37 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Backup Software for Exchange 2007 3 days retention, my full takes about 6 hrs (70 Gig store) - Original Message - From: jgarciaitl...@gmail.com jgarciaitl...@gmail.com To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues exchangelist@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Mon Mar 15 18:35:10 2010 Subject: Re: Backup Software for Exchange 2007 So what your retation and how long is your backup taking What schedule do you have Just full after 6pm or so?? Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile -Original Message- From: John Cook john.c...@pfsf.org Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:19:03 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issuesexchangelist@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: Re: Backup Software for Exchange 2007 I do a full every night - Original Message - From: greg.swe...@actsconsulting.net greg.swe...@actsconsulting.net To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues exchangelist@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Mon Mar 15 18:13:17 2010 Subject: RE: Backup Software for Exchange 2007 Ok then this begs the question. When backing up Exchange with a full/incremental model, whether onsite using BUEXEC, DPM, etc.. or offsite.. How can you do another backup program and not mess up the incrementals. Only way I could see to do it, would be to do full backups every night using multiple programs at different times, which is not feasible for some of our larger clients. We personally use an imaging program like ShadowProtect, Acronis or Replay and either an offsite program which does the Full/incremental or an onsite program to tape/disk. Greg -Original Message- From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org] Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 5:21 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Backup Software for Exchange 2007 I would never trust my companies email to a single method of backup unless there were no other choice. I would use NT Backup in addition to anything else you can get, it may save your job some day. John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership For Strong Families 315 SE 2nd Ave Gainesville, Fl 32601 Office (352) 393-2741 x320 Cell (352) 215-6944 Fax (352) 393-2746 MCSE, MCTS, MCP+I, A+, N+, VSP4, VTSP4 -Original Message- From: jgarciaitl...@gmail.com [mailto:jgarciaitl...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 5:19 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Backup Software for Exchange 2007 This should replace Ntbackup and acronis right? Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile -Original Message- From: John Cook john.c...@pfsf.org Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:05:21 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issuesexchangelist@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: Backup Software for Exchange 2007 It can be configured that way either an automatic failover or manual but there are restrictions. You would have to define expensive, we don't know what your budget is like but I would recommend giving Sunbelt a call and get a demo and some pricing from them. John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership For Strong Families 315 SE 2nd Ave Gainesville, Fl 32601 Office (352) 393-2741 x320 Cell (352) 215-6944 Fax (352) 393-2746 MCSE, MCTS, MCP+I, A+, N+, VSP4, VTSP4 -Original Message- From: jgarciaitl...@gmail.com [mailto:jgarciaitl...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 5:03 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Backup Software for Exchange 2007 So say my exchange server fails It will take over the standby server? Is it very expensive? Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile -Original Message- From: John Cook john.c...@pfsf.org Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:59:11 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issuesexchangelist@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: Backup Software for Exchange 2007 It requires another server - physical or virtual (licensing is different) that it replicates to so you have a fully up to date stand by server available. John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership For Strong Families 315 SE 2nd Ave Gainesville, Fl
Re: OUTLOOK IS RETREIVING DATA MESSAGE
I've recently noticed that slight pause when users attempt sorting or navigating through sub-folders inside their Inbox. I did recently put the databses on network storage via iSCSI. During real busy times of the day i see AVG disk/sec write and AVG disk/sec read spike but overall performance has been ok. The hiccups aren't very long, milliseconds if that, but obviously noticeable enough that Helpdesk gets a few calls, the president being one of course. Similar environment as yours: EXCH2k3 SP2 but on WIN2k SP4 OS and OLK2K3 clients. There are a few intangibles missing from your setup which i'm sure would help: how many mailboxes ? BES? if yes, how many users ? How many mbx servers? local storage? In my case i have ~600 mailboxes with roughly 60 BES users and 25 Goodlink users with one mailbox server. I've read about the increase in RPC requests with BES users and real-time synch, but am unsure what more i could do since my environment isn't really large or unique, I've been meaning to ask the list if Outlook 2007 would reap any noticeable performance gains over Outlook 2003. On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 3:02 PM, Sherry Abercrombie saber...@gmail.comwrote: I have that happen all the time to me. No not in cached mode. Usually happens when I try to open the calendars (I connect to 3 other calendars besides mine.). Network throughput. On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 2:00 PM, Steve Ens stevey...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Murray Are the users in cached mode? On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 1:59 PM, Murray Freeman mfree...@alanet.orgwrote: First, we're running Exchange Server 2K3 on Windows Server 2K3 and using Outlook 2K3 as the client. Several of my users are getting the Outlook is retreiving data message along with slowness and occassionally a white screen. Any ideas as to the cause? It hasn't happened to me, but it has happened to another administrator. The rest of our users are restricted users. ** *Murray** Freeman* IT Manager *Association of Legal Administrators* 75 Tri-State International Suite 222 Lincolnshire, IL 60069-4435 847.267.1252 *TEL* 847.267.1329 *FAX* 847.267.1367 *DIRECT* mfree...@alanet.org *www.alanet.org*** *Your connection* ***to knowledge, resources and networking* -- Sherry Abercrombie Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke
Re: OUTLOOK IS RETREIVING DATA MESSAGE
Is the user profile tool Exmon? In case it's not, would love to know what you use.. And if it turns out to be Exmon, which setting/metric/colummn screams user-plugin/search toolbar installed? Harry. On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 3:53 PM, Steven Peck sep...@gmail.com wrote: How many of your users recently downloaded a cool indexing program or plugin (Xnobi) and are now indexing on their non-cached mode mailboxes? There is a user profile tool you can use to collect stats on the Exchange server and hunt these people down. If you have not deliberately changed anything recently then you are looking at a user behavior change. Most likely search tools beating your server to death. Your biggest 'free' bang for your buck will be cached mode (remembering not to allow PSTs or OSTs on afile share). Something I wrote up a few years ago on mitigation (not solutions, just mitigation). Note: This was written a few years ago and may not apply to Outlook 2007. http://www.blkmtn.org/outlook-settings-and-considerations On a wild guess I would look at Disk I/O first though. Steven On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 12:36 PM, Jason Gurtz jasongu...@npumail.com wrote: I've only ever seen this myself in three cases from cached mode OL2k3, 2k7, and 2k10 against Ex2k3: 1.) [Over a VPN] While the client is catching up 2.) [On the LAN] Briefly, after rebooting Exchange and everyone is re-attaching 3.) [On the LAN] Migrating a user from PST storage to Mailbox on the server while OL is creating the OST. This points to two root causes: 1.) Network connection with high latency and low bandwidth 2.) Overloaded Exchange server (Disk I/O request latency) Yea, our server is sucking wind. I can only assume that non-cached mode would worsen those situations. That's my bet, ~JasonG -Original Message- From: Murray Freeman [mailto:mfree...@alanet.org] Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 14:59 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: [MARKETING] OUTLOOK IS RETREIVING DATA MESSAGE First, we're running Exchange Server 2K3 on Windows Server 2K3 and using Outlook 2K3 as the client. Several of my users are getting the Outlook is retreiving data message along with slowness and occassionally a white screen. Any ideas as to the cause? It hasn't happened to me, but it has happened to another administrator. The rest of our users are restricted users. Murray Freeman IT Manager Association of Legal Administrators 75 Tri-State International Suite 222 Lincolnshire, IL 60069-4435 847.267.1252 TEL 847.267.1329 FAX 847.267.1367 DIRECT mfree...@alanet.org www.alanet.org Your connection to knowledge, resources and networking
Re: Connect Outlook to mailbox hidden in GAL
Prior to this thread i had no idea this was possible --Thanks for the tip! To be clear, if i wanted to add a hidden mailbox to my existing list of mailboxes inside outlook 2003, I would go to: Tools -- Email Options - View Change Email Addresses - More Settings - Advanced Tab - Add And inside the 'Add Mailbox' text box is where i would place the DN, correct ? On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 11:15 AM, ron friedman itmana...@northlakelibrary.org wrote: Use the Distinguished Name (DN) for that mailbox like /o=EXCHNG_ORG/ou=EXCHNG_SITE/cn=Container1/cn=Container2/cn=Alias http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315244/EN-US/ -Ron Friedman Northlake Public Library District
Exchange Performance and BES Activation
All - Environment: Single exchange2k3 SP2 server. AD 2003 R2. BES server: 4.1.6 I was troubleshooting an issue this morning where most outlook users were receiving the infamous Outlook is trying to retrieve data. I opened perfmon and almost fell out of my chair: I noticed the RPC Averaged Latency was up towards 100 and a had maximum of 359. It was averaging around 75 while one of the disks was equally slammed when reporting AVG. Disk sec/Write and Read. I opened Exmon and didn't really see any statistics for mailboxes that were abnormal. (Although I could use a refresher as to why DirtyReads affect I/O writes) As it turns out, as this issue with exchange was happening, my colleague was running and a BES activation for a new Blackberry Storm2. Once the activation was complete, which strangely took close to 2 hours, exchanged performed returned to normal. My questions is, where else should i have been looking to determine why the BES activation was killing exchange? I don't have any concrete data supporting my claim, but exchange has been buzzing along since and EXmon stats look close to the same since the BES activation as stopped. weird. Harry.
