Re: Exchange 2003 Running Out Of Space
First, Needless to say, first of all, do a backup. Second partimage from the Linux rescue CD works as good as partition magic or any other commercial tool. Miguel De: Phil Hershey phers...@agia.com Para: MS-Exchange Admin Issues exchangelist@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Enviado: miércoles 12 de octubre de 2011 17:40 Asunto: RE: Exchange 2003 Running Out Of Space I highly recommend Acronis' Disk Director Server, and their backup/imaging products as well. Several years of good experiences with them. Phil Hershey Carpinteria, CA -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 8:25 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2003 Running Out Of Space I recommend you spend $300 and buy http://www.partition-manager.com/ There are other tools out there, but that's the one I know and trust. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Margo Blasko [mailto:margo.bla...@dcc-cdc.gc.ca] Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 10:59 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Exchange 2003 Running Out Of Space Hi, This isn't really an Exchange issue but I'm certain someone will be able to give advice. I have an old Dell PE2600 with Exchanged 2003 server (on Windows 2003 server) partitioned up as follows: C: OS (Raid 1) D: Stores and Logs (Raid 5) I recently added 2 more hard drives and reconstructed the Raid 5 array and would like to add this disk to the D: drive. Unfortunately the disks are in Basic. Can I convert my basic into dynamic disk on the live server and then extend the D: or would this be catastrophic? Thanks, Margo --- 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: System Back-up solution.
I'd go disk to disk backup buying a NAS device (maybe a cheap one) that lets you to extract/replace hard drives in a bay so you can take them offline. Going in the USB direction is very time consuming (USB bus is quite slow and you can overflood the device easily) and can prompt to failures. If you don't want to go to extractable-HDs way, you can use an old server, stick big HDs (1 Tb or so) and backup everything over the network and plug an USB disk that you can swap every week and take it offline. Miguel --- El lun, 7/6/10, Doug Rooney d...@sonomatilemakers.com escribió: De: Doug Rooney d...@sonomatilemakers.com Asunto: System Back-up solution. Para: MS-Exchange Admin Issues exchangelist@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Fecha: lunes, 7 de junio, 2010 13:13 Greetings all. We currently have DLT VS1 tape back-up as well as USB 2.0 connected external drives. We are using Backup Exec for the tapes and custom batch programs for the external drives, which by the way are connected on a separate back-up server. Our tapes are old and have many failures, upper management has decided to abandon tapes and go only with external drives. My question is, has anyone done this? What software do you use, Pros / Cons. The problem I am experiencing now is in order to back-up the data bases, I need to take them off-line. Thank you for any advice you can offer. (Exchange 2003, Windows 2003, one set of external drives are 500GB the other is 250GB) Thank You ~Doug Rooney Sonoma Tilemakers IT Manager 7750 Bell Rd. Windsor Ca, 95492 i...@sonomatilemakers.com
RE: List Etiquette
When it's one email, that's fine. When you post something to the list and you get 10 out of office emails, then it's annoying. Not alone that sometimes they don't even have a cache implemented and keep on getting out of office emails even when i reply to the same thread. That's my definition of annoying thing (that can be easily fixed). In some lists you are off the list if you refuse to change your OOO settings. Miguel --- El mar, 1/6/10, Sobey, Richard A r.so...@imperial.ac.uk escribió: De: Sobey, Richard A r.so...@imperial.ac.uk Asunto: RE: List Etiquette Para: MS-Exchange Admin Issues exchangelist@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Fecha: martes, 1 de junio, 2010 06:47 Or, for those that can, simply set their own Out of Office not to go to external senders. I’m in the “don’t give a cr$p” camp – OOO replies are just emails that take a few seconds to delete, or filter. Never been a problem. From: bounce-8945627-8066...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com [mailto:bounce-8945627-8066...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] On Behalf Of Cliff Partlow Sent: 01 June 2010 03:57 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: List Etiquette When I go out of office I just go to the Sunbelt site and set my account to not get email from the list during that time. Same here, it is just being courteous to the other list members. From The Sunny Side Of The Street!Cliff P. From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, May 31, 2010 7:48 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: List Etiquette Same. And these are *easy* to filter. For us that belong to distribution lists, this is a must. People use OOFs. Get over it. -- ME2On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 2:32 PM, James Kerr cluster...@gmail.com wrote:When I go out of office I just go to the sunbelt site and set my account to not get email from the list during that time. That being said I hardly ever set those things cause they just invite spammers. On 5/31/2010 12:33 PM, John Cook wrote:Keep this in mind (in case you get one from me) we are not allowed to access external email accounts (it does wonders for keeping bad things off the network) from behind the corp firewall so some of us don't have an option. I try not to set an OOF at all for this very reason. John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership for Strong Families - Original Message -From: James Bensleyjwbens...