Mounting Exchange 2003 IS from file..
All -- I'm drawing a blank on this scenario, could use some help. I have an Exchange 2003 Information Store (.edb, .stm) with no defined mailbox store in ESM.They are 2 flat files sitting on disk. How do successfully mount this information store ? I try and create a new Mailstore and point to the databases, but that obviously doesn't work.
Re: Mounting Exchange 2003 IS from file..
Not sure. I'm stuck on whether i will have to kick off a restore job from backupexec and point it to the right mailbox store inside the respetive storage group, since i don't want to overwrite any other mailbox store within the same storage group. I've never tried this, so I'm hesitant since i can't replay this scenario actually working. On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 11:13 AM, Maglinger, Paul pmaglin...@scvl.comwrote: Can you use a Recovery Store? *From:* Harry Singh [mailto:hbo...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Thursday, January 28, 2010 10:10 AM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* Mounting Exchange 2003 IS from file.. All -- I'm drawing a blank on this scenario, could use some help. I have an Exchange 2003 Information Store (.edb, .stm) with no defined mailbox store in ESM.They are 2 flat files sitting on disk. How do successfully mount this information store ? I try and create a new Mailstore and point to the databases, but that obviously doesn't work.
Re: Mounting Exchange 2003 IS from file..
I was able to restore the file copies of the database to the recovery storage group. Thanks Paul. I used this document: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=DF144AF6-BEE5-4B35-866A-557E25FE2BA1displaylang=en Now, I just have to move these mailboxes to back the main storage group, which i believe where the good old exmerge comes into play. On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 11:38 AM, Maglinger, Paul pmaglin...@scvl.comwrote: What led up to this? *From:* Harry Singh [mailto:hbo...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Thursday, January 28, 2010 10:18 AM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Mounting Exchange 2003 IS from file.. Not sure. I'm stuck on whether i will have to kick off a restore job from backupexec and point it to the right mailbox store inside the respetive storage group, since i don't want to overwrite any other mailbox store within the same storage group. I've never tried this, so I'm hesitant since i can't replay this scenario actually working. On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 11:13 AM, Maglinger, Paul pmaglin...@scvl.com wrote: Can you use a Recovery Store? *From:* Harry Singh [mailto:hbo...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Thursday, January 28, 2010 10:10 AM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* Mounting Exchange 2003 IS from file.. All -- I'm drawing a blank on this scenario, could use some help. I have an Exchange 2003 Information Store (.edb, .stm) with no defined mailbox store in ESM.They are 2 flat files sitting on disk. How do successfully mount this information store ? I try and create a new Mailstore and point to the databases, but that obviously doesn't work.
Re: MDBDATA Folder
Not really. Take a look at this article. http://www.msexchange.org/articles/Transaction-Logs-Lifeblood-Exchange.html On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 11:31 AM, Cameron Cooper ccoo...@aurico.com wrote: Exchange new-be here… looking on our exchange server under the following folder \Exchsrvr\MDBDATA and noticed that there are 23.6GB worth of log files in there. Are these safe to delete? _ *Cameron Cooper* *System Administrator *| *CompTIA A+ Certified* Aurico Reports, Inc Phone: 847-890-4021 | Fax: 847-255-1896 ccoo...@aurico.com | www.aurico.com
Re: MDBDATA Folder
Following up with what Richard has already provided, I've experienced an issue with BE 11d where even when the Exchange agent was installed and Full..flush committed logs used, the log files wouldn't delete. I found that if I de-selected the option Process each logical drive individually (going off memory) it solved my problem. Obviously I don't know if that's even pertinent in your environment. For starters, check into BE's job setup and job monitor and verify both you are set to flush committed logs and if your job is running successfully. On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 11:54 AM, Cameron Cooper ccoo...@aurico.com wrote: No problem. Wanted to ask here first before doing anything that would cause a headache later on. Like I said, don’t know too much about exchange since it was setup by a consultant and they want me to learn more about it to help save costs. Appreciate the help! _ *Cameron Cooper* *System Administrator *| *CompTIA A+ Certified* Aurico Reports, Inc Phone: 847-890-4021 | Fax: 847-255-1896 ccoo...@aurico.com | www.aurico.com *From:* Richard Stovall [mailto:richard.stov...@researchdata.com] *Sent:* Tuesday, January 19, 2010 10:51 AM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: MDBDATA Folder In BE 12.5 the option to flush committed logs is configured under the backup job: Settings | Microsoft Exchange | Information Store Backups and the options are either “Full - Database Logs (flush committed logs)” or “Incremental - Logs (flush committed logs)”. If you’ve got one of those set and your logs are not being flushed, then that’s a potential issue with BE. (Sorry for screaming earlier. I just wanted to make sure you didn’t do anything without fully understanding what’s going on and what your options are.) *From:* Cameron Cooper [mailto:ccoo...@aurico.com] *Sent:* Tuesday, January 19, 2010 11:44 AM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: MDBDATA Folder I don’t think that there has ever been a backup of the store made. We run Backup Exec with the Exchange agent on that server. Is there a different backup that we should be running? _ *Cameron Cooper* *System Administrator *| *CompTIA A+ Certified* Aurico Reports, Inc Phone: 847-890-4021 | Fax: 847-255-1896 ccoo...@aurico.com | www.aurico.com *From:* Richard Stovall [mailto:richard.stov...@researchdata.com] *Sent:* Tuesday, January 19, 2010 10:35 AM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: MDBDATA Folder NO! When’s the last time you backed up the store? *From:* Cameron Cooper [mailto:ccoo...@aurico.com] *Sent:* Tuesday, January 19, 2010 11:32 AM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* MDBDATA Folder Exchange new-be here… looking on our exchange server under the following folder \Exchsrvr\MDBDATA and noticed that there are 23.6GB worth of log files in there. Are these safe to delete? _ *Cameron Cooper* *System Administrator *| *CompTIA A+ Certified* Aurico Reports, Inc Phone: 847-890-4021 | Fax: 847-255-1896 ccoo...@aurico.com | www.aurico.com
Exchange and VM Configuration.
All: For those who have installed Exchange 2007/2010 as a VM: How did you present HDD's to the OS for the Exchange VM? My backend SAN is running RAID10 across all disks and my initial plan is to carve out a separate dedicated LUN for exchange and present 3 different VHD's (OS, Logs, DB's) I'm not sure if this is ideal for performance. The other options i'm considering are:carve out 3 separate LUN's for each role or create 2 LUN's and dedicate 1 for the OS and the 2nd for the Logs/DB's. Best, Harry.
Re: Exchange 2003 Migration to Exchange 2010
Also curious to know if you guys virtualized any, or all, of the roles ? Whichever direction we go, management is definitely going to virtualize all the roles. On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 10:08 AM, Maglinger, Paul pmaglin...@scvl.comwrote: What a coincidence. I’m having a meeting today with some outside folks to discuss that very thing. I’ll post details later. -Paul *From:* chipsh...@comcast.net [mailto:chipsh...@comcast.net] *Sent:* Wednesday, January 13, 2010 8:40 AM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Exchange 2003 Migration to Exchange 2010 I'm knee deep in a 2003 SP2 to 2010 build right now. I am by no means an Exchange guru. I'd recommend you budget some $ for a few calls to MS PSS. I spent four hours on the phone with a woman from India yesterday resolving a Public folder replication issue. She was absolutely brilliant. - Original Message - From: Harry Singh hbo...@gmail.com To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues exchangelist@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 4:16:30 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: Exchange 2003 Migration to Exchange 2010 Not trying to hijack the thread, but has anyone done an exchange 2003 to 2010 migration ? I'm in a single server exch2003 sp2 environment now and have been having discussions with management on migrating to either 2007 or 2010. I'm leaning towards 2010 because of it's better virtualization support. On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 4:04 PM, Simon Butler si...@sembee.co.uk wrote: You cannot install Exchange 2010 on top of Exchange 2007. Therefore you will need to remove Exchange 2007 using add/remove programs. Personally I would also rebuild the host machine. If you are in a single domain environment then you do not have to extend the schema manually – the setup GUI will do everything for you automatically. Simon. -- Simon Butler MVP: Exchange, MCSE Sembee Ltd. e: si...@sembee.co.uk w: http://www.sembee.co.uk/ w: http://www.amset.info/ w: http://blog.sembee.co.uk/ Need cheap certificates for Exchange, compatible with Windows Mobile 5.0? http://CertificatesForExchange.com/ http://certificatesforexchange.com/for certificates from just $23.99. Need a domain for your certificate? http://DomainsForExchange.net/http://domainsforexchange.net/ Exchange Resources: http://exbpa.com/ *From:* John Bowles [mailto:john.bow...@wlkmmas.org] *Sent:* 12 January 2010 18:37 *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* Exchange 2003 Migration to Exchange 2010 All- I have a client who is currently running Exchange 2003 single server and already has an Exchange 2K7 server installed into the Exchange Organization. Nothing has been moved over to the new server as of yet. My question is this, the customer now has decided they'd like to go to Exchange 2010... Do I just update the schema again and then installe Exchange 2010 on top of the E2K7 box? TIA, John Bowles
Re: Exchange 2003 Migration to Exchange 2010
Not trying to hijack the thread, but has anyone done an exchange 2003 to 2010 migration ? I'm in a single server exch2003 sp2 environment now and have been having discussions with management on migrating to either 2007 or 2010. I'm leaning towards 2010 because of it's better virtualization support. On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 4:04 PM, Simon Butler si...@sembee.co.uk wrote: You cannot install Exchange 2010 on top of Exchange 2007. Therefore you will need to remove Exchange 2007 using add/remove programs. Personally I would also rebuild the host machine. If you are in a single domain environment then you do not have to extend the schema manually – the setup GUI will do everything for you automatically. Simon. -- Simon Butler MVP: Exchange, MCSE Sembee Ltd. e: si...@sembee.co.uk w: http://www.sembee.co.uk/ w: http://www.amset.info/ w: http://blog.sembee.co.uk/ Need cheap certificates for Exchange, compatible with Windows Mobile 5.0? http://CertificatesForExchange.com/ http://certificatesforexchange.com/for certificates from just $23.99. Need a domain for your certificate? http://DomainsForExchange.net/http://domainsforexchange.net/ Exchange Resources: http://exbpa.com/ *From:* John Bowles [mailto:john.bow...@wlkmmas.org] *Sent:* 12 January 2010 18:37 *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* Exchange 2003 Migration to Exchange 2010 All- I have a client who is currently running Exchange 2003 single server and already has an Exchange 2K7 server installed into the Exchange Organization. Nothing has been moved over to the new server as of yet. My question is this, the customer now has decided they'd like to go to Exchange 2010... Do I just update the schema again and then installe Exchange 2010 on top of the E2K7 box? TIA, John Bowles
Re: How many Exchange Admins do you have???
500 or so, just me, but I also support AD, Citrix, VMWare, Windows Server, OpsManager, WSUS, AppSense, etc., get the violins out please :-) +1. I feel your pain James, I'll trade you AppSense and 500 users for Websense across 60 remote sites and ~750 users. On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 2:41 PM, James Rankin kz2...@googlemail.com wrote: 500 or so, just me, but I also support AD, Citrix, VMWare, Windows Server, OpsManager, WSUS, AppSense, etc., get the violins out please :-) 2010/1/11 McCready, Rob rob.mccrea...@dplinc.com Anybody have any articles that suggest how many mailboxes ONE Exchange Admin should support? I’m sure it varies greatly from company to company, but I’m just trying to get a general baseline. How many do you guys support? Thanks! -- On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.
Secure SMTP VS Setup.
All -- I could use some help with setting up a secure SMTP VS to allow users on mobile devices to send through our SMTP gateway. I'm running Exchange 2003 SP2. I've setup the second VS to listen on port 587, I've attached a wildcard cert, and made sure anon access is removed and auth and 128-bit are required. I've created the rule on our FW, but no dice. any ideas ? Thanks, Harry.
Re: Defragmenting servers
After doing some digging, I did find the answer to my initial question. When it comes to defrag'n your VM guests, it's recommended. http://communities.vmware.com/thread/77661 On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 3:23 PM, mqcarp mqcarpen...@gmail.com wrote: I have wondered this too Harry but I think the question is better put to your shared storage provider. That said, we are testing out Vizioncore's vOptimizer as well On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 5:25 PM, Harry Singh hbo...@gmail.com wrote: Is it recommended to kick off defrag's for VM's who are using shared storage ? On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 5:41 PM, David Lum david@nwea.org wrote: We use PerfectDisk here with uh...results. Inobtrusive, but no idea if it helps or not. I mean the servers stay defragged but that's about all I know :-) David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764 -Original Message- From: mqcarp [mailto:mqcarpen...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 1:47 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Defragmenting servers Does anyone use tools like diskeeper to defrag their nondatabase servers? Is it recommended? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Droid - The next thing?
Verizon's service offerings are prohibitive. They boast a better network, but in order to get anywhere near the volume of IPhone users,they have to introduce an aggressive all-you-can-eat plan and let the network do the talking.. I sure hope it plays well with Exchange. On 10/23/09, Steven M. Caesare scaes...@caesare.com wrote: It specifically mentions Android 2.0 at the end. -sc -Original Message- From: Carl Houseman [mailto:c.house...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 4:45 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Droid - The next thing? Does this DROID (licensed from LucasFilm Ltd.) imply the Android OS, or is it something else? Carl -Original Message- From: Maglinger, Paul [mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com] Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 4:35 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Droid - The next thing? http://phones.verizonwireless.com/motorola/droid/?cmp=OTC-Droid-redirect1 Now if it only plays nice with Exchange... -Paul -- Sent from my mobile device
Re: Postini Quarantine
Does it (Ninja VIPRE) install on HT/CAS servers or MBX servers ? Can it run
on a virtualized instance of an HT/CAS server ? What's the performance hit
on those servers (CPU/MEM/DISK) ? If any ?
On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 11:10 AM, Eldridge, Dave d...@parkviewmc.com wrote:
Got to +1 that also.
It just works.
*From:* Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:saber...@gmail.com]
*Sent:* Thursday, October 22, 2009 9:08 AM
*To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues
*Subject:* Re: Postini Quarantine
No, it's installed on my Exchange server. It quarantines what I tell it to
quarantine, deletes what I tell it to delete, and I have ~ 2% (guesstimate)
of spam actually getting to mailboxes. Plus, it has the user level spam
control in the mailboxes. I installed it several months ago, since then
I've done maybe an hours worth of time in tweaking, making changes in it.