@gmail.com To: MS-Exchange Admin Issuesexchangelist@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Mon May 31 08:35:28 2010 Subject: Re: List Etiquette On 31 May 2010 13:03, Andrew Levickiand...@levicki.me.uk wrote: It's ironic, is it not, that it's only the Exchange list that suffers from the out of office problem? As I was typing my original post I did sense some irony there, apart from the obvious but also because of all the lists I am on, this one would be the most likely have a filter to stop out of office replies going through perhaps? -- Regards, James. http://www.jamesbensley.co.cc/ - There are only 10 kinds of people in the world, those who understand trinary, those who don't understand trinary and those who don't understand trinary. CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT: The information transmitted, or contained or attached to or with this Notice is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain Protected Health Information (PHI), confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, transmission, dissemination, or other use of, and taking any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient without the express written consent of the sender are prohibited. This information may be protected by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), and other Federal and Florida laws. Improper or unauthorized use or disclosure of this information could result in civil and/or criminal penalties. Consider the environment. Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to.
RE: Question about C: drive space on Exchange 2003
And temporary files. One way to clean up mailboxes database is to perform an online defrag or even an offline defrag. Normally online defrags don't save much space but offline defrags saved me lot of gigs (I had a 60 Gb shrinked to a 20-30 Gb) Miguel --- El vie, 5/3/10, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.com escribió: De: Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.com Asunto: RE: Question about C: drive space on Exchange 2003 Para: MS-Exchange Admin Issues exchangelist@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Fecha: viernes, 5 de marzo, 2010 11:30 SMTP protocol logging and/or IIS protocol logging (for OWA). Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Jon D [mailto:rekcahp...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, March 05, 2010 11:29 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Question about C: drive space on Exchange 2003 This is a dumb question, but I want to make sure I get it right. I have an exchange 2003 ent box. - C: drive has I think just the exchange app on it. - E: drive has exchange log files. - F: Drive has the exchange databases on it. With the senario, will anything I do to exchange cause the C drive to fill up or use more space? I need to increase all mailbox limits across the enterprise and the C drive is the only drive with some space issues. Thanks in advance, Jon .
RE: Native Exchange - Entourage
In my previous job we used to call it hellourage. It's a nightmare with Exchange 2003. Inboxes dissapeared and can't be recovered, etc, etc. No good --- El lun, 14/12/09, Martin Blackstone mblackst...@gmail.com escribió: De: Martin Blackstone mblackst...@gmail.com Asunto: RE: Native Exchange - Entourage Para: MS-Exchange Admin Issues exchangelist@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Fecha: lunes, 14 de diciembre, 2009 09:13 I believe: The Mac Mail (or Apple Mail) program in Snow Leopard needs Exchange 2007. But if he uses Entourage, Exchange 2003 shouldn't be a problem. So is this guy wanting to use Entourage, or the native email app in SL? -Original Message- From: Mayo, Bill [mailto:bem...@pittcountync.gov] Sent: Monday, December 14, 2009 5:34 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Native Exchange - Entourage I am pretty sure that the box says that it requires Exchange 2007. -Original Message- From: John Stevens [mailto:j...@js-internet.co.uk] Sent: Monday, December 14, 2009 8:31 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Native Exchange - Entourage It is the latest version (snow leopard) that I am referring to and is referred to as 'native' What I am asking is what os and exchange versions are supported to make this work? Well, what does native Exchange mean? The only Mac MAPI client was Mac Outlook:2001. I don't even think that runs on modern Macs (although I could be wrong - I've never tried). The most recent version of Entourage uses EWS (Exchange Web Services). That's only available in Exchange 2007 (I believe it requires sp2) and Exchange 2010. That's PROBABLY what is being referred to. All other versions of Entourage used WebDAV, which was available in Exchange 2003 and Exchange 2007. It isn't available in Exchange 2010. -Original Message- From: John Stevens [mailto:j...@js-internet.co.uk] Sent: Monday, December 14, 2009 8:03 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Native Exchange - Entourage I have a client that wants to run native exchange of a mac (through entourage). He is currently running Exchange 2003 and Server 2003, but native exchange, he is told, only runs on Exchange 2007... 1) Is his assumption right about Entourage? 2) Does he need to move to server 2008 to move to Exchange 2007 Etc Any comments would be appreciated. John