Administrative overhead is virtually non-existent.
On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 10:00 AM, Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.com
wrote:
Is someone hosting it, though?
On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 10:47 AM, Sherry Abercrombie saber...@gmail.com
wrote:
Ninja. It just works.
On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 9:40 AM, Ben Scott mailvor...@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 2:43 PM, Don Guyer don.gu...@prufoxroach.com
wrote:
MX Logic. Now, they do have their good and
bad moments, but nothing like we experienced
with Postini.
We're actually unhappy with MX Logic because of the opposite
problem: *Everything* gets silently discarded, almost nothing shows up
in quarantine, and there's no way to find out what happened to the
mail people aren't getting. This despite having it set to quarantine
everything.
Isn't there a happy medium here somewhere?!? :-)
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Re: Postini Quarantine
I'm having similar issues with Postini. I suppose i should upgrade filtering organization wide to Aggressive. It's been ok for the past year, but within the past month i've seen a lot come through, not many FP's to report though. It's SPAM, nothing is 100% full-proof and Postini is one less service i have to manage/monitor/backup which means i have more time and resources at hand to focus on items that require as much. Although i would be interested to see if MXLogic is cheaper these days than Positini. Harry. On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 3:16 PM, Roger Wright rhw...@gmail.com wrote: You'll probably want to Blackhole obvious spam, and this will prevent 70% or more from even hitting the remaining filters. Roger Wright ___ Sent from Tampa, FL, United States On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 2:52 PM, John Hornbuckle john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us wrote: We had looked at them, but they were considerably more expensive than Postini. And, frankly, we trusted the Google name. The archiving feature works great, and the service has never had a hiccup (in terms of mail flow) since we started using it. No complaints there. Just too much mail going into quarantine that should be blocked outright. I’ve got the filter sensitivity set to 3, which is the middle of the road between the lenient and aggressive ends. I would’ve thought that was okay. I’ve just bumped it up to 4 for my own account to see if that makes a difference. I don’t want to get too aggressive, though… John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District 318 North Clark Street Perry, FL 32347 www.taylor.k12.fl.us *From:* Don Guyer [mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com] *Sent:* Wednesday, October 21, 2009 2:43 PM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Postini Quarantine MX Logic. Now, they do have their good and bad moments, but nothing like we experienced with Postini. Don Guyer Systems Engineer - Information Services Prudential, Fox Roach/Trident Group 431 W. Lancaster Avenue Devon, PA 19333 Direct: (610) 993-3299 Fax: (610) 650-5306 don.gu...@prufoxroach.com *From:* Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Wednesday, October 21, 2009 2:42 PM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Postini Quarantine And what are you using now? On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 2:36 PM, Don Guyer don.gu...@prufoxroach.com wrote: We dumped Postini because of reasons such as this. Don Guyer Systems Engineer - Information Services Prudential, Fox Roach/Trident Group 431 W. Lancaster Avenue Devon, PA 19333 Direct: (610) 993-3299 Fax: (610) 650-5306 don.gu...@prufoxroach.com *From:* John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] *Sent:* Wednesday, October 21, 2009 2:33 PM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* OT: Postini Quarantine I'm having rotten luck with Postini's junk mail filtering, and wondering if I was the only one. Here's a typical example: Note that only 2 messages were blocked outright as spam, while a couple of thousand were quarantined. When I look at the quarantined messages, they’re very blatant spam--various colon cleansers and enlargers and what not. I’ve been working with Postini support, but am going around in circles with them. They say everything is configured correctly, and they say something about them making some changes on their end, and something else about me submitting spam headers to them, blah bah. Nobody there seems to think this is quite as problematic as I do. And granted, the junk isn’t making it into my users’ inboxes—but it’s making it into their quarantine, and it takes time to look over that (my personal daily quarantine summary generally has 150 or so messages in it). So I’m wondering of those of you who use Postini… Do you see similar results? Or do you have better luck having spam blocked outright? John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District 318 North Clark Street Perry, FL 32347 www.taylor.k12.fl.us NOTICE: Florida has a broad public records law. Most written communications to or from this entity are public records that will be disclosed to the public and the media upon request. E-mail communications may be subject to public disclosure. NOTICE: Florida has a broad public records law. Most written communications to or from this entity are public records that will be disclosed to the public and the media upon request. E-mail communications may be subject to public disclosure. image001.png
Re: Remote control of BB
dameware allows for remote control of BB's ?? On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 1:53 PM, Don Andrews don.andr...@safeway.com wrote: What if anything are you folks using to remote control your Blackberry devices? (ala Dameware etc.)
Re: Remote control of BB
Excuse my ignorance, but what exactly do you see during a logmein control session on a BB ? what can you control ? On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 2:02 PM, Steve Ens stevey...@gmail.com wrote: Logmein can do it...I haven't paid extra for that service. On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 12:53 PM, Don Andrews don.andr...@safeway.comwrote: What if anything are you folks using to remote control your Blackberry devices? (ala Dameware etc.)
Re: Antigen
We use to use Antigen but after we switched over to Postini for anti-SPAM/AV, i can't say i've experienced any real issues with Viruses via e-mail. On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 2:16 PM, mqcarp mqcarpen...@gmail.com wrote: Anyone still use Antigen? I am debating not renewing this service as we have several layers of AV. Since MS bought this product it has been more of a headache than anything. Is it still a common tool to use on Exchange? EX03
Exchange and MSDE
All - There is an MSDE instance on an Exchange box and i'm trying to figure out which application is actually writing to this instance. There aren't any SQL tools installed on the box, is there a way for me to determine who is writing to this MSDE database without installing the tools ? After running Perfwiz i noticed high-disk usage coming from the sqlserver instance and i need to know if MSDE is even necessary on this box at all. Best,
Re: Exchange and MSDE
Backup Exec -- The remote agent is installed since they have a stand alone server that acts as the Backup Exec media server. It could possibly be part of an older Backup Exec package, not quite sure.. On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 11:29 AM, Martin Blackstone mblackst...@gmail.comwrote: What backup software are you running? *From:* Harry Singh [mailto:hbo...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Wednesday, September 09, 2009 8:13 AM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* Exchange and MSDE All - There is an MSDE instance on an Exchange box and i'm trying to figure out which application is actually writing to this instance. There aren't any SQL tools installed on the box, is there a way for me to determine who is writing to this MSDE database without installing the tools ? After running Perfwiz i noticed high-disk usage coming from the sqlserver instance and i need to know if MSDE is even necessary on this box at all. Best,
Re: Exchange and MSDE
I'm going in this direction, since i have a sneaky suspicion it is around from a previous full blown BE install.. We'll if anyone complains.. Thanks all. On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 12:33 PM, Steven M. Caesare scaes...@caesare.comwrote: Kill it and see what app complains or which phone rings? Netstat and see what is connecting to its port (or if яявя™s local host, then determine which process owns the other end of the connection). -sc *From:* Harry Singh [mailto:hbo...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Wednesday, September 09, 2009 11:13 AM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* Exchange and MSDE All - There is an MSDE instance on an Exchange box and i'm trying to figure out which application is actually writing to this instance. There aren't any SQL tools installed on the box, is there a way for me to determine who is writing to this MSDE database without installing the tools ? After running Perfwiz i noticed high-disk usage coming from the sqlserver instance and i need to know if MSDE is even necessary on this box at all. Best,
Re: Exchange 2003 Server Hanging
Definitely sounds like hardware. I had Dell run their DSET report but they didn't find anything alarming yet. I'm running Perfwiz now and should it happen again hopefully it can tell me something a little more descriptive. On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 8:42 AM, Maglinger, Paul pmaglin...@scvl.com wrote: You could try a good old-fashioned reseating of the memory and cards. Sometimes that works miracles. -Original Message- From: Sobey, Richard A [mailto:r.so...@imperial.ac.uk] Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 7:35 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2003 Server Hanging I suspect hardware issues. Does the server have any built-in diagnostics? -Original Message- From: bounce-8646740-8066...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com [mailto:bounce-8646740-8066...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] On Behalf Of Harry Singh Sent: 02 September 2009 01:01 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Exchange 2003 Server Hanging All- I'm getting reports from a client that recently, after about 3 days of operation, their exh2k3 server hangs and requires a manual reboot. Environment: Single exchange 2k3 SP1 sitting on Win2K SP4 OS. AD 2003 R2.. SDSF I noticed the controller firmware being outdated and plan on updating it tonight, any other gotcha's that I'm overlooking? I'm scanning FW logs checking for suspicious consecutive access attempts on 80/443 right now. Best, Harry -- Sent from my mobile device
Exchange 2003 Server Hanging
All- I'm getting reports from a client that recently, after about 3 days of operation, their exh2k3 server hangs and requires a manual reboot. Environment: Single exchange 2k3 SP1 sitting on Win2K SP4 OS. AD 2003 R2.. SDSF I noticed the controller firmware being outdated and plan on updating it tonight, any other gotcha's that I'm overlooking? I'm scanning FW logs checking for suspicious consecutive access attempts on 80/443 right now. Best, Harry -- Sent from my mobile device
Re: Exchange 2003 Server Hanging
Last time it occuured , the event log was squeaky clean. On 9/1/09, Harry Singh hbo...@gmail.com wrote: All- I'm getting reports from a client that recently, after about 3 days of operation, their exh2k3 server hangs and requires a manual reboot. Environment: Single exchange 2k3 SP1 sitting on Win2K SP4 OS. AD 2003 R2.. SDSF I noticed the controller firmware being outdated and plan on updating it tonight, any other gotcha's that I'm overlooking? I'm scanning FW logs checking for suspicious consecutive access attempts on 80/443 right now. Best, Harry -- Sent from my mobile device -- Sent from my mobile device
Re: Exchange 2003 Server Hanging
None that i'm aware of right now. That would be a great tool for the arsenal in a case like this. On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 8:27 PM, Erik Goldoff egold...@gmail.com wrote: any chance of a snapshot of running/stopped services list at the time of the hang ? Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, Security -Original Message- From: Harry Singh [mailto:hbo...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 8:20 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Exchange 2003 Server Hanging Last time it occuured , the event log was squeaky clean. On 9/1/09, Harry Singh hbo...@gmail.com wrote: All- I'm getting reports from a client that recently, after about 3 days of operation, their exh2k3 server hangs and requires a manual reboot. Environment: Single exchange 2k3 SP1 sitting on Win2K SP4 OS. AD 2003 R2.. SDSF I noticed the controller firmware being outdated and plan on updating it tonight, any other gotcha's that I'm overlooking? I'm scanning FW logs checking for suspicious consecutive access attempts on 80/443 right now. Best, Harry -- Sent from my mobile device -- Sent from my mobile device
Strange Exchange Freeze
All - Exchange 2003 SP1 sitting on Windows 2000 SP4 AD 2003 R2 I noticed that my mail server froze completely, i couldn't RDP get into task manager, nothing. I had to physically shut it down and bring it back up. Prior to the freeze i noticed some users were getting the Outlook prompt in their sys trays Outlook is retrieving information from your server, I KVM'd into the box and everything froze, hence the reboot. Now rebooted, everything is up but i notice an that at times a few users are getting the same prompt -- I've never received or experienced this on the mail server, and it's been up and running for over 3 years without this kind of issue. What can i do to start the troubleshooting process ? I checked my physical disks and they are all okay. Memory utilization is abnormal either. Is there a specific counter inside Perfmon i can monitor ? Looking forward to your help and suggestions, Thanks,
Re: Strange Exchange Freeze
I have a broadcom team of 2 nics doing dynamic link addregation (LACP) I've updated the drivers about 3 weeks ago, when the last maintenance window passed. I didn't notice anything else on the network at that time, but i'm looking at the cacti graphs of the switches right now.. On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 2:31 PM, Sherry Abercrombie saber...@gmail.comwrote: Network issues? Exchange is probably the most sensitive application to network throughput issues that I've seen. Or maybe it's just more noticeable to users because of it's widespread use and that little pop-up that the users see. On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 1:21 PM, Harry Singh hbo...@gmail.com wrote: All - Exchange 2003 SP1 sitting on Windows 2000 SP4 AD 2003 R2 I noticed that my mail server froze completely, i couldn't RDP get into task manager, nothing. I had to physically shut it down and bring it back up. Prior to the freeze i noticed some users were getting the Outlook prompt in their sys trays Outlook is retrieving information from your server, I KVM'd into the box and everything froze, hence the reboot. Now rebooted, everything is up but i notice an that at times a few users are getting the same prompt -- I've never received or experienced this on the mail server, and it's been up and running for over 3 years without this kind of issue. What can i do to start the troubleshooting process ? I checked my physical disks and they are all okay. Memory utilization is abnormal either. Is there a specific counter inside Perfmon i can monitor ? Looking forward to your help and suggestions, Thanks, -- Sherry Abercrombie Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke
Re: Strange Exchange Freeze
3com 5500G-EI switches. I've defined LACP on the port level and yup, everything has working as it should for weeks now. My first supposition is the network, but it's just plain weird how the box itself locked up and i had to physically shut it down. Nothing in the event log, that i've seen, triggers much of anything else.. On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 8:12 PM, Andy Shook andy.sh...@peak10.com wrote: What switch(es) is(are) this server connected to а If yo АЩre doing LaCP on the server via Broadcom control suite, you have to let the switches know at the port level, did anything change on the switch after the driver upgrade, I assume this was working as needed before the new Broadcom bits? а Shook *From:* Harry Singh [mailto:hbo...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Wednesday, August 12, 2009 2:35 PM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Strange Exchange Freeze I have a broadcom team of 2 nics doing dynamic link addregation (LACP) I've updated the drivers about 3 weeks ago, when the last maintenance window passed. I didn't notice anything else on the network at that time, but i'm looking at the cacti graphs of the switches right now.. On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 2:31 PM, Sherry Abercrombie saber...@gmail.com wrote: Network issues? Exchange is probably the most sensitive application to network throughput issues that I've seen. Or maybe it's just more noticeable to users because of it's widespread use and that little pop-up that the users see. On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 1:21 PM, Harry Singh hbo...@gmail.com wrote: All - Exchange 2003 SP1 sitting on Windows 2000 SP4 AD 2003 R2 I noticed that my mail server froze completely, i couldn't RDP get into task manager, nothing. I had to physically shut it down and bring it back up. Prior to the freeze i noticed some users were getting the Outlook prompt in their sys trays Outlook is retrieving information from your server, I KVM'd into the box and everything froze, hence the reboot. Now rebooted, everything is up but i notice an that at times a few users are getting the same prompt -- I've never received or experienced this on the mail server, and it's been up and running for over 3 years without this kind of issue. What can i do to start the troubleshooting process ? I checked my physical disks and they are all okay. Memory utilization is abnormal either. Is there a specific counter inside Perfmon i can monitor ? Looking forward to your help and suggestions, Thanks, -- Sherry Abercrombie Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke
Re: Strange Exchange Freeze