Re: Offline defragmentation of Exchange information store
Hi, Last year, when I was managing a SMB 2003 with Exchange we were thinking of migrating to Exchange 2007. We were recommended to perform an offline defrag before thinking of migrating. We shrinked a DB of 60 Gb to around 25 Gb. In fact, it meant that one of the reasons to migrate was to do it to a bigger server and then taking the chance of upgrading to Exchange 2007. Since the space issue disappeared, we could wait for an upgrade of the SMB server instead. So if there is a lot of time that you haven't performed any (or maybe never), it could be a good exercise. Miguel --- El mar, 18/8/09, Maglinger, Paul pmaglin...@scvl.com escribió: De: Maglinger, Paul pmaglin...@scvl.com Asunto: Offline defragmentation of Exchange information store Para: MS-Exchange Admin Issues exchangelist@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Fecha: martes, 18 agosto, 2009 11:23 I'm pretty sure that I have seen recommendations in the past not to perform periodic ESEUTIL defrags on the information store. The articles that I remember indicated that the online maintenance was sufficent unless a large amount of data was deleted from it. Now when I google to find information to back this up, I can't find it. Now I can't find where they DON'T recommend it, but now it's a if you want to defrag, here's how you do it kind of thing. So, did the general opinion on this change? Paul
RE: Offline defragmentation of Exchange information store
Well, someone has mentioned it before. For reducing the size of the database before perfoming a backup. Obviously it is less risky and quicker backing up 25 Gb than 60 Gb. Miguel --- El mar, 18/8/09, Sobey, Richard A r.so...@imperial.ac.uk escribió: De: Sobey, Richard A r.so...@imperial.ac.uk Asunto: RE: Offline defragmentation of Exchange information store Para: MS-Exchange Admin Issues exchangelist@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Fecha: martes, 18 agosto, 2009 11:56 That's just stupid. Who would recommend an offline defrag just for the sake of a pre-migration task? It won't help anything! -Original Message- From: bounce-8633979-8066...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com [mailto:bounce-8633979-8066...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] On Behalf Of Miguel Gonzalez Sent: 18 August 2009 16:52 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Offline defragmentation of Exchange information store Hi, Last year, when I was managing a SMB 2003 with Exchange we were thinking of migrating to Exchange 2007. We were recommended to perform an offline defrag before thinking of migrating. We shrinked a DB of 60 Gb to around 25 Gb. In fact, it meant that one of the reasons to migrate was to do it to a bigger server and then taking the chance of upgrading to Exchange 2007. Since the space issue disappeared, we could wait for an upgrade of the SMB server instead. So if there is a lot of time that you haven't performed any (or maybe never), it could be a good exercise. Miguel --- El mar, 18/8/09, Maglinger, Paul pmaglin...@scvl.com escribió: De: Maglinger, Paul pmaglin...@scvl.com Asunto: Offline defragmentation of Exchange information store Para: MS-Exchange Admin Issues exchangelist@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Fecha: martes, 18 agosto, 2009 11:23 I'm pretty sure that I have seen recommendations in the past not to perform periodic ESEUTIL defrags on the information store. The articles that I remember indicated that the online maintenance was sufficent unless a large amount of data was deleted from it. Now when I google to find information to back this up, I can't find it. Now I can't find where they DON'T recommend it, but now it's a if you want to defrag, here's how you do it kind of thing. So, did the general opinion on this change? Paul
RE: Offline defragmentation of Exchange information store
Yes, but before doing any migration you need to do a backup :) Plus apparently Microsoft recommends to do an offline defrag before moving the database to a new server (a consultant said ours was way too big). The truth is that we didn't believe that there was so much space wasted since online defrags were just reducing a few Megabytes each time was run, but apparently there was... Regards, Miguel --- El mar, 18/8/09, Sobey, Richard A r.so...@imperial.ac.uk escribió: De: Sobey, Richard A r.so...@imperial.ac.uk Asunto: RE: Offline defragmentation of Exchange information store Para: MS-Exchange Admin Issues exchangelist@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Fecha: martes, 18 agosto, 2009 12:22 Yes, for a backup halving the size of your databases is a good thing (some of my DBs have upwards of 10GB whitespace and are only 35GB in size total!) But you were talking about migrating, not backups :) -Original Message- From: bounce-8633987-8066...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com [mailto:bounce-8633987-8066...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] On Behalf Of Miguel Gonzalez Sent: 18 August 2009 17:08 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Offline defragmentation of Exchange information store Well, someone has mentioned it before. For reducing the size of the database before perfoming a backup. Obviously it is less risky and quicker backing up 25 Gb than 60 Gb. Miguel --- El mar, 18/8/09, Sobey, Richard A r.so...