Word.. On 8/12/09, Andy Shook andy.sh...@peak10.com wrote: Wow; yore = you Öre Mus ÇŽgo Žhom ÇŽca ÇÖt Žwor ÇŽmu Ô Žlonger. Did you hear the one about ôsc not being a total dork-fish? Me neithe ÇŽ Shook From: Andy Shook [mailto:andy.sh...@peak10.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 8:12 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Strange Exchange Freeze What switch(es) is(are) this server connected to If yore doing LaCP on the server via Broadcom control suite, you have to let the switches know at the port level, did anything change on the switch after the driver upgrade, I assume this was working as needed before the new Broadcom bits? Shook From: Harry Singh [mailto:hbo...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 2:35 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Strange Exchange Freeze I have a broadcom team of 2 nics doing dynamic link addregation (LACP) I've updated the drivers about 3 weeks ago, when the last maintenance window passed. I didn't notice anything else on the network at that time, but i'm looking at the cacti graphs of the switches right now.. On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 2:31 PM, Sherry Abercrombie saber...@gmail.commailto:saber...@gmail.com wrote: Network issues? Exchange is probably the most sensitive application to network throughput issues that I've seen. Or maybe it's just more noticeable to users because of it's widespread use and that little pop-up that the users see. On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 1:21 PM, Harry Singh hbo...@gmail.commailto:hbo...@gmail.com wrote: All - Exchange 2003 SP1 sitting on Windows 2000 SP4 AD 2003 R2 I noticed that my mail server froze completely, i couldn't RDP get into task manager, nothing. I had to physically shut it down and bring it back up. Prior to the freeze i noticed some users were getting the Outlook prompt in their sys trays Outlook is retrieving information from your server, I KVM'd into the box and everything froze, hence the reboot. Now rebooted, everything is up but i notice an that at times a few users are getting the same prompt -- I've never received or experienced this on the mail server, and it's been up and running for over 3 years without this kind of issue. What can i do to start the troubleshooting process ? I checked my physical disks and they are all okay. Memory utilization is abnormal either. Is there a specific counter inside Perfmon i can monitor ? Looking forward to your help and suggestions, Thanks, -- Sherry Abercrombie Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke
Re: Strange Exchange Freeze
Same characters happen to me.. On 8/12/09, Steven M. Caesare scaes...@caesare.com wrote: ÿÿ€™ll ignore that little factoid I would have preferred you keep under wraps and ask: did you have characters just disappear out of your messages? Happens to me on this list. -sc From: Andy Shook [mailto:andy.sh...@peak10.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 8:16 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Strange Exchange Freeze Wow; yore = yore Musthomecanworkmuclonger. Did you hear the one abousc not being a total dork-fish? Me neith Shook From: Andy Shook [mailto:andy.sh...@peak10.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 8:12 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Strange Exchange Freeze What switch(es) is(are) this server connected to If yore doing LaCP on the server via Broadcom control suite, you have to let the switches know at the port level, did anything change on the switch after the driver upgrade, I assume this was working as needed before the new Broadcom bits? Shook From: Harry Singh [mailto:hbo...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 2:35 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Strange Exchange Freeze I have a broadcom team of 2 nics doing dynamic link addregation (LACP) I've updated the drivers about 3 weeks ago, when the last maintenance window passed. I didn't notice anything else on the network at that time, but i'm looking at the cacti graphs of the switches right now.. On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 2:31 PM, Sherry Abercrombie saber...@gmail.com wrote: Network issuesÿÿ Exchange is probably the most sensitive application to network throughput issues that I've seenÿÿ Or maybe it's just more noticeable to users because of it's widespread use and that little pop-up that the users see. On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 1:21 PM, Harry Singh hbo...@gmail.com wrote: All - Exchange 2003 SP1 sitting on Windows 2000 SP4 AD 2003 R2 I noticed that my mail server froze completely, i couldn't RDP get into task manager, nothing. I had to physically shut it down and bring it back up. Prior to the freeze i noticed some users were getting the Outlook prompt in their sys trays Outlook is retrieving information from your server, I KVM'd into the box and everything froze, hence the reboot. Now rebooted, everything is up but i notice an that at times a few users are getting the same prompt -- I've never received or experienced this on the mail server, and it's been up and running for over 3 years without this kind of issue. What can i do to start the troubleshooting process ? I checked my physical disks and they are all okay. Memory utilization is abnormal either. Is there a specific counter inside Perfmon i can monitor ? Looking forward to your help and suggestions, Thanks, -- Sherry Abercrombie Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke
Re: List server scrambling characters
That's an impressive e-mail. Good work. - Via gmail On 8/12/09, Ben Scott mailvor...@gmail.com wrote: It appears the server software running this mailing list (Friggin' Lyris) is sometimes scrambling characters. Scrambled characters may appear as boxes, question marks, or other funky characters. I've done some testing and established the following: * Messages containing only ASCII, with no transfer encoding, go through fine * Messages containing Unicode characters represented by HTML numeric character references in HTML format mail (which is ASCII in transfer), go through fine * Messages containing literal Unicode characters, encoded as UTF-8, encoded as BASE64, get scrambled Why Unicode? Well, some version of Outlook replace ASCII unidirectional quotes and apostrophes with their Unicode directional equivalents. I suspect they also replace the traditional emoticon :) with the Unicode smiley-face character. Since Internet email is generally forced to ASCII for transfer (7-bit clean), any message containing Unicode must be encoded for transfer. Some flavors of Outlook/Exchange are using BASE64 encoding for that. For whatever reason, Lyris re-processes the message bodies, and screws things up in the process. In my testing, Outlook/Word 2003 always send an ASCII payload. If the message is plain text format, it silent downgrades Unicode to ASCII upon send. If the message is HTML format, it encodes an Unicode characters using HTML numeric character references -- like #8216; -- yielding an ASCII payload, thus avoiding the need for a transfer encoding. I did my own testing with Outlook 2003 and Gmail via Firefox 3.5.2. I tried both WordMail and native-editor modes of Outlook, and both plain-text and HTML format mail. All worked fine. Outlook always sent ASCII payloads, as I mentioned. Gmail uses quoted-printable for a transfer encoding, which Lyris doesn't seem to have a problem with. With the help of Steven Caesare, I was able to obtain a message body from Outlook 2007. That message body contains plain text and HTML alternatives. Both were encoded using BASE64, properly indicated with Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64. Both also indicated a UTF-8 character set; hence the need for a transfer encoding. I copied those message bodies and used them for testing via direct SMTP injection. Sent directly to Gmail, no problem. Sent directly to our inside mail server (Exchange 2003), they viewed fine in Outlook 2003. Sent via direct SMTP injection to Lyris, both Gmail and Outlook showed scrambled characters. In the past, we've seen Lyris malfunction in a different way that also involved transfer encoding. Lyris would take a plain text message, with no encoding, and encode the body as BASE64, but not indicate a transfer encoding, thus causing everyone else to see raw BASE64. Angus Scott-Fleming was a common victim of this. In conclusion: Does Lyris have any redeeming features what-so-ever? :-) -- Ben
Re: Exchange Notification App
Any good links on how to successfully setup Nagios on Windows to monitor Exchange ? On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 10:35 AM, Andrew Greene agre...@cityofanderson.comwrote: +1 Andrew Greene IS Technician / Webmaster City of Anderson *From:* Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:saber...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Wednesday, July 29, 2009 10:18 AM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Exchange Notification App Nagios On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 9:16 AM, John Bowles john.bow...@wlkmmas.org wrote: All- I'm looking for an app that sends notifications to cell phones or any other device in case the Exchange server is down and cannot deliver reports. I'm sure most of you guys/gals have this functionality on your systems. Could your recommend a few to look at? Thank you, John Bowles -- Sherry Abercrombie Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke
Re: Exchange Notification App
lol.My bad All -- I should have known better before hitting send. On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 10:44 AM, Damien Solodow damien.solo...@harrison.edu wrote: Shook, thatÿÿ™s not very helpful. This is a much more useful link: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=nagios+exchange+server *From:* Andy Shook [mailto:andy.sh...@peak10.com] *Sent:* Wednesday, July 29, 2009 10:41 AM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Exchange Notification App www.google.com Shook *From:* Harry Singh [mailto:hbo...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Wednesday, July 29, 2009 10:38 AM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Exchange Notification App Any good links on how to successfully setup Nagios on Windows to monitor Exchange ? On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 10:35 AM, Andrew Greene agre...@cityofanderson.com wrote: +1 Andrew Greene IS Technician / Webmaster City of Anderson *From:* Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:saber...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Wednesday, July 29, 2009 10:18 AM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Exchange Notification App Nagios On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 9:16 AM, John Bowles john.bow...@wlkmmas.org wrote: All- I'm looking for an app that sends notifications to cell phones or any other device in case the Exchange server is down and cannot deliver reports. I'm sure most of you guys/gals have this functionality on your systems. Could your recommend a few to look at? Thank you, John Bowles -- Sherry Abercrombie Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke
Duplicate E-mails.