@imperial.ac.uk escribió: De: Sobey, Richard A r.so...@imperial.ac.uk Asunto: RE: Offline defragmentation of Exchange information store Para: MS-Exchange Admin Issues exchangelist@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Fecha: martes, 18 agosto, 2009 11:56 That's just stupid. Who would recommend an offline defrag just for the sake of a pre-migration task? It won't help anything! -Original Message- From: bounce-8633979-8066...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com [mailto:bounce-8633979-8066...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] On Behalf Of Miguel Gonzalez Sent: 18 August 2009 16:52 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Offline defragmentation of Exchange information store Hi, Last year, when I was managing a SMB 2003 with Exchange we were thinking of migrating to Exchange 2007. We were recommended to perform an offline defrag before thinking of migrating. We shrinked a DB of 60 Gb to around 25 Gb. In fact, it meant that one of the reasons to migrate was to do it to a bigger server and then taking the chance of upgrading to Exchange 2007. Since the space issue disappeared, we could wait for an upgrade of the SMB server instead. So if there is a lot of time that you haven't performed any (or maybe never), it could be a good exercise. Miguel --- El mar, 18/8/09, Maglinger, Paul pmaglin...@scvl.com escribió: De: Maglinger, Paul pmaglin...@scvl.com Asunto: Offline defragmentation of Exchange information store Para: MS-Exchange Admin Issues exchangelist@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Fecha: martes, 18 agosto, 2009 11:23 I'm pretty sure that I have seen recommendations in the past not to perform periodic ESEUTIL defrags on the information store. The articles that I remember indicated that the online maintenance was sufficent unless a large amount of data was deleted from it. Now when I google to find information to back this up, I can't find it. Now I can't find where they DON'T recommend it, but now it's a if you want to defrag, here's how you do it kind of thing. So, did the general opinion on this change? Paul
RE: Password expiration notice for non windows users
I can't remember from the top of my head now, but there is a web tool provided by Microsoft under the IIS tools installed in SMB (and probably in any DC Windows Server) that let you to reset your password. I customized the script to change the look and feel, but blocking any access from outside it should be safe enough and you would have less headaches resetting passwords miguel --- El mié, 10/12/08, Sean Rector [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: De: Sean Rector [EMAIL PROTECTED] Asunto: RE: Password expiration notice for non windows users Para: MS-Exchange Admin Issues exchangelist@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Fecha: miércoles, 10 diciembre, 2008 9:55 I recently installed Adventnet's ADSelfService and published it through our firewall, and it allows a user (after enrolling) to reset or unlock their account. If you have =50 users, it's free. Sean Rector, MCSE From: Kretche, Peter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 9:48 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Password expiration notice for non windows users I have a VBScript that is scheduled to run on our DC's every night and check accounts against the domain password policy and if they are within 14 days of expiration, they are sent an email warning the password will expire and needs to be changed or risk being locked out. Anyone interested from a .edu email me off list and I'm willing to share. - Thank you, Pete Kretche MCP, A+, HP APS Senior Network/Systems Administrator E-mail Administrator UW - Green Bay Voice: 920.465.5014 Fax: 920.465.2864 [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Be green, keep it on the screen! Don't print this message unless its absolutely critical. From: Ehren Benson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 8:41 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Password expiration notice for non windows users Hi, One difficulty we are having is we have a lot of users who have exchange accounts in our exchange 2007 organization that do NOT actually log into windows machines in the domain (mac users, linux users etc). These people either use entourage or other IMAP clients. The problem we are having is that when users passwords are about to expire or do expire they don't get notified by exchange and then all the sudden they just can't log in or get mail. Is there a way to make exchange warn users of expiring passwords via imap, owa, entourage etc? Thanks! Ehren J. Benson, MCSE Windows Systems Administrator Department of Physics and Astronomy Michigan State University 1209 A Biomed Phys Sci [EMAIL PROTECTED] 517-884-5469 2008-2009 Season: Tosca | The Barber of Seville Recently Announced: Virginia Opera's 35th Anniversary Season 2009-2010 Visit us online at www.vaopera.org or call 1.866.OPERA.VA This e-mail and any attached files are confidential and intended solely for the intended recipient(s). Unless otherwise specified, persons unnamed as recipients may not read, distribute, copy or alter this e-mail. Any views or opinions expressed in this e-mail belong to the author and may not necessarily represent those of Virginia Opera. Although precautions have been taken to ensure no viruses are present, Virginia Opera cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage that may arise from the use of this e-mail or attachments. ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~ ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