All - Exchange 2003 SP1 - Windows 2003 R2 AD FFL Outlook 2003 , various SP levels. I recently received reports from 2 users who are receiving the same e-mail twice. It happens sporadically and for both internal users and external contacts as well. I confirmed with the sending user that the message only appears once in their sent items. I tried blowing the outlook profile, but the problem came back. Any ideas how i can try and troubleshoot this ?
Re: Duplicate E-mails.
Yes. Exactly the same, down to the time. On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 10:28 AM, Wulff Jr, Ronald J. rwu...@reedsmith.comwrote: Is the header the same on both copies of the duplicate message? *Ronald Wulff Jr* 412.288.3601 rwu...@reedsmith.com Reed Smith LLP 20 Stanwix St Suite 1200 Pittsburgh, PA 15222 *From:* Harry Singh [mailto:hbo...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Tuesday, July 28, 2009 10:26 AM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* Duplicate E-mails. All - Exchange 2003 SP1 - Windows 2003 R2 AD FFL Outlook 2003 , various SP levels. I recently received reports from 2 users who are receiving the same e-mail twice. It happens sporadically and for both internal users and external contacts as well. I confirmed with the sending user that the message only appears once in their sent items. I tried blowing the outlook profile, but the problem came back. Any ideas how i can try and troubleshoot this ? * * * This E-mail, along with any attachments, is considered confidential and may well be legally privileged. If you have received it in error, you are on notice of its status. Please notify us immediately by reply e-mail and then delete this message from your system. Please do not copy it or use it for any purposes, or disclose its contents to any other person. Thank you for your cooperation. * * * To ensure compliance with Treasury Department regulations, we inform you that, unless otherwise indicated in writing, any U.S. Federal tax advice contained in this communication (including any attachments) is not intended or written to be used, and cannot be used, for the purpose of (1) avoiding penalties under the Internal Revenue Code or applicable state and local provisions or (2) promoting, marketing or recommending to another party any tax-related matters addressed herein. Disclaimer Version RS.US.1.01.03 pdc1
Re: Duplicate E-mails.
Message tracking doesn't show duplicate messages for internal users so far. I'm waiting for the user to give me exact details about the internal users: Sender, time, date etc so i can narrow it down. But so far, based on a time period given to me as to when the user received duplicate e-mail, i don't see anything out of the ordinary in Message Tracking. FWIW, this particular's user's smtp, display and logon name changed as a result of a name change, but the mailbox obviously didn't change. I doubt this would cause an issue, but just throwing it out there. On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 10:28 AM, Wulff Jr, Ronald J. rwu...@reedsmith.comwrote: Is the header the same on both copies of the duplicate message? *Ronald Wulff Jr* 412.288.3601 rwu...@reedsmith.com Reed Smith LLP 20 Stanwix St Suite 1200 Pittsburgh, PA 15222 *From:* Harry Singh [mailto:hbo...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Tuesday, July 28, 2009 10:26 AM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* Duplicate E-mails. All - Exchange 2003 SP1 - Windows 2003 R2 AD FFL Outlook 2003 , various SP levels. I recently received reports from 2 users who are receiving the same e-mail twice. It happens sporadically and for both internal users and external contacts as well. I confirmed with the sending user that the message only appears once in their sent items. I tried blowing the outlook profile, but the problem came back. Any ideas how i can try and troubleshoot this ? * * * This E-mail, along with any attachments, is considered confidential and may well be legally privileged. If you have received it in error, you are on notice of its status. Please notify us immediately by reply e-mail and then delete this message from your system. Please do not copy it or use it for any purposes, or disclose its contents to any other person. Thank you for your cooperation. * * * To ensure compliance with Treasury Department regulations, we inform you that, unless otherwise indicated in writing, any U.S. Federal tax advice contained in this communication (including any attachments) is not intended or written to be used, and cannot be used, for the purpose of (1) avoiding penalties under the Internal Revenue Code or applicable state and local provisions or (2) promoting, marketing or recommending to another party any tax-related matters addressed herein. Disclaimer Version RS.US.1.01.03 pdc1
Re: Duplicate E-mails.
Message tracking doesn't show duplicate e-mails for the external contact i'm looking up right now. Based on the headers and corresponding MSG ID in Message Tracking, i only see it once. On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 10:54 AM, Harry Singh hbo...@gmail.com wrote: Message tracking doesn't show duplicate messages for internal users so far. I'm waiting for the user to give me exact details about the internal users: Sender, time, date etc so i can narrow it down. But so far, based on a time period given to me as to when the user received duplicate e-mail, i don't see anything out of the ordinary in Message Tracking. FWIW, this particular's user's smtp, display and logon name changed as a result of a name change, but the mailbox obviously didn't change. I doubt this would cause an issue, but just throwing it out there. On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 10:28 AM, Wulff Jr, Ronald J. rwu...@reedsmith.com wrote: Is the header the same on both copies of the duplicate message? *Ronald Wulff Jr* 412.288.3601 rwu...@reedsmith.com Reed Smith LLP 20 Stanwix St Suite 1200 Pittsburgh, PA 15222 *From:* Harry Singh [mailto:hbo...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Tuesday, July 28, 2009 10:26 AM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* Duplicate E-mails. All - Exchange 2003 SP1 - Windows 2003 R2 AD FFL Outlook 2003 , various SP levels. I recently received reports from 2 users who are receiving the same e-mail twice. It happens sporadically and for both internal users and external contacts as well. I confirmed with the sending user that the message only appears once in their sent items. I tried blowing the outlook profile, but the problem came back. Any ideas how i can try and troubleshoot this ? * * * This E-mail, along with any attachments, is considered confidential and may well be legally privileged. If you have received it in error, you are on notice of its status. Please notify us immediately by reply e-mail and then delete this message from your system. Please do not copy it or use it for any purposes, or disclose its contents to any other person. Thank you for your cooperation. * * * To ensure compliance with Treasury Department regulations, we inform you that, unless otherwise indicated in writing, any U.S. Federal tax advice contained in this communication (including any attachments) is not intended or written to be used, and cannot be used, for the purpose of (1) avoiding penalties under the Internal Revenue Code or applicable state and local provisions or (2) promoting, marketing or recommending to another party any tax-related matters addressed herein. Disclaimer Version RS.US.1.01.03 pdc1
Re: Duplicate E-mails.
What if the user doesn't have any PST/OST files ? On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 11:03 AM, Knoch, James W james.kn...@intergraph.com wrote: When there is not an actual duplicate message sent, in most casesÿÿâÿ™ve seen duplicates usually caused by corruption in PST or OST filesÿÿ Also, errant rules can cause issues as wellÿÿ For the PST/OST run ScanPST or ScanOST or create a new PST/OST file. James *From:* Harry Singh [mailto:hbo...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Tuesday, July 28, 2009 9:26 AM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* Duplicate E-mails. All - Exchange 2003 SP1 - Windows 2003 R2 AD FFL Outlook 2003 , various SP levels. I recently received reports from 2 users who are receiving the same e-mail twice. It happens sporadically and for both internal users and external contacts as well. I confirmed with the sending user that the message only appears once in their sent items. I tried blowing the outlook profile, but the problem came back. Any ideas how i can try and troubleshoot this ?
Re: Duplicate E-mails.
Yes, they have BB's. On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 10:59 AM, Wulff Jr, Ronald J. rwu...@reedsmith.comwrote: Does your user have a blackberry? *Ronald Wulff Jr* 412.288.3601 rwu...@reedsmith.com Reed Smith LLP 20 Stanwix St Suite 1200 Pittsburgh, PA 15222 *From:* Harry Singh [mailto:hbo...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Tuesday, July 28, 2009 10:58 AM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Duplicate E-mails. Message tracking doesn't show duplicate e-mails for the external contact i'm looking up right now. Based on the headers and corresponding MSG ID in Message Tracking, i only see it once. On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 10:54 AM, Harry Singh hbo...@gmail.com wrote: Message tracking doesn't show duplicate messages for internal users so far. I'm waiting for the user to give me exact details about the internal users: Sender, time, date etc so i can narrow it down. But so far, based on a time period given to me as to when the user received duplicate e-mail, i don't see anything out of the ordinary in Message Tracking. FWIW, this particular's user's smtp, display and logon name changed as a result of a name change, but the mailbox obviously didn't change. I doubt this would cause an issue, but just throwing it out there. On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 10:28 AM, Wulff Jr, Ronald J. rwu...@reedsmith.com wrote: Is the header the same on both copies of the duplicate message? *Ronald Wulff Jr* 412.288.3601 rwu...@reedsmith.com Reed Smith LLP 20 Stanwix St Suite 1200 Pittsburgh, PA 15222 *From:* Harry Singh [mailto:hbo...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Tuesday, July 28, 2009 10:26 AM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* Duplicate E-mails. All - Exchange 2003 SP1 - Windows 2003 R2 AD FFL Outlook 2003 , various SP levels. I recently received reports from 2 users who are receiving the same e-mail twice. It happens sporadically and for both internal users and external contacts as well. I confirmed with the sending user that the message only appears once in their sent items. I tried blowing the outlook profile, but the problem came back. Any ideas how i can try and troubleshoot this ? * * * This E-mail, along with any attachments, is considered confidential and may well be legally privileged. If you have received it in error, you are on notice of its status. Please notify us immediately by reply e-mail and then delete this message from your system. Please do not copy it or use it for any purposes, or disclose its contents to any other person. Thank you for your cooperation. * * * To ensure compliance with Treasury Department regulations, we inform you that, unless otherwise indicated in writing, any U.S. Federal tax advice contained in this communication (including any attachments) is not intended or written to be used, and cannot be used, for the purpose of (1) avoiding penalties under the Internal Revenue Code or applicable state and local provisions or (2) promoting, marketing or recommending to another party any tax-related matters addressed herein. Disclaimer Version RS.US.1.01.03 pdc1
Re: Duplicate E-mails.
Everything we do here with BB is OTA , so no cradling. And i doubt these particular users are copying e-mails to specific folders or even have rules setup to do so, but i could be wrong. On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 11:16 AM, Wulff Jr, Ronald J. rwu...@reedsmith.comwrote: So, is it possible, that the user is copying the e-mail to another folder, then deleting the original, then cradling the BB after that, thus causing the BB to put it back into the inbox where it started? *Ronald Wulff Jr* 412.288.3601 rwu...@reedsmith.com Reed Smith LLP 20 Stanwix St Suite 1200 Pittsburgh, PA 15222 *From:* Harry Singh [mailto:hbo...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Tuesday, July 28, 2009 11:14 AM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Duplicate E-mails. Yes, they have BB's. On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 10:59 AM, Wulff Jr, Ronald J. rwu...@reedsmith.com wrote: Does your user have a blackberry? *Ronald Wulff Jr* 412.288.3601 rwu...@reedsmith.com Reed Smith LLP 20 Stanwix St Suite 1200 Pittsburgh, PA 15222 *From:* Harry Singh [mailto:hbo...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Tuesday, July 28, 2009 10:58 AM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Duplicate E-mails. Message tracking doesn't show duplicate e-mails for the external contact i'm looking up right now. Based on the headers and corresponding MSG ID in Message Tracking, i only see it once. On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 10:54 AM, Harry Singh hbo...@gmail.com wrote: Message tracking doesn't show duplicate messages for internal users so far. I'm waiting for the user to give me exact details about the internal users: Sender, time, date etc so i can narrow it down. But so far, based on a time period given to me as to when the user received duplicate e-mail, i don't see anything out of the ordinary in Message Tracking. FWIW, this particular's user's smtp, display and logon name changed as a result of a name change, but the mailbox obviously didn't change. I doubt this would cause an issue, but just throwing it out there. On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 10:28 AM, Wulff Jr, Ronald J. rwu...@reedsmith.com wrote: Is the header the same on both copies of the duplicate message? *Ronald Wulff Jr* 412.288.3601 rwu...@reedsmith.com Reed Smith LLP 20 Stanwix St Suite 1200 Pittsburgh, PA 15222 *From:* Harry Singh [mailto:hbo...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Tuesday, July 28, 2009 10:26 AM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* Duplicate E-mails. All - Exchange 2003 SP1 - Windows 2003 R2 AD FFL Outlook 2003 , various SP levels. I recently received reports from 2 users who are receiving the same e-mail twice. It happens sporadically and for both internal users and external contacts as well. I confirmed with the sending user that the message only appears once in their sent items. I tried blowing the outlook profile, but the problem came back. Any ideas how i can try and troubleshoot this ? * * * This E-mail, along with any attachments, is considered confidential and may well be legally privileged. If you have received it in error, you are on notice of its status. Please notify us immediately by reply e-mail and then delete this message from your system. Please do not copy it or use it for any purposes, or disclose its contents to any other person. Thank you for your cooperation. * * * To ensure compliance with Treasury Department regulations, we inform you that, unless otherwise indicated in writing, any U.S. Federal tax advice contained in this communication (including any attachments) is not intended or written to be used, and cannot be used, for the purpose of (1) avoiding penalties under the Internal Revenue Code or applicable state and local provisions or (2) promoting, marketing or recommending to another party any tax-related matters addressed herein. Disclaimer Version RS.US.1.01.03 pdc1
OT: Blackberry GAL
All -- We recently made the move from Goodlink to BES. I have a few annoyances, but one of the main and most annoying issues i'm hoping there is an answer for is: - Is there a way to default to the Exchange GAL when typing in a name during e-mail composition ? Right now, the list populates with your personal contacts within outlook and I'll have to lookup in order to find a name in the Exchange GAL.. - Is there a way to add or auto-populate a blackberry device with the most frequently e-mailed ? In other words, lets say you have 20 contacts with the last name Singh but frequently only e-mail 1 of them, is there a way to trick the blackberry to populate that Singh first ? Thanks,
Re: Blackberry GAL
Blackberry should really provide the admins the right to publish the Exchange GAL. So when i'm composing a message and i start typing in a persons name, the exchange GAL and my local contacts get auto-populated. I really don't see the resource/bandwidth/technical overhead with getting that done ( or I could just be resource/bandwidth/technically short-sighted) Maybe it's just my overall inexperience with blackberry and their respective shortcuts, but I'm really looking to type less, especially when it comes to the mundane part of adding the e-mail address. If I, or anyone, constantly e-mails a group of people --- is there a faster way of adding a frequently used recipient ? On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 3:07 PM, Don Andrews don.andr...@safeway.comwrote: I believe you can choose to add the results of a lookup to your contacts (we discourage this as it makes a static copy of a dynamic contact) Don’t know about your second question unless you’d like to prefix the field that is the sort key with a number or something. -- *From:* Harry Singh [mailto:hbo...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Thursday, July 23, 2009 7:46 AM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* OT: Blackberry GAL All -- We recently made the move from Goodlink to BES. I have a few annoyances, but one of the main and most annoying issues i'm hoping there is an answer for is: - Is there a way to default to the Exchange GAL when typing in a name during e-mail composition ? Right now, the list populates with your personal contacts within outlook and I'll have to lookup in order to find a name in the Exchange GAL.. - Is there a way to add or auto-populate a blackberry device with the most frequently e-mailed ? In other words, lets say you have 20 contacts with the last name Singh but frequently only e-mail 1 of them, is there a way to trick the blackberry to populate that Singh first ? Thanks,