signing certificates for Apache in SBS
Hi, We have a signed CA by Equifax and I'd like to know if I could sign certificates for our Apache Web servers. I have tried to issue a certificate request from apache but when I import it in the Certification Authority it says that is not following the right template. I've seen there is a Web Server template, but I don't know 1) How to create a certificate request in SBS 2) If this will work under Apache Any experience, howto or documentation? Thanks, Miguel ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
Re: signing certificates for Apache in SBS
Troy Meyer wrote: Slow down and simplify. You bought a certificate from Equifax and you are trying to use it on an Apache web server. No, you can not use a certificate request from SBS (actually from Internet Information Services or IIS), you must use a request from Apache. When you submit your certificate request to Equifax, make sure you select apache as the destination web server, otherwise it will fail. If you still cant submit a request from an apache box (assuming your request was created successfully, are you using openssl?) then contact Equifax and see if they have a specific way they want you to generate the request. We have some AIX apache boxes that needed a funky switch when we generated a cert request, so you never know. Btw if you wanted to request a certificate on IIS in SBS you can open the IIS manager MMC and right click on your web site and go to directory security and click the server certificate. Hope that helps Ok, start over again :) CA certificate signed already by Equifax. We use this for OWA and Radius. In the MMC Certification Authority there is a list of issued certificates, revoked, etc. I was wondering if this means that I could create a certificate request (I do have openssl) and then sign it with the CA certificate that I have. I have already tried creating the certificate request in the linux box and try to sign it, but as I said, it doesn't comply with the expected template. If you can sign certificates for IIS, why you can't for Apache? Miguel ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
IISADMPWD and OWA
I'm testing IISADMPWD for resetting passwords. We have a SBS 2003 running Exchange 2003 and AD. I've tested it and it works for the AD part, the old password doesn't work and only the new one works. However, when I go to test it in OWA, both, the old and the new password work. I have tried with IE and Firefox and both get the same result. I kill the browswer and I start testing the old password first for avoiding caching issues. Also I log on the windows domain with a different user. The asp script is asaexp2b.asp Miguel __ Yahoo! Solidario. Intercambia los objetos que ya no necesitas y ayuda a mantener un entorno más ecológico. ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
RE: IISADMPWD and OWA
Apparently there is a caching time of 15 minutes where the old password still works. Here is the KB entry that I found http://support.microsoft.com/kb/267568/ Miguel --- Miguel Gonzalez [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: I'm testing IISADMPWD for resetting passwords. We have a SBS 2003 running Exchange 2003 and AD. I've tested it and it works for the AD part, the old password doesn't work and only the new one works. However, when I go to test it in OWA, both, the old and the new password work. I have tried with IE and Firefox and both get the same result. I kill the browswer and I start testing the old password first for avoiding caching issues. Also I log on the windows domain with a different user. The asp script is asaexp2b.asp Miguel __ Yahoo! Solidario. Intercambia los objetos que ya no necesitas y ayuda a mantener un entorno más ecológico. ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~ __ Enviado desde Correo Yahoo! La bandeja de entrada más inteligente. ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
CALs
Hi, I have a SBS 2003 server. The licensing information says that We have 55 CALs. However, I'm getting recently a warning that we are 1 CAL away to reach our limit of licenses installed. We had 60 people in our company but now We are diminishing the number of employees (people that left). We are now under 55 employees but We are hiring. So It is really difficult to me to figure out how this counting is being done by the server. We have Mac (Entourage) and PC (Outlook) users, if that matters. Miguel __ Enviado desde Correo Yahoo! La bandeja de entrada más inteligente. ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
emails gone in Entourage with Exchange 2003
Hi, We have the known issue with Entourage loosing emails with Exchange 2003. This morning we had again that issue. Unfortunately, in some cases is not they lose some emails but the whole mailbox (and there is no way to recover it from outlook deleted items). One article says that it is due to a very big database that Exchange (or Entourage) can't handle. Which database is talking about? The mailbox itself or the Exchange database? We have 70 Gb in a Standard Exchange edition under SBS 2003 (and the limit is 75 Gb). If it is the mailbox database, which is the limit (if known) ? Thanks, Miguel __ ¿Con Mascota por primera vez? Sé un mejor Amigo. Entra en Yahoo! Respuestas http://es.answers.yahoo.com/info/welcome ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
Blackberries or Windows CE phones
Hi, We currently have a SBS 2003 server running Exchange 2003. We are planning to migrate to Exchange 2007, however, I don't have a timeline for that migration yet. In the meantime, I've been asked about phones and the costs for making them to work with our current Exchange server. My assumption is that Blackberries require a Blackberry server and apart of the cost, could be a headache. My guess is that Windows CE is probably better suited to work together with Exchange. Do We need something special to make it to run? Any other recommendations? I want as less headaches as possible :) Thanks, Miguel __ Enviado desde Correo Yahoo! Disfruta de una bandeja de entrada más inteligente. http://es.docs.yahoo.com/mail/overview/index.html ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
RE: Blackberries or Windows CE phones
I think right now they are thinking of two users, I don't know if the user base will grow in the future (I guess). We have ISA 2004 server and thinking of migrating to ISA 2006. They need email and calendaring. BB server needs to be installed in a different machine? If so, It requires a Windows server machine? What is the range or pricing of BB Server? Thanks, Miguel --- John Cook [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: It really depends on several factors - how many users? Firewall configuration? Actual need - just incredible e-mail or do you actually need all of the other bells and whistles? Yes BES costs a little and requires a server but once its set up you can basically forget about it until you need to add another user or something of that nature. I consider the BB far superior when it comes to providing e-mail for ID10Ts on the road. I have it installed on an 8 yr old repurposed Dell workstation with no issues. YMMV John W. Cook System 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,CompTIA A+, N+ -Original Message- From: Jeremy Phillips [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 3:59 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Blackberries or Windows CE phones If you want the least headaches possible, then run Windows Mobile with ActiveSync, which should work fine with Exchange 2003. Blackberry does, in fact, require another server. Thanks, Jeremy Phillips Senior Messaging Engineer Azaleos Corporation -Original Message- From: Miguel Gonzalez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 12:54 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Blackberries or Windows CE phones Hi, We currently have a SBS 2003 server running Exchange 2003. We are planning to migrate to Exchange 2007, however, I don't have a timeline for that migration yet. In the meantime, I've been asked about phones and the costs for making them to work with our current Exchange server. My assumption is that Blackberries require a Blackberry server and apart of the cost, could be a headache. My guess is that Windows CE is probably better suited to work together with Exchange. Do We need something special to make it to run? Any other recommendations? I want as less headaches as possible :) Thanks, Miguel __ Enviado desde Correo Yahoo! Disfruta de una bandeja de entrada más inteligente. http://es.docs.yahoo.com/mail/overview/index.html ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~ ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~ ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~ __ Enviado desde Correo Yahoo! Disfruta de una bandeja de entrada más inteligente. http://es.docs.yahoo.com/mail/overview/index.html ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
RE: Blackberries or Windows CE phones
Good call, so this professional version could be installed directly in the SBS 2003 server? Miguel --- Don Andrews [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: Agree - and perhaps best of all, no need to allow any inbound IP connections - the BES initiates the connection outbound - and provides intranet browser access as well (limited of course to the BB Browser). -Original Message- From: Amer Karim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 1:49 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Blackberries or Windows CE phones For two users, I would recommend you look at RIM's Blackberry Professional Software - http://na.blackberry.com/eng/services/professional/. It includes one CAL with the free download and you can purchase additional licenses as you need them for up to 30. I have it installed and running on a couple of SBS 2003 servers, for less than 10 BB users; I would suggest that you install it on a separate machine for more than that though that would also depend on the load on your server. Either way, you can download the software and try it out for one of your users or testing purposes; if you like it, you can purchase the additional CAL. Regards, Amer Karim Nautilis Information Systems -Original Message- From: Miguel Gonzalez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: April-02-08 4:31 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Blackberries or Windows CE phones I think right now they are thinking of two users, I don't know if the user base will grow in the future (I guess). We have ISA 2004 server and thinking of migrating to ISA 2006. They need email and calendaring. BB server needs to be installed in a different machine? If so, It requires a Windows server machine? What is the range or pricing of BB Server? Thanks, Miguel --- John Cook [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: It really depends on several factors - how many users? Firewall configuration? Actual need - just incredible e-mail or do you actually need all of the other bells and whistles? Yes BES costs a little and requires a server but once its set up you can basically forget about it until you need to add another user or something of that nature. I consider the BB far superior when it comes to providing e-mail for ID10Ts on the road. I have it installed on an 8 yr old repurposed Dell workstation with no issues. YMMV John W. Cook System 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,CompTIA A+, N+ -Original Message- From: Jeremy Phillips [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 3:59 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Blackberries or Windows CE phones If you want the least headaches possible, then run Windows Mobile with ActiveSync, which should work fine with Exchange 2003. Blackberry does, in fact, require another server. Thanks, Jeremy Phillips Senior Messaging Engineer Azaleos Corporation -Original Message- From: Miguel Gonzalez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 12:54 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Blackberries or Windows CE phones Hi, We currently have a SBS 2003 server running Exchange 2003. We are planning to migrate to Exchange 2007, however, I don't have a timeline for that migration yet. In the meantime, I've been asked about phones and the costs for making them to work with our current Exchange server. My assumption is that Blackberries require a Blackberry server and apart of the cost, could be a headache. My guess is that Windows CE is probably better suited to work together with Exchange. Do We need something special to make it to run? Any other recommendations? I want as less headaches as possible :) Thanks, Miguel __ Enviado desde Correo Yahoo! Disfruta de una bandeja de entrada más inteligente. http://es.docs.yahoo.com/mail/overview/index.html ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~ ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~ ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~ __ Enviado desde Correo Yahoo! Disfruta de una bandeja de entrada más inteligente. http://es.docs.yahoo.com/mail/overview/index.html ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com
mailboxes and public folder
Hi, We have SBS 2003. Everytime an employee leaves the company they require me to copy the mailbox to the Public Folders (apart of giving someone permissions to read the mailbox). It is very painful to create the folder and move the folders manually from outlook (authenticated as the user) and copy all the folders to the public folders. Can anybody think of a better way to do this? Another thing, how can I export a mailbox from Exchange 2003 to a PST format or something that could be imported easily? Do I have to export it from Outlook? Miguel __ Enviado desde Correo Yahoo! Disfruta de una bandeja de entrada más inteligente. http://es.docs.yahoo.com/mail/overview/index.html ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
redimensioning OS and logs partitions
Hi, I have three partitions in my SBS 2003 server. C - OS D - Exchange databases (only) E - Exchange logs and AV C and E are partitions within the same RAID array (RAID 1+0). I want to shrink the E drive and expand the C drive. The partitions are basic (not dynamic) and I've read that diskpart could help me to shrink the E drive. However apparently it wouldn't of no help for the C drive. Is it possible to shrink the E drive partition so the unallocated space is left in the beginning of the E partition and not at the end? Any clarification that I need to know? Thanks, Miguel __ Enviado desde Correo Yahoo! Más formas de estar en contacto. http://es.docs.yahoo.com/mail/overview/index.html ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
redimensioning OS and logs partitions
Hi, I have three partitions in my SBS 2003 server. C - OS D - Exchange databases (only) E - Exchange logs and AV C and E are partitions within the same RAID array (RAID 1+0). I want to shrink the E drive and expand the C drive. The partitions are basic (not dynamic) and I've read that diskpart could help me to shrink the E drive. However apparently it wouldn't of no help for the C drive. Is it possible to shrink the E drive partition so the unallocated space is left in the beginning of the E partition and not at the end? Any clarification that I need to know? Thanks, Miguel __ Enviado desde Correo Yahoo! Más formas de estar en contacto. http://es.docs.yahoo.com/mail/overview/index.html ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
RE: redimensioning OS and logs partitions
any free tool? Miguel --- Stephan Barr [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: Lot's of options but check out Acronis. Fine stuff there. Cheers. -Original Message- From: Miguel Gonzalez [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues exchangelist@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: 3/20/2008 5:33 PM Subject: redimensioning OS and logs partitions Hi, I have three partitions in my SBS 2003 server. C - OS D - Exchange databases (only) E - Exchange logs and AV C and E are partitions within the same RAID array (RAID 1+0). I want to shrink the E drive and expand the C drive. The partitions are basic (not dynamic) and I've read that diskpart could help me to shrink the E drive. However apparently it wouldn't of no help for the C drive. Is it possible to shrink the E drive partition so the unallocated space is left in the beginning of the E partition and not at the end? Any clarification that I need to know? Thanks, Miguel __ Enviado desde Correo Yahoo! Más formas de estar en contacto. http://es.docs.yahoo.com/mail/overview/index.html ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~ ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~ __ Enviado desde Correo Yahoo! Más formas de estar en contacto. http://es.docs.yahoo.com/mail/overview/index.html ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
RE: redimensioning OS and logs partitions
I was thinking of using rescuecd linux live cd but I'm really scare that I could crap the machine out. Also, If any of the processes can be done while the machine is online would be great (not need that the Exchange services are running, but at least that I can do it remotely - at least for the data drive, not the OS). Miguel --- Stephan Barr [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: Lot's of options but check out Acronis. Fine stuff there. Cheers. -Original Message- From: Miguel Gonzalez [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues exchangelist@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: 3/20/2008 5:33 PM Subject: redimensioning OS and logs partitions Hi, I have three partitions in my SBS 2003 server. C - OS D - Exchange databases (only) E - Exchange logs and AV C and E are partitions within the same RAID array (RAID 1+0). I want to shrink the E drive and expand the C drive. The partitions are basic (not dynamic) and I've read that diskpart could help me to shrink the E drive. However apparently it wouldn't of no help for the C drive. Is it possible to shrink the E drive partition so the unallocated space is left in the beginning of the E partition and not at the end? Any clarification that I need to know? Thanks, Miguel __ Enviado desde Correo Yahoo! Más formas de estar en contacto. http://es.docs.yahoo.com/mail/overview/index.html ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~ ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~ __ Enviado desde Correo Yahoo! Disfruta de una bandeja de entrada más inteligente. http://es.docs.yahoo.com/mail/overview/index.html ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
exchange 2007 migration and SBS 2003
Hi, I'm going to retake the topic of migrating from SBS 2003 to a separate DC and Exchange 2007 standard. Ive read this article http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/Installing-Exchange-2007-Small-Business-Server-2003-domain-Part1.html But Im not thinking of moving the FSMO roles to the Exchange 2007 machine but creating a DC with Windows 2003 Standard and try to make Exchange 2007 a domain member. Some people claim that It might be worth to wait until Microsoft releases the new version of SBS which will include exchange 2007 (any expected date for the release?). We have a complex environment running Macs and Windows machines with Entourage for Macs and Outlook 2003 and 2007 against our Exchange 2003 server running on SBS 2003. My ex-boss decided that We needed to move to Exchange 2007 (We have a free license from Action pack), but since Hes leaving, Im catching up with this migration (and other he left over) and re-considering the need of migrating this server now or to wait until the SBS upgrade. His idea was to separate the domain controllers from Exchange 2007. I think Exchange 2007 offers better integration with our Macs but Im trying to balance what I gain taking Exchange out of the SBS and have DC and Exchange as separate servers or wait until SBS supporting Exchange2007 is released. The advantages of migrating now to Exchange 2007 as I said, I think they are primarily because better Mac integration. The drawbacks that I see of separating Exchange from SBS would be: - Id lose the added value of creating users in just one place. Or am I wrong and users when added to Active Directory will automatically have a mailbox in Exchange 2007? - Also that migrating from SBS 2003 to have Exchange 2007 as separate server might be a little bit cumbersome. - Also the economic cost of upgrading to the new SBS version supporting Exchange2007? So do you think that is worth to wait until the upgrade of SBS supporting Exchange 2007? Thanks in advance, Miguel __ Enviado desde Correo Yahoo! El buzón de correo sin límite de almacenamiento. http://es.docs.yahoo.com/mail/overview/index.html ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
Exchange 2007 migration
Hi, We have a SBS 2003 running Exchange 2003. I'm reading through the self-paced training kit of Exchange 2007 and the book walks you through the steps to take for preparing the domain controller and the current exchange server to perform the migration. The book says that We need to upgrade Exchange 2003 to SP2. I'm not 100% if it refers to the a SP2 of Exchange or Windows Server or both. Can anyone help me out? Miguel ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
Re: Exchange 2007 migration
John Cook escribió: Only the Exchange needs to be SP2, I am in the final stages of this myself. Thanks John. Is it a risky upgrade? Miguel ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
